Sex Offender Charged in Girl’s Disappearance
Maryland authorities are searching Christmas Eve for an 11-year-old girl last seen wearing red fuzzy Christmas pajamas, and they say a registered child sex offender has been charged in her disappearance. Sarah Haley Foxwell went missing from her home on Maryland’s Eastern Shore late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis said family [...]
Standoff Suspect Charged with Kidnapping
A Tennessee man accused of taking three people hostage at a small-town post office in Virginia has been charged with kidnapping. Warren A. “Gator” Taylor of Sullivan County, Tenn., was arraigned Thursday morning in U.S. District Court in Roanoke. U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Urbanski ordered the 53-year-old Taylor to be evaluated at a federal prison [...]
Woman in Womb-Cutting Case Charged with Murder
A Massachusetts woman is charged with murder after she allegedly faked her own pregnancy, killed her pregnant friend, cut the baby from her womb, and kidnapped the infant. Julie Corey was initially charged with kidnapping after authorities found her and the baby in a homeless shelter in Plymouth, N.H., in July. DNA tests confirmed that [...]
Man in Santa Costume Tries to Kidnap Girl
Police representatives of a Cleveland suburb say that a man dressed as Santa attempted to kidnap a twelve-year-old girl walking to school. Anthony Russo was later arrested, still wearing his costume, carrying a box of candy and a large sack. Authorities say the forty-six-year-old is jailed pending charges, which are expected to come Thursday. A [...]
Ohio Killings Suspect Faces Arraignment
An Ohio man is facing eleven counts of murder after police discovered the remains of about a dozen women in his home and surrounding yard. Anthony Sowell has been charged with eleven counts of aggravated murder, and could potentially face the death penalty if he is convicted. Police report that the fifty-year-old man lured vulnerable [...]
Woman Pleads Guilty in Smart Kidnapping
One of the two people involved in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart has pleaded guilty. Wanda Eileen Barzee pleaded guilty in a deal with federal prosecutors to charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor in U.S. District Court on Tuesday. Barzee, age sixty-four, faces a potential life sentence for the kidnapping charge, [...]
Missing Girl’s Mother Faces Court Appearance
The mother of a missing North Carolina girl is expected to appear in court. She has been accused of offering her five-year-old daughter for prostitution. Authorities are continuing their search for Shaniya Davis, who was reported missing by her mother on Tuesday. Police arrested twenty-five-year-old Antoinette Davis on Saturday on charges of human trafficking, felony [...]
Dugard Kidnap Suspect Apologizes from Jail
The man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard issued an apology from his jail cell in the form of a letter. The letter, which arrived at the San Francisco television station KCRA on Thursday, contained references to “a sexual problem believed to be impossible.” Phillip Garrido also said in the letter that he wants to “apologize [...]
Man Pleads Not Guilty in Cleveland Body Case
A registered sex offender has pleaded not guilty to an alleged attack that prompted a search of his Cleveland home, and the discovery of eleven bodies there. Fifty-year-old Anthony Sowell appeared in court on Friday, pleading not guilty to various charges including rape, kidnapping, attempted murder, and felonious assault. Judge John O’Donnell of the Cuyahoga [...]
Suspect Admits Taking NC Girl
A search warrant says that the man who has been charged with kidnapping a five-year-old girl from North Carolina told police he took the girl to the hotel where she was last seen alive. Shaniya Davis was later found dead along a rural road outside of Sanford. Antoinette, the girl’s mother, is currently charged with [...]