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Ohio mom & daughter held captive for years in horrifying conditions (VIDEO)

A 29-year-old mentally impaired woman claimed that three people kept her and her 5-year-old daughter captive in their Ohio home for more than two years. The woman who is being identified by the initials S.E. was invited to live with the trio when she met them; she was later subjected to abuse and inhuman conditions. Police were notified of the situation after they arrested the victim for trying to steal a candy bar and asked to be taken to jail because the three suspects "had been mean to her."

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Iowa teen Kathlynn Shepard's body found after she was kidnapped by sex offender (VIDEO)

It was a little over two weeks ago that Kathlynn Shepard, a 15-year-old Iowa girl, was reported missing after being lured with her 12-year-old friend, Dezi Hughes, into a truck by Michael Klunder, a registered sex offender. Dezi escaped shortly after they were taken to a hog confinement facility, but authorities from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation fear Kathlynn's fate to be dramatically different as they recovered a body Friday night from the Des Moines River, a body they suspect is hers.

Efforts in the search for Kathlynn had gone for days and extended for over 220 square miles across three counties, and the end to this story is tragic and sad. My heart breaks as I think of what this girl must have gone through and how devastating this new development must be to her family and friends. Kathlynn never made it home. 

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Latina mom reunites with daughters 21 years after their father kidnapped them

The last time Lilly Martin saw her daughters, one was 4 years old and the other one only 20 months old. Martin had gone to her cosmetology class and came back home to find her girls and her Egyptian husband had disappeared without a trace. In May, Martin was finally reunited with her daughters who traveled to Tampa from the Middle East where they spent the last 21 years of their lives being raised by their paternal grandparents. 

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Horrible man stages kidnapping of 15-year-old girl to look like a hero & ends up killing her

In what sounds like a movie scene gone horribly wrong, a Maine man used Facebook to stage a kidnapping and rescue so he could look like a hero, but ended up killing the teenage victim instead!

Kyle Dube was charged with the murder and kidnapping of 15-year-old Nichole Cable, whose body was found in a wooded area a week after she first went missing.  According to a report detailing the events that led to the young girl's death, Dube told his brother he used the social media page to trick Cable into leaving her house while he waited in the woods wearing a ski mask. His idea was to fake-kidnap her and then "save" her ... but sadly, things didn't go according to plan.

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Awesome Latina mom chases down her daughter's kidnapper & I would have done the same

In certain situations you don't even have time to think, you just act. A mother in Albuquerque, New Mexico jumped into her car and started a high speed chase when she found out her 4-year-old daughter was being abducted. The little girl was playing in her yard at Saint Anthony's Plaza Apartments on Wednesday when a group of teenagers saw that the girl was being kidnapped and they ran to tell the mother, Melissa Torrez. Torrez turned into a superhero and flew into action.

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7-year-old girl escapes kidnapper's trunk, is braver than most adults (VIDEO)

A fun Saturday afternoon turned into a horrific nightmare for a mother from South Sacramento, California and her three kids when a man  suddenly snatched the woman's 7-year-old daughter, threw her in his trunk, and then quickly drove away. Keep in mind this all happened during broad daylight. Isn't this the scariest thing ever? But the courage of this little girl will surprise you!

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Ariel Castro's kidnapping victims finally speak out (VIDEO)

After almost a week of being free from Ariel Castro's evil grasp, the three victims in the Cleveland kidnappings case--Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight--who were held captive for more than a decade in Castro's home, are finally speaking out, and expressing their thanks for all the love and support they have received since their miraculous escape.

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Ariel Castro could face the death penalty & his family says he deserves it (VIDEO)

The prosecutor in charge of the Ariel Castro kidnapping case announced yesterday that he's going to be bringing homicide charges against the depraved Castro for each and every one of the babies that weren't born because of him. According to police reports, Michelle Knight miscarried about five times because of the beatings that she received from Castro's hands. According to an Ohio state law, a person charged with killing an unborn child could face murder charges, which could result in the death penalty for Castro.

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Cleveland kidnappings: Where is possible 4th victim Ashley Summers? (VIDEO)

As if the Cleveland kidnapping involving Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight hasn't already had enough horrifying twists, another chilling possibility has just come to light: according to some reports, Knight told law enforcement officials that there was a fourth woman in the house of alleged kidnapper, Ariel Castro, but that the woman vanished one day.

Ugh, just when you think this case couldn't possibly get any more disturbing...

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Amanda Berry's 6-year-old daughter is "happy & healthy" against all the odds

Amanda Berry, one of the victims from the horrifying Cleveland kidnappings who was discovered alongside Latina Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, is relieved to see that her 6-year-old daughter, Jocelyn, is "happy and healthy." Berry gave birth to her daughter while she was imprisoned for a decade in suspect Ariel Castro's Cleveland home. But after finally being able to escape this Monday, it seems like mom and daughter are finally doing better. In fact, Berry finally arrived home just a while ago today.

I can't even imagine what this woman must be feeling. It's so good to see that they're both alive and physically well!

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