kidnappings

These Shocking 'Guantanamo' Photos of Kidnapped FBI Agent Robert Levinson Were Probably Taken in an Iranian Secret Prison

Max Read · 01/08/13 05:51PM

Nearly six years after the disappearance in Iran of private investigator Robert Levinson, and two years after his family received an anonymous email confirming that the former FBI agent was still alive, five photographs taken by Levinson's captors have been released. "I am here in Guantanamo," reads a sign Levinson is holding in one photo. "Do you know where it is?"

One Girl and Seven Boys Named 'Nephra Payne' Abducted from Foster Care

Max Read · 09/20/11 10:21PM

An odd alert went out over New York City's "Notify NYC" system on Tuesday evening: "The NY State Dep of Criminal Justice Services has issued a Missing Child Alert for 8 children, all named Nephra Payne ages 11 months to 11 years." Eight kids with the same name? Surely that's some kind of mistake?

'Camouflaged Abductor' Drags Nursing Student into Woods

Max Read · 04/14/11 10:35PM

Holly Bobo, a 20-year-old nursing student in Tennessee, was apparently dragged into the woods near her home yesterday by a man dressed in camouflage. Hundreds of volunteers are now looking for her.