Kidnapping

CODIS, the FBI's DNA database that could help solve Nancy Guthrie's disappearance case

CODIS is a national DNA database managed by the FBI that contains profiles from offenders and crime scenes, assisting in investigations.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
A notice circulated by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office requests information on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona , U.S. February 1, 2026.
A banner with a growing collection of well-wishes from supporters reads "bring her home" (not pictured) and shows a photo of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of US journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, Tucson, Arizona, US, February 14, 2026

Guthrie family not suspects in Arizona kidnapping, says sheriff

"The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple," said Pima County Sherriff Chris Nanos, who said all family members have been cooperative in the investigation.

|ByREUTERS
A notice circulated by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office requests information on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona , U.S. February 1, 2026.

FBI confirms DNA recovered from glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home

FBI investigators say DNA recovered from a glove near Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home appears to match a masked suspect seen on surveillance footage before her disappearance.

|ByREUTERS
A notice circulated by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office requests information on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona , U.S. February 1, 2026.

Arizona police, FBI continue search for Nancy Guthrie as investigation enters second week

On Friday afternoon, the sheriff's department said DNA that didn't belong to Nancy Guthrie or any of the others in close contact with the elderly woman had been found at her residence.

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF

Gunmen kidnap 227 pupils from school in Nigeria

More than 200 students and faculty kidnapped from a town in northern Nigeria, as hostage-taking remains endemic to Nigeria, disrupting lives and preventing students from obtaining an education.

MARCH 8, 2024ByREUTERS
Remaining girls who were kidnapped from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok are seen in an unknown location in Nigeria in this still image taken from an undated video obtained on January 15, 2018.

Madeleine McCann case revelation: Prime suspect plotted to steal, sell a child - report

Madeleine McCann vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal, in 2007. Now, a chilling detail emerges, potentially a key to the long-unsolved mystery

FEBRUARY 14, 2024ByRACHELI KIRMA
Madeleine McCann

Smuggler kidnaps, imprisons Sri Lankan woman in apartment outside Jerusalem

The mother had called the police the day prior and explained that her daughter had been kidnapped by a man whom she knew.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli police guard while Palestinians perform Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem Neighborhood of Ras Al Amud, January 19, 2024.

Israelis mark 100 days of Gaza hostages' captivity, block Ayalon highway

Protesters blocked the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, with the Forum denying its involvement.

JANUARY 13, 2024ByJOANIE MARGULIES, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli protesters block Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, January 13, 2024

Hostage family members grapple with the aftermath of abduction

Moran Aloni reflects on his six family members who were taken captive by Hamas.

DECEMBER 23, 2023BySHANNA FULD
THE ALONI FAMILY picking strawberries in better times.

Jewish National Fund-USA: Healing Hearts and Building Resilience in Israel’s Eshkol Region

Unyielding support amidst the aftermath of October 7th

DECEMBER 6, 2023ByTANIA SHALOM MICHAELIAN
Children in Eshkol are taught to manage their trauma

Hamas: No release of hostages until a total ceasefire in Gaza

Al-Arouri reportedly said that he was open to exchanging the bodies of fallen Israeli soldiers for the bodies of killed terrorists, claiming Hamas simply needed time to exhume the dead Israelis.

DECEMBER 4, 2023BySAM HALPERN
Hamas senior leader Saleh al-Arouri. December 2, 2023.

Israel recovers body of hostage, four more killed in Gaza

Three more who had been kidnapped, and one other who was thought to have been, were declared dead on Friday.

DECEMBER 1, 2023BySAM HALPERN
Guy Iloz

Video purports to show Israeli-Russian academic kidnapped in Iraq

Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the video, which if confirmed would be the first images of Tsurkov published since her kidnapping more than seven months ago.

NOVEMBER 13, 2023ByREUTERS
A Hezbollah flag and a poster depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah are pictured along a street, near Sidon, Lebanon July 7, 2020

Israel cannot, must not, jeopardize future of our country due to blackmail - opinion

We cannot let this bitter debate divide us as a nation, forcing us to again take sides and pitting Israeli against Israeli.

NOVEMBER 3, 2023BySTEWART WEISS
Palestinians at the Erez Crossing, also known as the Beit Hanoun Crossing, between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, after the Hamas have launched a large attack on Israel, October 7, 2023