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This kidnapped heiress-turned-revolutionary was despised in America. Then a Hollywood star spoke out

Fifty years ago, a teenaged heiress with a famous last name was kidnapped from her California apartment by armed terrorists. What followed was one of the most confounding crimes in American history.  
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Foiled kidnapping plot leads to discovery of $1 billion worth of cocaine in Sydney unit, police say

Five men have been charged after an alleged kidnapping attempt at a Sydney unit where police allegedly found $1 billion worth of cocaine in one of the biggest drug busts in the state's history.
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Man jailed for 22 years for kidnapping

The man kidnapped the children of a former boss and demanded a $1 million ransom.
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Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds

Disgruntled worker who kidnapped ex-boss's children jailed for 22 years over 'abhorrent' revenge crime

Jiangang Ji kidnapped the children of his former boss before demanding a $1 million ransom as part of a revenge plot.
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'Nothing short of heroic': Praise for bystander who stopped alleged abduction attempt in Melbourne CBD

A Melbourne schoolgirl says she is afraid to go out in public after a man allegedly attempted to abduct her during a school excursion last month. 
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Colombians demand release of Liverpool forward Diaz's kidnapped father

Colombian authorities are still looking for the father of English Premier League star Luis Diaz, after he was kidnapped near his home.
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Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds

CCTV reveals moment 'gangster' took service station workers hostage with replica gun

Vision a defence lawyer fought to keep secret is released, showing two service station attendants being taken hostage near Newcastle, and one faking pregnancy in order to be freed.
Man pointing a gun.

Man who held ex-boss's children captive and demanded $1 million ransom faces 25 years in jail

Jiangang Ji faces up to 25 years' jail over the 2021 incident, where he kidnapped the two young children of his ex-boss and sparked a major police investigation.
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Holly Willoughby quits UK daytime show This Morning amid kidnap and murder allegations

Holly Willoughby announces she is stepping down from her presenting role on daytime programme This Morning, days after a man was charged in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap and murder her.
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Man in custody over alleged plot to kidnap and murder UK TV host

A shopping centre security officer appears in UK court charged with soliciting another man to murder This Morning television host Holly Willoughby.
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Fugitive Stanley Turvey shot dead by police in northern Victoria after three-day manhunt

The search for fugitive gunman Stanley Turvey is over after police shot him dead at Ardmona, near the northern Victorian city of Shepparton.
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New Zealand PM calls for the release of pilot kidnapped in Indonesia's Papua region

Phillip Mehrtens was working for an Indonesian airline when he was kidnapped by the insurgent group West Papua National Liberation Army at Nduga airport six months ago.
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Released footage shows murderer buying cable ties, shovel at Bunnings before abduction of ex-girlfriend

The CCTV footage shows Tarikjot Singh in the aisles of a Bunnings store, purchasing items before he buried alive his ex-girlfriend Jasmeen Kaur in the Flinders Ranges in March 2021.
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Chilling footage shows Tarikjot Singh buying items used to kill former partner

US woman escapes after being kidnapped, locked up in homemade cell

The FBI is looking for more potential victims after a woman kidnapped and locked in a makeshift cell by a man posing as an undercover police officer managed to escape.
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Man jailed for 'horrific' murder of ex-girlfriend Jasmeen Kaur in outback SA

Tarikjot Singh, who abducted his ex-girlfriend Jasmeen Kaur from her Adelaide workplace and then buried her alive in the Flinders Ranges, is jailed for the murder, with the sentencing judge saying he could not find words to describe the young woman's final moments.
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Joko Widodo visit to Papua raises hopes of hostage release

There are cautious hopes a trip by Indonesia's President to Papua could help speed up the release of a New Zealand man held hostage for five months.
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Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds

Indonesia says 'cautious' negotiations over NZ pilot kidnapped in Papua continue

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's trip to Papua's regional capital Jayapura is officially related to a festival, but it comes as his government tries to use what it calls "cautious" negotiations to free Philip Mark Mehrtens.
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'Absolute terror': Young woman murdered by ex-partner was stalked, abducted and buried alive

Young murder victim Jasmeen Kaur, 21, was forced to endure an "uncommon level of cruelty" after she was abducted by her ex-partner, who buried her alive, an Adelaide court is told.
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Alleged kidnappers arrested

The SUV travelled south to the Gold Coast, where it came to a stop at a carpark along Smith Street in Parkwood.
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Pair escape alleged kidnapping, police arrest two men sleeping in SUV

Two men have been charged with torture and deprivation of liberty after two people were allegedly kidnapped in the Brisbane suburb of Everton Park.
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The PNG gang that kidnapped an Australian professor may now be unleashing new horrors on teen girls

A group of bandits that kidnapped an Australian professor in the PNG Highlands appears to have struck again, this time snatching and assaulting a group of women and girls. Warning: Readers might find the details in this story distressing.
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Man appears in court over alleged kidnapping and domestic violence offences

A court refuses Kirt Field bail after hearing the 37-year-old, who has been charged with more than 20 offences, is a flight risk.
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Man turns himself in after woman frees toddler in alleged attempted abduction from park

Police say a man has turned himself in after a call for information about an alleged abduction of a toddler from a park in Yinnar, two hours south-east of Melbourne, but he has since been released.
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Australian doctor kidnapped by West African militant group released

An elderly Perth doctor who had been held captive in West Africa after being kidnapped in Burkina Faso has been released more than seven years later.
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Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds

'It's just the best news possible...': Dr Kenneth Elliott's friend reacts to release

Friend of Dr Kenneth Elliott's friend says they've been praying and hoping for this great news for the last seven years.
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Duration: 1 minute 9 seconds