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  • UK Woman Kidnapped As A 4-Year-Old Is Reunited With Her Family

    UK Woman Kidnapped As A 4-Year-Old Is Reunited With Her Family

    In 1969, when Susan Gervaise was four years old, a couple from Scotland approached her English family with a bizarre proposition. According to Daily Mail, they offered to take the pre-schooler with them to Disney World. Her biological mother, who struggled to provide for her seven children, saw it as an opportunity for her daughter to have an exciting experience. Gervaise’s birth certificate was given to them, and she never saw her mother again.

    At the time, a child could travel internationally with a birth certificate and parental permission. Her “adoptive family” then added her to their passport, and she was able to travel abroad. From the UK, they traveled to Canada and Australia, before settling in New Zealand.

    “They took me to Canada then Australia and later New Zealand. This was always their plan. I lived a cherished life where I was spoiled rotten. My mum died from MS when I was 10, but even then, being raised in the hub of a travelling community I was very loved.”

    Gervaise, who was born Susan Preece, had been told that she was adopted. She hadn’t learned that she had been forcibly taken from her family at 16, when her “adoptive father” confessed to his crimes. Despite knowing she had been kidnapped, she hadn’t began searching for her family until she was 56.

    Now, after 53 years, Gervaise has finally been reunited with her siblings. In October of last year, for her 57th birthday, Gervaise celebrated her birthday with her remaining family in the UK. Unfortunately, her mother passed away eight years prior.

  • Pregnant Woman Run Over While Trying To Save Her Toddler During Carjacking

    Pregnant Woman Run Over While Trying To Save Her Toddler During Carjacking

    No arrests have been made after a pregnant woman was beaten and run over while trying to rescue her 2-year-old during a carjacking in Illinois, CBS News reported.

    A 34-year-old had just returned to her home, when a white BMW appeared in her driveway. She had already brought in one of her small children and had returned to unbuckle the other. A tall man in a grey hoodie and a green mask then got out of the BMW sedan and ran to the front seat of her 2021 Volkswagen Atlas. The mother refused to back down and tried to fight the car thief off, but he began to beat her. After he knocked her to the ground, he got inside the vehicle with the two-year-old still inside, and ran the woman over as he took off.

    About fifteen minutes later, the taken child was found. A bystander who worked at a nearby business saw two vehicles enter their parking lot, drop off the toddler, and take off. The witness ran and grabbed him just before he made his way to the road.

    Police eventually found the Volkswagen, which sustained a considerable amount of damage. The BMW, which was discovered to be stolen from a dealership, has yet to be located. Police are now asking the public for help in finding it.

    The mother, who is six months pregnant, was taken to an emergency room to receive medical care with serious injuries. Though she remains there, she is now stable and is expected fully recover.

  • 13-Year-Old Girl Arrested For Carjacking and Kidnapping 3-Month-Old Boy, Police Say

    13-Year-Old Girl Arrested For Carjacking and Kidnapping 3-Month-Old Boy, Police Say

    A 13-year-old girl was taken into custody after stealing a car with a 3-month-old baby in the backseat, WRBL News reported. 

    Eternity Beamon-Allen of Atlanta, GA was found along with the infant and the stolen silver 2017 Honda Accord at a Days Inn, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. Both the teen and the baby were unharmed and the car was returned to the father, who is the owner of the vehicle. 

    On Monday the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office issued a statewide Amber Alert in to the missing 3-month-old, Malachi Walker. The kidnapping was reported by the father, 26-year-old Kevin Walker who claims to have known the suspect. Walker told officers that he had been doing Instacart with his two sons when he saw the teen with her mother, both friends. Beamon-Allen reportedly asked her mother to accompany Walker to which the mom agreed. 

    Later that day, around noon, Walker said he left Beamon-Allen and his 3-month-old in the car for a few minutes to go into Publix with his 4-year-old son only to return to a missing car and Malachi, and Beamon-Allen gone. Surveillance footage shows the teen getting into the driver’s seat of the Honda Accord and reversing and then pulling out of the lot, leaving the area.

    Beamon-Allen now faces charges of theft and kidnapping.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Woman Escapes Yearlong Kidnapping By Fleeing To Local Gas Station

    Woman Escapes Yearlong Kidnapping By Fleeing To Local Gas Station

    A woman being held against her will broke free from her captor and found help at a New Jersey gas station after being kidnapped nearly a year ago, Penn Live reported.

    In February of 2022, the victim befriended James Parrillo at a gas station in New Mexico. Introducing himself as “Brett Parker,” he asked the woman for a ride to Arizona. After traveling together to California, past their initial destination, Parrillo became violent. According to police, the suspect placed his hands around the woman’s neck, threatened her, and made her “feel that she was unable to leave the relationship.” He then took her phone and credit cards, and refused to let her speak with friends or family.

    I’m December of 2022, the two began living in Burlington County. Still using the name “Brett Parker,” Parrillo rented a room on the second floor of a home in Bass River Township, New Jersey. After choking the victim in an argument, she found a way to escape and ran to a gas station, two miles away.

    “She ran away once she had an opportunity,” police wrote in the affidavit.

    When New Jersey State Police troopers questioned Parrillo, he initially refused to cooperate, and provided the fake name. After he was taken to state police barracks for further interrogation, he revealed his true name admites to his victim’s claims.

    Parrillo was then charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault, criminal restraint, hindering, and obstruction. According to police documents, he was later charged with refusing to give a DNA sample while in police custody. Parrillo is currently being held in the Burlington County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing.

  • Maryland Man Steals Car And Crutches From Tinder Date, Leaving Amputee Stranded In The Cold

    Maryland Man Steals Car And Crutches From Tinder Date, Leaving Amputee Stranded In The Cold

    A man from Prince George’s County, Maryland is facing multiple charges after using a popular dating app to find potential victims, The Washington Post reported.

    On February 2nd, Rodney Richardson met a man from Tinder who was an amputee. Instead of going on their planned date, Richardson robbed the man, taking his phone, wallet, and car. The victim, who was left without the crutches he needed to walk, was left stranded in the cold.

    “The victim began to crawl on his hands and knees as he was unable to walk due to being an amputee,” court documents state. “[He] hid in a nearby ditch, fearing the suspect would return.”

    Eight days later, Richardson invited another Tinder date to his home in Brandywine, where he raped the man at gunpoint. He then demanded that the victim give him his phone, ID, and Social Security Number, and forced him into the trunk of the stolen car. The next morning, Richardson drove the victim to a nearby bank and made him withdraw $4,500.

    “Very disturbing,” said Major Zachary O’Lare from the Prince George’s County Police Department. “The fact that he was armed makes it very disturbing and heinous types of crimes to the police department.”

    On Monday, after both victims identified Richardson in photos, the 26-year-old was arrested and charged with with rape, kidnapping, assault, armed carjacking, robbery, extortion, and reckless endangerment. He is currently being held in jail without bond.

  • Mother Forced To Rob Bank To Save Kidnapped Daughter Shares Her Story Over Twenty Years Later

    Mother Forced To Rob Bank To Save Kidnapped Daughter Shares Her Story Over Twenty Years Later

    On the night of November 21st, in the year 2000, a masked man and woman entered the home of Michelle Renee in San Diego County, California. After binding her and her 7-year-old daughter, Breea, with duct tape, and with guns at their heads, the duo explained what they wanted.

    “It was very much that mind control thing that they were doing, that, ‘we know everything about you,’” Renee said in an interview with CBS. They told her that they knew her day-to-day routine, and that she was a branch manager at a nearby bank. “You’re gonna rob the bank for us,” she remembers them telling her. “Or you will die, your daughter will go first.”

    The following morning, Renee walked out of the bank with $360,000. After handing the money over to the masked couple, she ran back to her home, terrified about what she may find. “I don’t know if Breea’s gonna be there,” Renee thought. “I don’t know if she’s gonna be alive when I get there.”

    Fortunately, Breea was there when Renee returned to her home. After a bomb squad examined the “dynamite,” they determined that they had been fake- made out of two broomstick handles that were painted and taped together to look like dynamite. Christopher Butler and his fiancée Lisa Ramirez, were later arrested for kidnapping and bank robbery.

    In June, 2002, the suspects were tried together in two trials. Despite Ramirez previously confessing to the crime on camera, the judge ruled it inadmissible in court. The defendant’s lawyer then attacked Renee’s credibility, suggesting she was somehow involved. “They treated me like a criminal,” Renee explained. “They were trying to paint me as somebody that was irresponsible.” After five days of deliberation, the jury found Butler guilty of the robbery and kidnapping, but Ramirez was not, and left a free woman.

    In an interview with Tracy Smith, Renee will be sharing her story on CBS’ “48 Hours,” on February 11th at 10/9c, and streaming on Paramount+.

  • Woman Asleep In Car Wakes Up To Find Stranger Driving Her Away From Rest Stop

    Woman Asleep In Car Wakes Up To Find Stranger Driving Her Away From Rest Stop

    In Columbia County, Wisconsin, a woman who was sleeping in her car parked at a Love’s Truck Stop, while her husband went inside to use the bathroom, woke to a stranger driving at high speeds, NBC 15 reported. Video footage from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office captured the January 14th pursuit.

    When the female victim spoke to dispatch, she informed them that she didn’t know her location, but read road names and signs that were around the city of Lodi, Wisconsin. During the call, the victim and suspect are also heard arguing.

    “ You know, you should get back,” the victim said.
    “I will. OK, I’m going back,” Wagner said.
    “No, you are not,” the victim responded.

    In police documents, the car thief and kidnapper reportedly told the victim that he was a truck driver and that there was “a conspiracy and that people wanted to kill them so he was saving her.” He also falsely told her that her husband was dead.

    At around 4 A.M., officers located the vehicle and began to chase it. Police dash cams show the car swerving and crossing over to the wrong side of traffic. Half an hour later, a police vehicle used tire deflation devices and a chase tactic, causing the car to hit a guardrail and lift into the air.

    The suspect left the vehicle first, and runs to safety. Police then arrest Kyle Wagner, who admitted to have recently using fentanyl and meth. The 51-year-old has since been charged with operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, false imprisonment, attempting to flee or elude an officer, and possession of methamphetamine. Wagner is being held on a $40,000 cash bond, and is scheduled to appear in court in February.

  • Texas Kidnapper Used Fake Name While Dating Victim Was Discovered To Be Married

    Texas Kidnapper Used Fake Name While Dating Victim Was Discovered To Be Married

    On January 11th, the friends of Kayla Kelley contacted police in McKinney, Texas after she was not seen or heard from by relatives and coworkers for several days. The next day, her car was found on a deserted country road. Police say the vehicle “had been burned beyond recognition and the incident was not consistent with a natural fire.”

    When deputies looked for Kelley at her apartment, they discovered her dog. “The dog was without food and water and had to relieve itself on the floor,” authorities wrote. “It appeared the dog had been in that condition for a few days. Family and relatives advised the dog was like Kelley’s child and she would never leave it unattended for an extended period of time.”

    While interviewing the friends and family members of Kelley, it was discovered that she had a boyfriend named “Kevin,” who she initially met online. According to Law And Crime, Kelley had recently learned that he had been married to another woman the entirety of their relationship and she intended to confront him about it.

    When police searched Kelley’s phone records, they discovered that the man she knew as “Kevin” was actually Ocastor Shavon Ferguson. Cell phone records of the 32-year-old showed that he had been in the area of Kelley’s apartment and the area that her car was found, and then traveled back to his home in Grand Prairie on January 10th. He has since then refused to cooperate with police and disclose Kelley’s location and her condition.

    On Saturday, January 14th, Ferguson was arrested on kidnapping and arson charges. Authorities believe more charges are soon to follow as the investigation continues. He is currently being held at Collin County Sheriff’s Office on a $1 million bond.

  • Texas Judge Sets $1 Bond For Repeat Offender Accused Of Kidnapping And Beating Woman

    Texas Judge Sets $1 Bond For Repeat Offender Accused Of Kidnapping And Beating Woman

    In September of 2021, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed Senate Bill 6, a bill banning the release of people accused of violent crimes on personal bonds. Instead, the accused will be able to post the amount of cash set by the court, or pay a percentage to a bail bonds company, The Texas Tribune explains.

    “SB 6 is built on right-wing hysteria that violates Texans’ rights, not on public safety,” Laquita Garcia with the Texas Organizing Project said in a statement. “If implemented, this bill will lead to more overcrowding in jails and further criminalize poverty in our state, meaning more Texans- a disproportionate amount being Black and Latino, will stay stuck in jail solely because they cannot afford bail.”

    Last Friday, 43-year-old Aubrey Taylor appeared at a bond hearing for assault and kidnapping charges. He’s accused of holding his victim in his car for several days and repeatedly choking her and beating her, Fox 26 Houston reported. Despite him being a violent offender, he was given a mere $1 cash bond.

    “You’ve got eight prior felony convictions, two of them for robbery,” said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers. “He’s charged with two serious violent offenses. If I’m outraged, I can’t imagine what the victim in this case must be going through considering all she did.”

    Judge Josh Hill, who gave the bond, says he was making his feelings known for the Senate Bill 6. Despite his seemingly good intentions, he’s now put the life of Taylor’s victim in danger in the process of his protesting.

    “Someone has accused you, you’re in jail, you’re angry, who’s the person you’re thinking about,” questions criminal defense attorney Emily Detoto. “Who are you fuming over and who’s the first person you want to go be angry with? It’s the person who put you there, right? That needs to be rethought.”

  • Witnesses Follow Kidnapper After Seeing Woman Being Forced Into Back Of U-Haul

    Witnesses Follow Kidnapper After Seeing Woman Being Forced Into Back Of U-Haul

    On Saturday, January 14, just after 10 P.M., the police department in Bangor, Maine received multiple calls reporting a kidnapping in a Target parking lot. According to NBC affiliate News Center Maine, witnesses reported seeing a woman being grabbed and forced into a U-Haul rental van.

    When the van drove away, two of the witnesses attempted to follow it, staying on the phone with dispatchers to inform authorities of its location. Eventually, they lost the moving van’s location, but police were able to track it down on a nearby freeway, and Bangor Police Department officers was able to make the arrest.

    The driver of the van has now been identified as Colby Cooper from Brewer, Maine. According to police records, the 21-year-old is the former boyfriend of the victim. Cooper has now been charged with kidnapping, eluding, and domestic violence assault, and remains in Penobscot County Jail.