News & Views
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Mother who kidnapped her daughter from South Carolina and went on the run for 20 years speaks out
December 9, 2018
Dorothy Lee Barnett kidnapped her daughter in 1994 after obtaining forged birth certificates and getting passports
Todd was awarded custody of baby Savanna after painting a picture of Barnett as a violent and mentally unstable parent and wife
She went on the run for the next two decades before she was arrested in 2013
Eye-popping surge of illegal immigrants abducting children
May 22, 2018
Children 'abducted' by illegals hoping to pose as families at U.S. border
The government warned federal judges in 2016 that their attempts to create a catch-and-release policy for illegal immigrant families would lead to children being “abducted” by migrants hoping to pose as families to take advantage.
Parental child abduction places Japan on blacklist
September 1, 2018
TOKYO -- Japan is facing criticism over noncompliance with an international treaty that sets rules for cross-border parental child abductions as the government is slow to enforce court orders on its own citizens who have taken their children to escape overseas custody battles.
Woman charged with parental kidnapping in Beverly
Mar 18, 2019
Brittany Bohan, of Sanford, Maine, was wanted by Maine police when troopers at the Danvers barracks received a tip she may have been staying at a Beverly residence.
The children were unharmed and will be returned to the custody of Maine Child Protective Services.
She was charged with being a fugitive from justice on a court warrant and will be arraigned Tuesday morning at Salem District Court. After her arraignment, arrangements will be made to transport her to the custody of the Sanford, Maine, Police Department.
