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Illinois Cracks Down on Child Abductions

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 22nd 2011 3:00PM

Credit: AFP/Getty Images The Chicago Tribune reported last year on how -- out of 530 attempted child abductions by strangers in Chicago and Cook County suburbs during a two-year period -- only 30 of the would-be abductors were ever ...Report by Chicago Tribune identifies holes in Illinois child abduction laws.
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Women Snatch Babies to Hold on to Their Men, Experts Say

by Mary Beth Sammons, Posted Jan 26th 2011 1:00PM

Ann Pettway is accused of kidnapping Carlina Renae from a hospital as an infant. Credit: AP Photo/Wake County Bureau of Identification It's hard to fathom what drives women to snatch babies from hospitals. Maternal instincts? A burning ...Women who kidnap children from hospitals are trying to keep their husband or boyfriend, experts say.
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All-Seeing Eye of the IRS Might Help Spot Missing Children

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jan 11th 2011 1:30PM

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Woman Allegedly Fakes Pregnancy, Steals Baby as Prop

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jan 5th 2011 3:30PM

Michelle Gopaul tricked parents into thinking they were going to a casting. Credit: MySpace Michelle Marie Gopaul is what you might call a method actor. The aspiring thespian and Toronto resident decided she wanted to play a ...Actress alleged stages her own version of Invasion of the Baby Snatcher.
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Madeleine McCann's mother to be named a suspect

by Sandy Maple, Posted Sep 7th 2007 2:08PM

Last night, as my husband and I watched the news, I saw the tail end of a report concerning Madeleine McCann's parents. Madeleine is the little girl who disappeared in Portugal last May after being left alone with her siblings in a holiday apartment ...
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Mom fights off baby snatchers

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 13th 2007 5:28PM

A woman in the UK single-handedly foiled an attempt to kidnap her baby. As she walked along a road, pushing her baby in a pram, a man and a woman approached and tried to grab her 4-month-old daughter. While the mother tried to fend off the woman, who ...
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Would you leave your baby home alone?

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 31st 2007 10:31AM

I've been reading lots of stories lately about bad things happening to children who have been left alone by their parents. Madeline Mcann is making headlines, but there are others. In two separate incidents in Houston, a three year old and a five ...
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Would you microchip your kid for safety?

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 21st 2007 2:28PM

The disappearance of Madeleine McCann from her holiday apartment in Portugal a few weeks ago has made a lot of parents nervous. We all know how easily that could have been one of ours. Every time I hear something about that poor little girl and her ...
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