The man convicted of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City in 1979 must be retried by June or be released, a federal judge in New York has ruled. Pedro Hernandez, 64, was convicted in 2017 of kidnapping and murdering Etan and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after he admitted to luring the …
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A Florida teenager is facing charges after allegedly faking his own kidnapping and shooting himself in the leg as part of the hoax, according to officials. Caden Speight, a 17-year-old from Citrus Springs, Florida, was arrested and charged on Tuesday with presenting false evidence, shooting into a conveyance, making a false report of a crime and possessing a firearm as …
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A Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged in connection with the abduction of 23-year-old Kada Scott, who remains missing, and faces another kidnapping charge in what police described as a pattern. Keon King, 21, was arrested Tuesday and charged with kidnapping Scott, police said during a Wednesday morning press conference. What to know about Kada Scott investigation Shortly after …
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A store clerk who confessed to kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 should get a new trial and be released from prison in the meantime, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A jury convicted Pedro Hernandez of felony murder and kidnapping in 2017, after he confessed to luring Patz into a basement as the child walked to his …
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LOS ANGELES – An illegal alien from Mexico has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with orchestrating a phony kidnapping – which she blamed on federal agents or people working with federal agents – to generate public sympathy and solicit donations, the Justice Department announced today. Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, of South Los Angeles, is charged with conspiracy …
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