Kidnappings

The mass kidnapping in Kuriga was the third in northern Nigeria since last week.
Melody Hoffman’s Apple Watch helped investigators track her location — and showed the moment it stopped tracking her heartbeat.
“We had to leave our house,” the “Jurassic Park” actor told People magazine.
Investigators who accused a California couple of faking her kidnapping, comparing her case to the fictional “Gone Girl” hoax, are rebuked in a new docuseries.
A high-ranking police official, who confirmed his department had looked into the incident, told The New York Times: "We found nothing at all to suggest it's true."
A concerned citizen called for a welfare check after seeing Trista Fullerton "displaying bizarre behavior," police said.
After a municipal judge on Wednesday recommended she serve jail time for making false reports, her attorneys said she would appeal to state court, where the case would proceed with a jury trial.
Holly Willoughby has been off air since Thursday as a result of the security scare.
The 17-year-old boy was taken after the suspects crashed into his car, and they had demanded $500,000 from his family, authorities said.
William Null, his twin brother Michael Null, and Eric Molitor were found not guilty of providing support for a terrorist act and a weapon charge.