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David Lohr

Parents Of Missing Girl Ache On Her Birthday

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.20.2013 | Crime

Jennifer Kesse should be celebrating 32 years of life today. She should be with friends and family, and she should be looking forward to many more bir...

10 Ways to Prevent an Abduction

Robert Siciliano | Posted 05.13.2013 | Crime
Robert Siciliano

The old-school training a lot of us received early on was, "Don't talk to strangers" -- as if strangers were the dangerous ones.

What Is Wrong With Us?

Patty Culhane | Posted 05.08.2013 | Media
Patty Culhane

I've now watched the taped phone call between Amanda Berry and her grandmother and I wish I had never seen that. She deserves for that to be a private and a protected moment.

Famous Kidnapping Cases

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 05.07.2013 | Crime

The discovery of three women in a Cleveland home who all had gone missing separately about a decade ago brings to mind cases of abductions elsewhere. ...

FRC Fellow: Gay Parents Shouldn't Be Protected From Parental Kidnappings

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 03.11.2013 | Gay Voices

A senior fellow for the conservative lobbying group the Family Research Council (FRC) has suggested that gay parents should not be legally protected a...

Virginia Pastor Who Helped Woman Smuggle Child Out Of Country Jailed By Federal Judge

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 01.24.2013 | Religion

A pastor at the center of a dramatic and acrimonious custody and kidnapping case has been jailed for refusing to testify in court. Kenneth Miller, ...

David Lohr

After 7 Years, Tearful Parents Ask, 'Where's Jennifer Kesse?'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 01.24.2013 | Crime

Seven years ago on Thursday, the lives of Drew Kesse and his family were forever changed by the sudden and unexplained disappearance of his daughter, ...

"Just Yell Fire" Creator Wins Award For Teaching Girls About Self-Defense

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 12.31.2012 | Impact
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Youth Radio Photo Credit: Just Yell fire Dallas Jessup, 20, is founder and CEO of Just Yell Fire -- a nonprofit working to empower girls to de...

Kidnapping Leaves Man With Severed Penis To Die In Desert

Posted 10.24.2012 | Crime

It's been almost a month since two people were abducted from their California home, and one of them was burned, doused with bleach and had his penis p...

Teenager Held Hostage For 2 Years Escapes Captors, Police Say

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 10.23.2012 | Crime

WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. (AP) — A teenager held captive in a house for more than three years before escaping with a relative's help initially went ther...

Mennonite Pastor Guilty Of Helping 'Ex-Gay' Woman Kidnap Daughter

AP | WILSON RING | Posted 10.15.2012 | Gay Voices

MONTPELIER, Vt. — The conviction of a Virginia pastor on charges he helped a woman flee the country rather than share custody of her child with ...

Lesbian Mom Sues Ex-Partner And Pastor For Abducting Daughter

AP | WILSON RING | Posted 10.14.2012 | Gay Voices

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A pastor from Virginia was convicted Tuesday of helping a woman flee the country three years ago, when she was on the brink of...

Here in the Real World: The Olympic UFO

James Moore | Posted 09.29.2012 | Science
James Moore

What is destined to become the most popular video on HuffPost over the next few days is of a purported UFO approaching the Olympic Stadium in London as fireworks are going off during opening ceremonies.

25 Tips to Keep Kids Safe from Abductors

Jim Higley | Posted 09.24.2012 | Parents
Jim Higley

This month's failed abduction of a 10-year-old girl on the streets of Philadelphia has parents across the country asking what more they can do to keep their children safe.

David Lohr

Family And Police At Odds Over Missing Person Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 07.06.2012 | Crime

Police and the family of Reva Stevenson, a missing Missouri woman, are at odds over the circumstances of her disappearance. One side believes she was ...

School Janitor Saves 6-Year-Old From Being Kidnapped

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.15.2012 | Home

John Velasquez, a janitor at PS 160 in New York's Bronx borough, may have saved a 6-year-old boy's life after a stranger claiming to be his uncle trie...

Man Allegedly Locked Woman In Camper, Tortured Her With Torch, Stun Gun

AP | Posted 07.09.2012 | Crime

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Arkansas authorities say a woman who was allegedly held against her will and tortured before escaping went with her alleged ...

Rebels Seek $10 Million Ransom In Peru Abductions

AP | FRANKLIN BRICENO | Posted 06.10.2012 | World

LIMA, Peru — Shining Path rebels are seeking a $10 million ransom for 40 Peruvian construction workers abducted in a pre-dawn raid at the countr...

Historic Transition in Libya Must Not Forget the Survivors of Sexual Violence

Margot Wallström | Posted 05.22.2012 | Impact
Margot Wallström

It is now crucial that Libya's own role in the country's historic transition must give hope and translate into assistance also for survivors of sexual violence.

CHILLING VIDEO: Assault, Abduction At Long Island Rail Road Station

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.12.2012 | Crime

Cops are hunting for a man who attacked and possibly abducted a woman last week at a Long Island Rail Road station, new security footage released on S...

Kidnapped Women Text Family: 'Help Us. They Got Us'

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.02.2012 | Crime

As cops keep up the search for two Hamtramck, Mich. women kidnapped at gunpoint, an ex-boyfriend of one of them was arraigned on Thursday for allegedl...

Lucas Kavner

How Facebook Could Top Netflix In Streaming Land

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 01.19.2012 | Home

When you're watching a film on your computer, does the idea of commenting on it in real time appeal to you? What if you could create an original live ...

Missing Toddler Disappeared Day After Her Mother Tried To Regain Custody

AP | By GLENN ADAMS | Posted 12.20.2011 | Crime

By GLENN ADAMS, Associated Press WATERVILLE, Maine -- Police said they were considering all possible scenarios in the search for a missing 20-month...

Here's Why Taylor Lautner Had That Awkward Dinner With Gus Van Sant

Posted 01.02.2012 | Entertainment

Remember, back in July, when Taylor Lautner had dinner with Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black, and that reporter from GQ Australia used the situatio...

10-Year-Old Girl Abducted, Stabbed To Death: Police

Posted 12.31.2011 | Crime

A 10-year-old Oklahoma City girl who vanished Saturday night was found stabbed to death, according to the Dallas County medical examiner. A search ...