Is kidnapping Rampant in your country

March 20, 2026 2:37pm CST
As for me, it's getting scary. Just heard about a 10-year-old boy snatched on his way home from school in my area. Parents are urging authorities to act fast. Has anyone else experienced something like this?
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DianneN
@DianneN (251633)
• United States
1h
It happens at times in the USA, but most of the time it’s one parent taking the child away from the other parent when a divorce is imminent.
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lovely
@augusta123 (6700)
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13m
Yeah, I know about that one. I wonder why they do that wether to hurt the other person.
Amber
@AmbiePam (115535)
• United States
3h
While kidnapping happens here, it isn’t rampant like Nigeria or Venezuela or the Dominican Republic. I hear about the kidnappings in those countries all the time. Of course, even one kidnapping is too many.
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lovely
@augusta123 (6700)
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12m
Sure.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (204723)
• United States
3h
Not as much as the news would have you believe.
lovely
@augusta123 (6700)
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3h
Are you really sure?
DE
@DaddyEvil (170419)
• United States
44m
Only when my first ex-wife kidnapped our daughter and took her to another state in the US. Since they crossed state lines, the police couldn't help me so I hired a Private Investigator to find my daughter and bring her home again. It took them a few days but Pretty was home safe with me fairly quickly.
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@DaddyEvil (170419)
• United States
4m
@augusta123 She lost custody of our daughter to me and didn't like it so was determined to keep Pretty away from me as long as she could. She did that three times over the seven years it took for our divorce to be final. After the third time of her kidnapping my daughter, the judge said she could only see Pretty in my home while I was present and she couldn't bring anybody else with her. That's when my ex stopped calling Pretty or coming to see her until Pretty sent a letter to her saying she was going to college. THEN my ex asked if she could take Pretty home with her for the weekend... Since my full custody ended after high school was over for Pretty, I told her it was up to Pretty. Pretty decided she did want to see her mom but called me less than an hour later. All her mom wanted to do was talk Pretty out of going to college. Pretty wanted to come home but her mom wouldn't bring her back. I drove the hour to pick Pretty up and bring her back here again.
lovely
@augusta123 (6700)
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@DaddyEvil I think pretty would have at least stay with her mom when she said let her come, I'm sure she won't had kidnap pretty. And what your ex also did is wrong. So for the kidnap case, did the police arrest her?
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lovely
@augusta123 (6700)
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Those investigators where good. But what made your ex wife do a thing like that?
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