kidnap

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The 1974 political kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was front-page news for a year and a half — her abduction, then her announcement that she was joining her captors, then her discovery, arrest, and prosecution.

From Los Angeles Times

But police insisted she left for Mexico of her own accord and was not kidnapped.

From Los Angeles Times

The interior ministry's spokesman said in November that it had investigated 42 alleged kidnappings, and found all but one were "false".

From BBC

A glove discovered as part of the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping has produced no DNA matches, authorities in Pima County, Arizona, say.

From BBC

The goal, he said, is to "dramatically grow" Venezuelan oil production, improve the lives of Venezuelans, and reduce the "criminal and migration and kidnapping" threats on the United States.

From Barron's