In a scene befitting a nail-biting mystery novel, Melissa Highsmith, a Texas woman kidnapped over half a century ago, has been identified by the authorities.
A Texas woman has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for her role in what investigators called a "virtual kidnapping" extortion scam with ties to Mexico.
A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap Elizabeth Smart in 2002 will be freed from prison more than five years earlier than expected, a surprise decision that Smart called "incomprehensible" on Tuesday.