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Missing boy found in Browerville 19 years after abduction

January 18, 2013 in Wadena Pioneer Journal

The Todd County Sheriff’s department and Indiana State Police (ISP) announced last week that a 19-year-old abduction case from Indiana had just been broken in rural Browerville. Continue Reading

Lyon Sheriff calls off abduction investigation

September 12, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa The Lyon County Sheriff was able to disprove a report of a possible abduction Wednesday in Rock Rapids. Continue Reading

No abduction incident in Worthington

September 6, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

WORTHINGTON Earlier reports of a possible abduction incident Thursday in Worthington are unfounded, Worthington Director of Public Safety Mike Cumiskey said Thursday afternoon. Continue Reading

Attempted abduction reported in Iowa

September 6, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

LITTLE ROCK, Iowa The Lyon County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an attempted abduction of a 61-year-old female from outside of her residence in Little Rock. Continue Reading

Abduction fear grows for missing Iowa cousins

July 18, 2012 in West Central Tribune

EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) Family members of two young girls who went missing in northeastern Iowa are beginning to wonder whether the cousins were abducted, after days of investigations appeared to produce no significant leads. Continue Reading

Abduction suspect arrested in Anoka County, to be returned to Pope County, Minn.

May 23, 2012 in West Central Tribune

GLENWOOD The 39-year-old man who allegedly abducted a rural Clontarf woman last week has been arrested and is in custody in the Anoka County Jail. Continue Reading

Texas nurse charged in killing of mother, abduction of newborn had suffered miscarriage

April 19, 2012 in West Central Tribune

Verna McClain, apparently desperate to find a baby after suffering a miscarriage, went looking for an infant where she knew she could find one: the suburban Houston clinic where she had taken her three other children for checkups.
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Nurse accused in mother murder and baby abduction had miscarried

April 18, 2012 in West Central Tribune

SPRING, Texas (AP) Authorities say a woman accused of killing a young mother and abducting a 3-day-old boy had suffered a recent miscarriage. Continue Reading

Dickinson school officials, police work to figure out what happened at Roosevelt playground

March 19, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Rumors of an attempted abduction at Roosevelt Elementary School are not true, a Dickinson Police Department officer said this afternoon. Continue Reading

Minnesota woman found after abduction at Hot Springs

January 17, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Woman reports being robbed, thrown into a ravine and fighting freezing temperatures before returning to truck stop. Continue Reading