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Kidnapping

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Man Tries to Kidnap Teenage Girl on Her Way to School

    Police are looking for a man who allegedly grabbed a 16-year-old girl in an attempted kidnapping as she walked to school this morning. According to police, the girl was walking on the 5700 block of Mission Street at about 7:40 a.m. when the man grabbed her from behind and demand that she leave with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Sierra LaMar: Police Believe Missing Teen Knew Her Kidnapper

    ​Investigators are now saying they believe whoever abducted 15-year-old Sierra LaMar mostly likely knew her or, at the very least, was acquainted with her. What's more, they said her kidnapper was probably familiar with the area near her Morgan Hill home where LaMar was last seen on March 16. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Michael Scott Moore, Former SF Weekly Writer, Kidnapped by Somali Pirates

    ​Michael Scott Moore, who previously worked as a theater critic for SF Weekly, was reportedly captured by Somali pirates over the weekend while he was traveling to central Somalia to research for his book about Somali pirates. The LA Times reports that Moore was on his way to the airport when 15 m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Ellen Burleigh: I-5 Strangler Victim's Remains Found 30 Years Later

    Ellen Burleigh​Anyone who was in Northern California during the late 1970s remembers the paralyzing fear many had when the notorious I-5 strangler was on the loose. The serial killer was known for kidnapping, raping, and murdering women. One of his many victims was 21-year-old Ellen Burleigh, whos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Louisiana Kidnapping Update: Police Release Suspect Details

    Working with SFPD to solve a kidnapping case​Police are looking for a heavy-set man with rotting teeth, saying he might be responsible for kidnapping a Louisiana woman and driving her to San Francisco before booting her out of the car. Officer Albie Esparza told the Examiner's Mike Aldax that the ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Asylum Denied

    Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

  • News

    August 18, 2010

    Held Captive

    Coyotes who smuggle immigrants torture and extort their victims, helped by out government's failure to enact immigration reform.

  • News

    June 16, 2010

    The Killer of His Daughter's Mother

    A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican Cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.

  • Music

    August 19, 2009

    Yacht Rock party

    A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican Cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2009

    Talking China

    A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican Cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2009

    Julia

    A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican Cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.

  • Culture

    March 19, 2008

    Based on True Events

    Using a sensational kidnapping case as its source material, June in a Box recalls events we'd just as soon forget.

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2008

    Finding June

    Using a sensational kidnapping case as its source material, June in a Box recalls events we'd just as soon forget.

  • Film

    June 21, 2006

    Deep Doo-Doo

    A modern-day Bonnie and Clyde are after your money again

  • Film

    June 30, 2004

    The Ransom of Redford

    Robert gets kidnapped in Pieter Jan Brugge's surprisingly smart The Clearing

  • Music

    April 9, 2003
  • News

    November 14, 2001

    Law and Borders

    Prosecutors, judges, governors, a sex offender, and a woman with a penchant for poor judgement entangle California and Texas in an epic child custody war with two sure losers -- aged 7 and 9.

  • Calendar

    December 22, 1999

    Enough Already

    Christmas cinema for cynics

  • Film

    October 14, 1998

    Zoom Lens

    Christmas cinema for cynics

  • Film

    April 15, 1998

    The Lying Game

    Christmas cinema for cynics

  • Calendar

    December 3, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Christmas cinema for cynics

  • Film

    November 13, 1996

    Rich Man's Burden

    Christmas cinema for cynics

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