Tag: Kidnapping
Robert Scott Froberg, Murder, Kentucky 1996
⏱ 2 min read A 30-year-old cold case involving the kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Morgan Violi has been solved with the guilty plea of Robert Scott Froberg. On July 24, 1996, Froberg kidnapped and murdered Violi in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The crime went unsolved for three decades despite tireless efforts by law enforcement. Froberg,…
Joseph Charles Henrichsen, Kidnapping, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read Joseph Charles Henrichsen, 49, and Phoenix Henrichsen, 23, kidnapped two US Forest Service employees at gunpoint in California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest, near Gumboot Lake Campground in a remote area of Siskiyou County. The employees were abducted while conducting field work, bound, and taken to a trailer where they were held for…
Randall Latroy Richardson, Kidnapping, Alabama 2025
⏱ 2 min read Randall Latroy Richardson, a 42-year-old man from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was arrested on Christmas Eve for allegedly kidnapping a victim in the early morning hours of December 24, 2025. The incident occurred in Tuscaloosa, and by sunrise, Richardson was apprehended and taken into custody. The motive behind the kidnapping is not yet…
Osman Daniel Vasquez-Mejia, Kidnapping, Louisiana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Honduran national, Osman Daniel Vasquez-Mejia, 18, has been charged with kidnapping a child from Louisiana in the Eastern District of Texas. The crime allegedly occurred while Vasquez-Mejia was living illegally in Princeton, Texas. The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury, includes charges of kidnapping, transportation of a minor, and…
Malik Terrell, Kidnapping, District of Columbia 2023
⏱ 2 min read A brutal kidnapping in the District of Columbia turned deadly when two men were killed after being taken at gunpoint. Malik Terrell, 24, and his co-conspirators kidnapped two people on June 9, 2023, in the 4400 block of F Street SE. The motive behind the kidnapping was to steal the victims’…
Tahreon L. Allen, Kidnapping, Kansas 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 65-year-old man was kidnapped from his home in Lawrence, Kansas, in May 2023, by Tahreon L. Allen, Jean Willy Petit Frere, and a third suspect, who forced him out at gunpoint. The victim was bound and blindfolded for approximately 10 hours, during which time the kidnappers stole money and two…
Michael Anthony, Kidnapping, Robbery, California 2020
⏱ 3 min read Two women were ambushed and brutally attacked on October 20, 2025, after answering a fake babysitting job ad in Southeast D.C. The victims were dragged into a basement, stabbed, and bound with duct tape by a trio of predators, including a teen who orchestrated the heist from behind bars. According to…
Darrin Begay, Assault by Strangulation and Kidnapping, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 34-year-old Shiprock man’s vicious attack on a victim in June left them for dead, but the perpetrator’s reign of terror ended with a guilty plea in federal court. Darrin Begay, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, unleashed a brutal assault on the victim on June 30, 2025, punching, kicking,…
Virgil Larson, Kidnapping, Ohio 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 12-year-old girl from North Carolina was allegedly lured to Ohio by a 45-year-old man she met online. Virgil Larson, of Bremen, Ohio, is charged with kidnapping the minor and four other child exploitation crimes. According to court documents, Larson communicated with the victim on Snapchat and text messages before traveling…
Alfredo Capote, Kidnapping, Georgia 2016
⏱ 2 min read Alfredo Capote, a man with a taste for terror, was convicted of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and her 17-year-old son in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The gruesome crime went down on April 7, 2016, when Capote staged a fake robbery at the victim’s home, tying up both her and her son before sexually…
