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Doctors Abducted in Afghanistan

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:12:41 CDT

Two foreign doctors and their three Afghan colleagues have been kidnapped in a remote area in the extreme northeast Afghanistan, officials said today. The kidnapping occurred yesterday as the group was traveling on horseback between Yaftal and Ragh districts about 56 miles from the provincial capital of Faizabad, a Badakhshan...

Accused Rapist Can Use 'Zoloft Defense'

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:25:53 CDT

A former southern California police detective charged with kidnapping and raping a 25-year-old waitress at gunpoint will be allowed to use a "Zoloft defense," a judge has ruled. Lawyers for Anthony Nicholas Orban aim to prove he's not guilty because he was mentally "unconscious" and "totally unaware of his actions"...

Kidnapping Suspect Thinks Girls Are His Kids

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:13:05 CDT

Adam Mayes' thinks the two girls he allegedly snatched are his biological children, his mother-in-law tells the AP . And that conviction was apparently causing friction between Mayes and his wife, Teresa —both of whom have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the murder of the girls' mother and...

Kidnapping Suspect Lands on FBI 10 Most Wanted List

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:30:14 CDT

The noose is tightening around Adam Mayes, the man believed to be on the run with two girls he is suspected of kidnapping last month. The FBI today pushed him to the top of its 10 Most Wanted list, reports ABC News , filling in the spot vacated when James "Whitey"...

Cops Arrest Wife, Mother of Kidnapping Suspect

Tue, 08 May 2012 15:40:31 CDT

The net widened today in the case of a Mississippi man suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter and fleeing with her two younger girls as authorities charged his wife and mother in connection with the abduction. As an intense manhunt for Adam Mayes and the two...

Dead Mom, Teen Found, Cops Fear for Sisters

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 08 May 2012 01:29:15 CDT

The bodies of a Tennessee mom and her teenage daughter have been discovered, and police are in a race against time to save two younger sisters snatched by the suspected killer. Jo Ann Bain, 31, and her 14-year-old daughter, Adrienne, were discovered dead behind the Mississippi home of murder suspect...

British Doc Beheaded in Pakistan

Mark Russell — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:23:00 CDT

A British doctor working for the Red Cross in Pakistan has been found beheaded after being kidnapped in January, reports the Guardian . The body of Khalil Rasjed Dale was found in an orchard just outside of Quetta, with a note saying he had been killed by the Taliban. Dale was...

Cops: Suspect Had Miscarriage Before Baby Snatching

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:15:18 CDT

The woman accused of shooting a young mother to death and snatching her 3-day-old boy is a Texas nurse who told police she was planning to "adopt" the baby as her own after suffering a miscarriage, reports AP . Verna McClain, 30, confessed to killing 28-year-old Kala Golden outside a pediatrician's...

Slain Mom's Snatched Newborn Found Alive

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:13:57 CDT

Police stormed a Texas apartment yesterday to find the snatched newborn of a murdered mom alive and well. Little Keegan Schuchardt, just three days old, was taken out of his car seat in a pickup owned by his 28-year-old mom, who was shot six times by a woman in the...