Parents On High Alert After Abduction Attempts
Parents in two North Texas towns are on high alert after three attempted child kidnappings.
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Parents in two North Texas towns are on high alert after three attempted child kidnappings.
Police in Hurst are looking for a man who tried to kidnap a girl on her way home from school.
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Loved ones will pay their final respects on Monday to the Arlington woman who was kidnapped and murdered nearly one week ago.
The Arlington Police Department has released surveillance footage obtained from a local donut shop (2417 S. Collins Street) where Leona Swafford went to just moments before she was kidnapped and murdered.
A local FBI Task Force has joined Arlington Police in the search for the man who murdered 83-year-old Leona Swafford Tuesday.
Arlington police are asking for help from the public in locating the man they believe to be responsible for killing an elderly woman after a morning carjacking and kidnapping.
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A missing child was found safe early Wednesday morning after speculation that he was kidnapped.
12-year-old girl talks about how a man tried to kidnap her as she played in front of her apartment building.
Aron Jones has been located. The child returned home and is okay. Police have not issued any further details.
Police have confirmed that the Texas woman at the center of an Amber Alert for abducting her two grandchildren from the Nacogdoches area on Thursday has been arrested in Fort Worth.
A domestic kidnapping case that started Tuesday afternoon in Denton ended safely Wednesday morning in Parker County.
One man is in custody after a carjacking and kidnapping in north Arlington. The incident happened at a Walmart store located along Randol Mill Road.
A brazen attempted abduction has a community in Cockrell Hill on alert. Police say a man broke into a family's apartment early this morning and tried to lure away two young girls.
Deputies with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department discovered a kidnapped man after pulling a vehicle over for speeding early Monday morning.
Richardson Police are investigating the reported kidnapping and sexual assault of a female victim early Sunday morning.
Police in Fort Worth are asking for assistance from the public in finding the people who robbed a man and attempted to kidnap him earlier this week.
A woman is recovering from injuries sustained during an alleged kidnapping and rape after she was found in Fort Worth.
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"It's very similar. In fact, an identical witness was involved in both cases," said State Representative Joe Moody.
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"It's very similar. In fact, an identical witness was involved in both cases," said State Representative Joe Moody.
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