KIDNAPPING

A giant straw goat that is an annual highlight in the city of Gavle is burned down by an arsonist.

Pearland police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 6-year-old boy they say was kidnapped in Pearland.

A local firefighter born in Chile was taken from his birth mother as a newborn.

Two people have been arrested and accused of kidnapping a 21-year-old man from Honduras, according to the Rosenberg Police Department.

An Amber Alert has been issued for an 18-year-old woman and her 1-year-old daughter who have possibly been kidnaped from Corpus Christi.

A woman who authorities said parked in a handicap space without a handicap placard was arrested Saturday on an open felony warrant for kidnapping.

A Florida girl says she purposely got blue slime on the man who tried to kidnap her, thinking it would be good evidence against him.

HOUSTON – A Houston man is accused of kidnapping his ex-wife and sexually assaulting her over a four-day time span, according to prosecutors. According to court documents, the victim said Herrera showed up at her home drunk on Friday, March 19, and kidnapped her while being armed with a knife. AdAccording to court documents, Herrera told the victim that he was going to “kill her tonight,” and pulled out a small knife and made the victim take off her pants and underwear. On Sunday, the victim said Herrera attempted to cut her wrist several times and even hit her in the face. According to the victim, on Monday morning, Herrera sexually assaulted her again before driving her back home and said, “If you tell anyone, I will come back and kill you.

Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls who were abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released Tuesday. Bello Matawalle said that 279 girls had been freed after being abducted from the Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe town on Friday. It gladdens my heart to announce the release of the abducted students,” Matawalle said in a post on Twitter early Tuesday. In December, more than 300 schoolboys from a secondary school in Kankara, in northwestern Nigeria, were taken and later released. The government has said no ransom was paid for the students’ release.

LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas – A woman abducted at gunpoint from her Liberty County home Tuesday was found alive and unharmed in Illinois, according to authorities. On Tuesday, it was reported that Erika Rios Valdez, 32, was kidnapped from her home around 9:30 p.m. while parking and unhooking a food service trailer on County Road 3404 in the Plum Grove area in north Liberty County. An acquaintance, identified by authorities as Abel Farjado, 38, drove up and forced Valdez into his pickup truck at gunpoint. Police said Valdez is now staying with family members in that area and is awaiting a flight back to Liberty Texas to rejoin her family there. Police said there is a possibility of federal charges being lodged against Fajardo as Valdez was taken across state lines.

MADISONVILLE, Texas – A nearly six-year search for a missing Texas City teen has come to an end after she was found in Madisonville. Heather Renee Inks, 37, was arrested for kidnapping her then daughter Penelope Inks in October 2014, according to the FBI. According to the FBI, Heather ran off with Penelope and left Texas City after Penelope’s father was granted sole custody of her. Heather, who is a former model and actress, created multiple false identities but revealed who she was after being tracked down on April 4 at a Madisonville motel. She was taken into the custody of Child Protective Services and admitted to the hospital for a physical and mental evaluation.

Nicole Harrison, 30, has been charged with kidnapping after police said she took her ex-girlfriend’s son, sparking an Amber Alert. Prosecutors said she took her ex-girlfriend’s 10-year-old son to a motel near Greenspoint yesterday without the permission of his mother. The child’s mother told police her and Harrison had been together for eight years up until five months ago. The child’s mother said he called Harrison “dad” all of his life. The child told his mom he missed Harrison and wanted to see her.