Tag: Kidnapping
Robert Johnson, Kidnapping, Tennessee 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Memphis man’s twisted game of cat and mouse ended in disaster when he was caught kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, whom he’d physically assaulted and forced back to Tennessee. Elmer Smith, 39, made the fateful trip from Memphis to Southaven, MS, on February 15, 2024, in search of his victim, who was…
Luis Carlos Noyola, Kidnapping, Mississippi 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 50-year-old Pontotoc man is going to spend the next 14 years behind bars for a brazen cross-state kidnapping. Luis Carlos Noyola snatched a female victim from Cherokee, Alabama, on April 19, 2025, and forced her to travel against her will to Corinth, Mississippi, and then into McNairy County, Tennessee. During…
Lontrell Williams, Jr., Kidnapping, Texas 2020
⏱ 2 min read Nine men, including well-known musical artists Pooh Shiesty and Big30, have been federally charged with kidnapping and robbing numerous victims at a music studio in Dallas, Texas. The alleged crimes occurred when the victims thought they were attending a business meeting. Instead, they were met with violence and intimidation. The defendants…
Lontrell Williams, Jr., Kidnapping, Texas 2024
⏱ 2 min read Nine men, including well-known musical artists, have been federally charged for kidnapping and robbing numerous victims at a music studio in Dallas, Texas. The victims thought they were attending a business meeting, but instead, they were met with violence and intimidation. The defendants, including Lontrell Williams, Jr., aka Pooh Shiesty, and…
Barton Rico Cooeyate, Kidnapping by Inveiglement, New Mexico 2026
⏱ 2 min read Barton Rico Cooeyate, a 41-year-old Zuni man, has been charged with kidnapping after allegedly tricking a woman into getting into his car by offering her a ride home in Zuni, New Mexico, on March 23, 2026. Cooeyate then drove the victim to an abandoned rural residence 15 miles away, where he…
Jose Ramirez, Kidnapping for Ransom, New Mexico 2018
⏱ 2 min read Jose Ramirez, a 47-year-old Albuquerque man, engineered a violent kidnapping-for-ransom scheme targeting his former employer, a 68-year-old business owner, in July 2018. The scheme began just weeks after Ramirez’s release from prison for a felony firearm conviction. Ramirez and his co-defendants ambushed the victim at his Placitas residence, restrained him, and…
Raymond Dodd, Kidnapping, Strangulation, Assault, Washington 2026
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking case of domestic violence, Raymond Dodd, 51, held his romantic partner captive in his Washington D.C. apartment in March 2024. The incident occurred at 1300 H Street NE, where the couple got into an argument that escalated into a brutal attack. Dodd slapped his partner, tied her hands…
Rafael Enrique Gámez Salas, Murder, California 2024
A notorious leader of the Venezuelan crime syndicate Tren de Aragua (TdA) is off the streets, but not before a calculated attempt to vanish within the US prison system. Rafael Enrique Gámez Salas, 40, was taken into custody by US Marshals Wednesday following the completion of a federal sentence in San Bernardino County, California. He’s…
James, John, and Mary Johnson Plead Guilty to Kidnapping, Forced La…
Disturbing case: Illinois family members plead guilty to kidnapping, forced labor, and conspiracy. Learn about human trafficking and the commitment to combat such crimes.
Nellie Sherry Serradell, Kidnapping, Alaska 2019
An Anchorage woman receives a 20-year prison sentence for kidnapping an 18-year-old victim. Read about the terrifying ordeal and its impact on the community.
