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Outgoing, gung-ho and gregarious. As the picture of kidnapped reporter Jill Carroll emerges, a school friend from her days in Ann Arbor says it's those same qualities that will help her survive. Communities in Ann Arbor and Amherst, Mass., where Carroll, 28, attended the University of Massachusetts, are struggling to come to terms with her disappearance. Carroll was freelancing for The Christian Science Monitor when she was kidnapped Saturday. She had been on her way to meet a Sunni Arab official in one of Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhoods when gunmen ambushed her car and killed her translator. U.S. and Iraqi...

13 Year Old Girl possibly abducted. Ransom Demanded. Amber Alert Issued for Detroit, Michigan girl, Toni Stoddemire (13) Springfield, IL, December 21, 2005 --(PR.COM)-- An Amber Alert is in effect right now for a missing 13-year-old girl from Detroit. State police say Toni Stoddemire left her home Tuesday by herself. Shortly after she left, police say a phone call was placed to her home demanding money for her return. For a complete Detailed Profile of these Amber Alerts. Please visit our site at: http://www.projectsafekids.org/alert.html

Prosecutors: Teen abducted children for demonic ritual Monday, November 28, 2005; Posted: 7:29 a.m. EST (12:29 GMT) CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- An 18-year-old Chicago man was arrested after allegedly kidnapping two young children to perform a demonic ritual intended to get back his former girlfriend, authorities said. David Rodriguez was being held on $500,000 bond. Prosecutors said he and a 15-year-old companion snatched the children Friday outside a South Side library and planned to carve a pentagram in the girl's chest. Rodriguez apparently needed only the girl, so he released her 8-year-old brother, who told people on the street about...

MIL-MIDEAST-GAZA-ABDUCTION French TV reporter abducted in Gaza GAZA, Aug 14 (KUNA) -- A group of unknown gunmen abducted on Sunday a foreign reporter outside a hotel in western Gaza, said spokesperson of Palestinian Interior Ministry Tawfiq Abu Khoseh. Abu Khoseh told Kuwait News Agency that the abducted is a French man of Algerian origin, noting that the kidnappers left behind three French people accompanying the Algerian. He noted that the Palestinian security authorities opened an investigation immediately and started a wide-scale search operation to locate the reporter, who works for a French television station. Abu Khosen condemned the abduction on...

Amber Alert Issued for 6 Year Old Tennessee Boy Posted: Sunday July 17 6:41 PM CT The Carter County Sheriff's Office and the state of Tennessee issued the Amber Alert on Sunday afternoon after the child was last seen in the intersection of Oliver Hollow And Highway 321 on Saturday afternoon about 5 PM. Charles Dillon Johnson, 6 years old. He was last seen wearing an orange Tennessee Vols, orange sweatpants and no shoes. He has silver caps on his front teeth. He is 4 feet tall and weighs 50 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He...

SOUTH DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County investigators believe a woman is in danger and they have no idea where she is. What they do know is that she made a frantic call to 9-1-1 and, they believe, she's with a man who has a very dangerous past. South Daytona Beach investigators say the man they are looking for just got out of prison in December. He's had a long history of violent crimes, including assaulting elderly people. Now police believe he may have kidnapped his girlfriend and she could be in danger. "He could very well kill her," said...

DULUTH, Ga. — Local police are investigating the disappearance of a Georgia woman who is supposed to get married on Saturday. Jennifer Wilbanks has not been seen since she went jogging in Duluth, Ga., Tuesday night, Gwinnett County police said. Wilbanks, 32, described as 5-foot-8, 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, was last seen in the downtown Duluth area at 8:30 p.m. She was wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue sweatpants and blue New Balance running shoes. Her fiancé, John Mason, said Wilbanks left the house around 8:30 p.m. for her jog "in good spirits" and said she would...

Just announced: Citrus Co., Florida. Police are looking for a "person of interest," - a man, in another state - in regard to the case of missing Jessica Lunsford. Police said that a polygraph from the Grandmother showed two responses that raised "red flags," when they reviewed the polygraph. Police are following up on other tips received, also, regarding this "person of interest."

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PORTSMOUTH — Betty Hill of Portsmouth, who along with her late husband in 1961, had the first publicized and best-documented UFO experience in the White Mountains, died Sunday in her sleep after a battle with lung cancer. She was 85. On a return trip from Canada, the Hills said they were abducted for two hours by a UFO on Sept. 19, 1961. After going public with their story, the two gained worldwide notoriety. Their story became the subject of a book and later, a made-for-TV movie starring James Earl Jones and Estelle Parsons. They traveled across the country and made...

Israel and the Palestinian Authority were engaged in intensive efforts Monday night to bring about the release of an Israeli Druze employee of CNN who was kidnapped by armed Palestinians in Gaza on Monday. The kidnapping occurred at approximately 6:30 P.M., just outside CNN's offices in Gaza City. Riad Ali, who works for the television station as a producer and translator, was standing and chatting with two other employees, a reporter and a cameraman, both American. According to the reporter, Ben Wedeman, a white Peugeot stopped nearby and five armed Palestinians, all in their twenties, jumped out. Some carried pistols,...

GAZA CITY (CNN) -- A group of armed men abducted a CNN producer in Gaza City on Monday. There has been no claim of responsibility for the abduction of CNN producer Riad Ali, and the militant group Hamas condemned it.

Not an AMBER alert...but it should be....This is one of my Special Ed. STUDENTS!!!Please read the article below and keep your eyes OPEN!The mom says that she is very trust worthy.....I think what she MEANT to say is that she is very TRUSTING...she does NOT have good judgment about other people and could be in serious jeopardy from suspicious individuals...http://www.komotv.com/stories/33158.htmhttp://www.kirotv.com/news/3746442/detail.html Developmentally Disabled Girl Missing September 20, 2004  By KOMO Staff & News Services   Tools Email This Story Printer-friendly Version   PUYALLUP - A mother from Shoreline is asking for help finding her missing daughter. Kristina Hoot, 19, is developmentally disabled....

BAGHDAD: Gunmen on Saturday kidnapped the head of an Iraqi state-owned construction company here as he drove from his home to work, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. Raad Adnan Mahmoud, director of the al-Mansour Contracting Company, was seized after the gunmen blocked his car in a busy street in the Zaieuna neighbourhood, Ministry spokesman Colonel Adnan Abdel Rahman said. Al-Mansour, one of the country's largest construction companies, has carried out several reconstruction projects for various ministries, including a housing complex here and military barracks for the new Iraqi army. As well as running al-Mansour, Mahmoud is also a senior official...

50 children and 12 teachers were abducted from their school. Imagine how frightened they are. I'd like to start a prayer group to pray for their safe, quick release. I'll pray every 3 hours today and tomorrow starting at noon Pacific Standard Time, then 3PM, 6PM and 9PM PST. This is an invitation to join me in a group prayer for their safe return home. Maoist Rebels Abduct 50 School Children in Nepal KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Maoist guerrillas abducted at least 50 students and a dozen teachers from a school near the Nepali capital to try to force them to...

DENVER - An Amber Alert has been issued for an 11-year-old Denver girl. Denver police say Dulce Salazar-Romero was kidnapped by a family acquaintance. She was last seen near the intersection at Fourth and Galapago around 8:30 Sunday night and was wearing a blue skirt and white shirt. The suspect, 23-year old Jesus Valenzuela, has brown eyes and brown hair, although he was last seen with a shaved head. Police are looking for a 1993 burgundy Mercury Cougar with temporary Colorado tags.

Something happened to Richard Cote. And now, almost 11 years later, he wants to tell the world. And whether you believe Cote's story or not, one thing is clear: He's not alone. Reports indicate thousands of people have told authorities they were abducted by aliens. Last year, BBC News reported four million Americans believe it has happened to them. Amazon.com sells a book titled How To Defend Yourself Against Alien Abduction. Type the words "alien abduction" into the Google search engine and you'll be rewarded with more than 85,000 hits -- including a service that offers Christian counselling to people...

Amber Alert Issued for 13 Year Old California Girl Posted: Friday 01/16/04 11:51 PM CST The Long Beach Police Department and the CHP issued the Amber Alert after the girl was abducted on Friday evening. Celina Bruno was abducted in Long Beach California on Friday January 16. She is a white female, 5 '2" 110 lbs., 13 yrs., long brown hair, brown eyes last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue jeans and thongs. Police are looking for Tony Rich, a white male 41 yrs., 5 ' 0" and Julie Dennis, aka Brandy Mills, 37 yrs., a white female, 5 '...

<p>Spencer, Ia. - An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday night after three children were reportedly nabbed out of the home of their grandparents by their parents, who lost custody the day before, Spencer police said.</p> <p>The suspects are Samantha Pardue, 30, and John Davidson of Georgia, the parents of the children. Spencer police officials said temporary custody was granted to the children's grandparents the day before.</p>

Amber Alert Issued for 13 Year Old Illinois Girl Posted: Wednesday 11/12/03 11:15 AM CST The Peoria Illinois Police issued the Amber Alert for the girl after she went missing from her home early Monday morning November 12. Yesenia Olivares is an Hispanic female, 13 yrs., 5', 130 lbs., long black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing blue plaid pajama pants, white T-shirt with GIRLS on front and a gray sweater. She went missing from her home in Peoria Illinois early Wednesday morning the 12th. Police are looking for Juan Olivares an Hispanic male, 35 yrs., 5'05",...