List of kidnappings (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of kidnappings" in English language version.

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"Abu Sayyaf abducted 20 journalists since 2000". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

al.com

"Woman who faked abduction in Alabama found guilty". 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

aljazeera.com

"Dozens of Nigerian students abducted by armed 'bandits'". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
"All you need to know about the ICC's arrest warrant for Putin". Al Jazeera. 17 March 2023.

aol.com

A. O. L. Staff (26 May 2023). "Sweet brother of mine: The wild, untold story of how Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler was kidnapped by his sibling to break heroin addiction". www.aol.com. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

archive.org

Sutton, Matthew Avery (2007). Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 107, 133–134, 136. ISBN 978-0-674-02531-8.
Epstein, Daniel Mark (1993). Sister Aimee: The Life of Aimee Semple McPherson. Orlando: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-15-182688-9.

archive.today

Unknown (30 November 2000). "Police Discover Body of Los Lobos Wife". VH1. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

"On This Day > 20 March > 1974: Kidnap attempt on Princess Anne". BBC. 20 March 1974. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
"CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap". BBC News. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
"Suspected Pakistan militants 'kidnap 60' in tribal area". BBC. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.

bbc.co.uk

"BBC فارسی – فرهنگ و هنر – معمای فیلمساز ایرانی مقیم آلمان". bbc.co.uk (in Persian). 17 June 2010.
"Three people charged with kidnapping of Halloween actress". BBC. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
"Sherri Papini: US woman who staged her own disappearance sentenced to 18 months". BBC News. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

bbc.com

"Brazil police say footballer Somalia faked his kidnap". BBC News. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

bigworldtale.com

"John Lennon: Why He Called a Yoko Ono Song 1 of the 'Best' Rock Songs". Big World Tale. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

bleacherreport.com

Harris, Scott. "Brazilian Police Arrest Suspect in Vitor Belfort's Sister's Murder". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

books.google.com

Gucci, Patricia (10 May 2016). In the Name of Gucci: A Memoir. Crown/Archetype. ISBN 978-0-8041-3894-9.
Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2004 (Europa Publications), Routledge, 12 December 2003, ISBN 1-85743-187-1 (page 504)

cbc.ca

"Police find body of Cédrika Provencher, girl missing since 2007". CBC. Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

cbsnews.com

"Letterman Tot Kidnap Plot Foiled". www.cbsnews.com. 17 March 2005. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
"Quinn Gray Kidnap Hoax?". CBS News. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

charleyproject.org

Good, Meaghan Elizabeth. "The Charley Project: Hasanni Jamil Campbell". www.charleyproject.org. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
"Tabitha Danielle Tuders – The Charley Project". Retrieved 12 May 2024.

chicagotribune.com

articles.chicagotribune.com

"A ring that one man claimed belonged to candy heiress Helen Brach is at the Glenview Police Department; some consider it proof of how she was murdered". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

chowchilla.ca.us

ci.chowchilla.ca.us

"Chowchilla City History: 1976 Bus Kidnapping". ci.chowchilla.ca.us. City of Chowchilla, California. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

clickondetroit.com

Hutchinson, Derick (15 October 2020). "Officials charge 14th person linked to domestic terror plot targeting Michigan Gov. Whitmer". WDIV. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

cmfr-phil.org

"Foreign journalist, Filipino crew missing in Jolo | CMFR". cmfr-phil.org. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

cnn.com

Holmes, Michael (17 January 2021). "Chris Cramer, veteran journalist and former CNN executive, dies aged 73". CNN. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
"Missing Haleigh's dad, his ex-wife arrested in drug sting". CNN. 22 January 2010.
"At least 4 hostages killed in violent end to Yemen hostage crisis". CNN. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

edition.cnn.com

"AsiaNow – Asiaweek". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
Abubakar, Aminu; Botelho, Greg (4 January 2015). "Villagers: Boko Haram abducts 40 boys, young men in northeastern Nigeria". CNN. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

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Healy, Tim; Underwood, Laurie (16 May 1997). "A mother's despair". Asiaweek. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2010.

commonwealthoralhistories.org

chrismoffat. "Adi Koila Nailatikau". Commonwealth Oral History Project. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

ctvnews.ca

"Alberta man charged with public mischief over fake disappearance". CTVNews. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

dailytimes.com.pk

Hasan, K. "How Aimal Kansi was betrayed", Daily Times (Pakistan), 23 June 2004. Archived 29 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine

dawn.com

"Militants kidnap 60 in Kurram tribal region". Dawn. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.

defense.gov

"U.S. Department of Defense". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

express.co.uk

"Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken- the beer tycoon". Express. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

fbi.gov

"Tabitha Danielle Tuders". FBI.

fox17.com

Apple, Alex (18 February 2019). "New leads in Tabitha Tuders case point detectives back to Nashville". WZTV. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
WZTV (29 April 2024). "21 years ago, Tabitha Tuders went missing from her east Nashville neighborhood". WZTV. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

foxsports.com

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"Man gets 26 years for Romano kidnap". amp.foxsports.com.

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Egan, Paul; Baldas, Tresa (8 October 2020). "'Deeply disturbing': Feds charge six militia members in domestic terror plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

go.com

abcnews.go.com

"Riddick Bowe Facing 2 Years in Prison". ABC News. 13 July 2001. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

grunge.com

"The Quinn Gray Kidnapping Hoax Was Like a Real Life Gone Girl". Grunge. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

huffingtonpost.co.uk

"No Prison For Texas Teen Who Lied About Being Raped By 3 Black Men". Huffington Post. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

ibtimes.co.uk

Laccino, Ludovica (22 October 2014). "Mexico's 43 Missing Students: Theories Behind Mysterious Disappearance". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

jacksonville.com

"Quinn Gray saga: The story behind the Ponte Vedra housewife who faked her own kidnapping". Florida Times-Union. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
"Quinn Gray gets seven years probation". Florida Times-Union. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

jewishjournal.com

"The Hangman of Eichmann". Jewish Journal. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

jpost.com

Halpern, Sam (22 February 2023). "Kidnapped German-Iranian journalist Jamshid Sharmahd to be executed". Jerusalem Post.

ktla.com

"Jennifer Hudson's Mom, Brother Shot to Death". KLTA News. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2008. ^{[permanent dead link]}

lacounty.gov

da.lacounty.gov

"Three Charged with Kidnapping Actress, Actor". Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

mexiconewsdaily.com

"Families call for release of 21 kidnapped by new self-defense force in Chiapas". 14 October 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

news.google.com

"Murder suspect takes 3 South Africans hostage in Taiwan". Herald-Journal. AP. 19 November 1997. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
"Kidnapper gets death for girl's murder". New Straits Times. Reuter. 26 December 1998. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

news18.com

"Generations to Come Will Marvel at the Brilliance of Dr Rajkumar, the Ultimate Kannada Superstar". News18. 24 April 2020.

newspapers.com

Rieder, Ron (13 February 1964). "Kidnap, Free Mrs. Leon Ames". The van Nuys News. The Van Nuys News. pp. 1, 18. Retrieved 2 September 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

nickiswift.com

Hutchinson, Emily (5 December 2022). "The Terrifying Story Of How Jessica Alba Got Kidnapped". Nicki Swift. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

nj.com

Gill, Barbara. "Lindbergh kidnapping rocked the world 50 years ago" Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. The Hunterdon County Democrat, 1981. Retrieved: 30 December 2008.

nydailynews.com

Sacks, Ethan (20 August 2013). "The Calling singer Alex Band severely beaten after being abducted in van: report". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

nytimes.com

"Mordechai Oren Dies; Israeli Jailed by Czechs". The New York Times. 1 March 1985. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
Kandell, Jonathan (21 June 1975). "Argentine Ransom Is Put at $60-Million". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
Clarity, James F. (14 September 1975). "French Stirred by Chad Captive". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
Martin, Douglas (28 May 2012). "Johnny Tapia, Champion Boxer Amid Chaos, Dies at 45". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
"The Americas: Mexico: Kidnapped Writer Freed". The New York Times. 29 October 2002. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
Markham, James M. (30 January 1988). "Dutch Actor's Tale Exposes A Nation's Guilt About Jews". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
"Israel Confirms It Is Holding Missing Nuclear Technician". The New York Times. 10 November 1986.
"For Hostages' Families, an 'Endless Loop of Hope and Despair'". The New York Times. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

query.nytimes.com

Fried, Joseph P. (2 March 2003). "Hoping Brawley Thinks Of 'Damage She Caused'". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2007.

oxygen.com

"Singer Duffy Gives New Details About Being Drugged, Kidnapped, And Raped". Oxygen Official Site. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

pep.ph

"Cory Quirino recalls kidnapping ordeal on I Survived". Philippine Entertainment Portal. 3 September 2009.

raresoul.com

"The Supreme's Cindy Birdsong Kidnapped At Knife Point; Dramatic Escape – RareSoul.com". Retrieved 19 January 2022.

reuters.com

"Nigeria school abductions sparked by cattle feuds, not extremism, officials say". Reuters. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
"'Moscow says 700,000 children from Ukraine conflict zones now in Russia'". Reuters. 3 July 2023. Russia has brought some 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, said late on Sunday

rundschau-online.de

Taab, Daniel (16 March 2011). "Wende im Fall Shokof: Entführung war vorgetäuscht". rundschau-online.de (in German). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

scmp.com

"Kidnapper of Li Ka-shing's son rang tycoon to ask where he should invest HK$1billion ransom." Mimi Lau. South China Morning Post. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

sj-r.com

eu.sj-r.com

"Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals He Was Once Abducted in South Africa". The State Journal-Register. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

sky.com

news.sky.com

Lynch, Niamh (6 October 2023). "Holly Willoughby: Man charged over alleged plot to kidnap and murder This Morning presenter". Sky News.
"110 girls missing after Boko Haram attack on school in Nigeria". Sky News. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
"Nigeria: Hundreds of schoolgirls abducted as gunmen attack nearby military site". Sky News. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

smithsonianmag.com

Abbott, Karen (25 December 2012). "The Children Who Went Up In Smoke". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

tahr.org.tw

"Taiwan Human Rights Report 1997: The Media and Human Rights". Taiwan Association for Human Rights. 1997. Archived from the original on 5 November 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

thecrimson.com

"Campos' Father Kidnapped | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

theguardian.com

"Swedish rapper Einar shot dead in suspected gang-related attack". The Guardian. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
"Max Factor heir to pay damages". The Guardian. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

time.com

"Milestones: Mar. 11, 1966 – TIME". 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010.
"Investigations: Hoffa Search: 'Looks Bad Right Now'". Time. 18 August 1975. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.

trutv.com

"The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. – The Snatch". Crime Library on Trutv.com. 8 December 1963. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

upi.com

"Singer's father freed from kidnappers". UPI. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

usatoday.com

Dorell, Oren (21 April 2014). "Terrorists kidnap more than 200 Nigerian girls". USA Today. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
"Mexico: Mayor linked to deadly attack on students". USA Today. The Associated Press. 23 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

vh1.com

Unknown (30 November 2000). "Police Discover Body of Los Lobos Wife". VH1. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

washingtonpost.com

"Gunmen abduct 39 students from school in northwest Nigeria". The Washington Post. 12 March 2021. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
"American missionaries and family members kidnapped in Haiti by '400 Mawozo' gang, groups say". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

wcfcourier.com

Harter, Kevin (3 April 2005). "A year after student faked her own abduction, she's taking life 'step by step'". The Courier. Knight Ridder Newspapers. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

web.archive.org

"Milestones: Mar. 11, 1966 – TIME". 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010.
"On This Day > 20 March > 1974: Kidnap attempt on Princess Anne". BBC. 20 March 1974. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
Gill, Barbara. "Lindbergh kidnapping rocked the world 50 years ago" Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. The Hunterdon County Democrat, 1981. Retrieved: 30 December 2008.
Taab, Daniel (16 March 2011). "Wende im Fall Shokof: Entführung war vorgetäuscht". rundschau-online.de (in German). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
Healy, Tim; Underwood, Laurie (16 May 1997). "A mother's despair". Asiaweek. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
"Taiwan Human Rights Report 1997: The Media and Human Rights". Taiwan Association for Human Rights. 1997. Archived from the original on 5 November 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
"A ring that one man claimed belonged to candy heiress Helen Brach is at the Glenview Police Department; some consider it proof of how she was murdered". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
Good, Meaghan Elizabeth. "The Charley Project: Hasanni Jamil Campbell". www.charleyproject.org. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
"Investigations: Hoffa Search: 'Looks Bad Right Now'". Time. 18 August 1975. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
Hasan, K. "How Aimal Kansi was betrayed", Daily Times (Pakistan), 23 June 2004. Archived 29 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
"Chowchilla City History: 1976 Bus Kidnapping". ci.chowchilla.ca.us. City of Chowchilla, California. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
"Militants kidnap 60 in Kurram tribal region". Dawn. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
"Suspected Pakistan militants 'kidnap 60' in tribal area". BBC. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
Laccino, Ludovica (22 October 2014). "Mexico's 43 Missing Students: Theories Behind Mysterious Disappearance". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
"Mexico: Mayor linked to deadly attack on students". USA Today. The Associated Press. 23 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
"Gunmen abduct 39 students from school in northwest Nigeria". The Washington Post. 12 March 2021. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

weminoredinfilm.com

Konda, Kelly (24 March 2015). "About That One Time Sean Penn Tied Madonna to a Chair & Tormented Her for Hours". We Minored in Film. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

wikipedia.org

fr.wikipedia.org

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worldcat.org

search.worldcat.org

"Mordechai Oren Dies; Israeli Jailed by Czechs". The New York Times. 1 March 1985. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
Kandell, Jonathan (21 June 1975). "Argentine Ransom Is Put at $60-Million". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
Clarity, James F. (14 September 1975). "French Stirred by Chad Captive". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
Martin, Douglas (28 May 2012). "Johnny Tapia, Champion Boxer Amid Chaos, Dies at 45". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
"American missionaries and family members kidnapped in Haiti by '400 Mawozo' gang, groups say". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

wsoctv.com

Leone, Jared (8 October 2020). "FBI thwarts militia plot to kidnap Michigan governor". WSOC-TV. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

xinhuanet.com

news.xinhuanet.com

"Football player Silva dies in hospital days after assassination attempt." Xinhua News. 25 September 2008.

yahoo.com

ca.sports.yahoo.com

"Alaska man charged after threatening to kidnap and injure a US senator". Yahoo Sports. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.

youtube.com

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