Category
page 1Kidnapped American people
Patty Hearst
American kidnapping victim
Steven Adler
American drummer

Daniel Pearl
American journalist (1963–2002)
James Foley
American journalist
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
American atheist activist (1919–1995)
Solomon Northup
free-born African American kidnapped by slave-traders

Frank Sinatra Jr.
American singer, composer, conductor and actor (1944–2016)
Enrique Camarena
DEA agent murdered by cia (1947–1985)

Curtis Sliwa
Curtis Anthony Sliwa is an American politician, activist and radio talk show host. He is the founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime-prevention organization headquartered in New York City. Sliwa was twice the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Mayor of New York, being defeated in 2021 by Democratic nominee Eric Adams and in 2025 by Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
Aimee Semple McPherson
Canadian-American evangelist and media celebrity (1890-1944)
Adolph Dubs
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (1920-1979)
Daisy McCrackin
American actress
Robert Levinson
FBI and CIA agent
Recy Taylor
American civil rights activist and kidnap victim (1919-2017)
Kari Swenson
American biathlete
Austin Tice
American journalist and war correspondent (born 1981)
kidnapping of Colleen Stan
kidnapping that happened between 1977 and 1984
James L. Dozier
United States general
Ellen M. Stone
American missionary (1847–1927)

murder of Kristin Smart
American woman who disappeared in 1996

Leonard Firestone
American diplomat

Dianna Ortiz
American nun and missionary (1958-2021)
Tom Fox
American activist (1951–2006)
Madge Oberholtzer
American murder victim (1896–1925)
Paul Marshall Johnson
American terrorist victim (1955–2004)

Earl Wolff
American football player, defensive back, safety
Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted
U.S. Special Operations mission in Somalia

Charles Burke Elbrick
American diplomat