Top notorious kidnapping in America history

Ariel Castro kidnapping

The horrifying crimes or Ariel Castro rocked Cleveland Ohio and the rest of America when they came light to Castro had orchestrated kidnappings of Michelle Knight Amanda Barry and Georgina De Jesus between 2002 and 2004, for about decide the three ladies remained locked up in Castro's home where they lived under terrible condition, in that time the case become national news even getting features the America's most wanted it remains unsolved until 2013 when Barry escaped from the with her daughter and was able to lead police back Castro was arrested and sentenced to lived imprisonment, but he took his own life one month later. 

1976 Chinchilla kidnapping 

It was the largest kidnapping for ransom in America history on July15, 1976,26 school children from Chinchilla California were abducted alongside their bus driver Frank Edward Ray the Prepetrated drove them out to a quarry where they were held in a truck buried underground by this time the kid's parents had inundated the police with so many calls the lines were jammed and kidnapper were enabled to phone in with their Ransom the kidnappers all from wealthy families planned there sinistor plot for 18 months. Over the next 16 hours ray and the children  maneuvered their way out of the truck to their freedom they were eventually reunited with their families all three kidnappers were captured by police and sentenced life but were eventually all paroled. 

Charlie Ross in 1874 

The young Charlie Ross living with his family in an affluent neighborhood in Philadelphia on July first Charlie and his brother Walter were in front or their house when they are picked up by two men  who lured them with the promise of candy and fireworks Walton was later dropped off by the man while Charlie was never seen and heard from again the kidnappers demanded twenty thousand dollars Ransom which Charlie'father was enable to pay the case eventually became headlines news as it was America's first known kidnapping for Ransom 60 year later a man named Gustav Blair came forward claiming to be Charlie but he was never acceptable.

Bobby Dunber

Backstory 109 year ago, four year old Bobby Dunber son of Lissie and CP Dunber of Appaloosas wandered away from the family outing near lake Swayze and St Landry parish born to Lassie in purse Dunber Bobby Dunber, a four year old boy who went missing in 1912 while on a Louisiana fishing trip with his family for eight months police searched all over the country and the case attracted significant media attention it all took a bizarre turn when it was reported then Dunber had been found with a men named William Walters in Mississippi the city of Opelousas through a party but the party didn't last long but according to Walters the boy with him was actually Bruce Anderson the son of julia a a field hand of the Walters family not with standing a court ruled that the boy belonged to the Dunbars and Walters was later send to prison for kidnapping. 

 

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