Luis Armando Albino was kidnapped as a child from a park in Oakland, Calif., in 1951. Seven decades later, his niece took an online DNA test that led authorities to his home on the East Coast. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A shattered father recounts his kidnapping and the struggle to negotiate with the kidnappers for the release of his children. Terna Iwar for NPR hide caption
For one Nigerian family, freedom after a kidnapping hasn't ended their terror
In this undated photo provided by El Roi Haiti, Alix Dorsainvil, right, poses with her husband, Sandro Dorsainvil. Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped July 27, the organization said. El Roi Haiti via AP hide caption
Carlee Russell, the Alabama nursing student who falsely said she was kidnapped, was charged with two misdemeanors in connection with the hoax, police announced Friday. Hoover Police Department hide caption
Owen Burns, center, holds up the slingshot he used to fend off a boy who was attacking his sister earlier this month. Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Matamoros, Mexico, is a stronghold for various criminal organizations, particularly the Gulf Cartel. U.S. and Mexican officials say four U.S. citizens were abducted at gunpoint in the city on Friday. Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sherri Papini leaves a federal courthouse Monday after Judge William Shubb sentenced her to 18 months in federal prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Armed forces secure the area where Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, placed a bouquet of flowers in front of a memorial to independence hero Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday. Haitian police are working with U.S. officials and are in contact with the kidnappers who abducted a group of U.S.-based missionaries on Saturday. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption
North Korean Kang Ho-Rye (second from left), 89, hugs her South Korean relative at a resort at Mount Kumgang, North Korea, in August 2018. Almost 100 South Koreans crossed the armed border to the North to meet their separated families. The U.S. bars citizens from entering North Korea, but some Korean Americans hope the Biden administration will lift the ban and let them visit again. Lee Su-Kil/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Americans Can't Visit North Korea. Some Who Have Family There Hope Biden Changes That
An image from the book Bring Back Our Girls. The families of these missing girls sent photos of them to photographer Glenna Gordon. Glenna Gordon hide caption
A man stands in the deserted school dormitory after gunmen invaded and took away more than 270 girls in Jangebe in northwest Nigeria, on Feb. 26. The girls have all since been returned. Habibu Iliyasu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Joe Montana and his wife, left, Jennifer walk onto the field at Levi's Stadium before an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions in Santa Clara, Calif., in 2018. Tony Avelar/AP hide caption
A mural showing a teacher leading a young girl to school is riddled with bullet holes after an attack by Boko Haram militants last month. They attacked the Dapchi Government Girls Science and Technology College in northeast Nigeria. Jide Adeniyi-Jones hide caption
In Nigeria, Distraught Parents Demand Answers After Boko Haram Kidnaps 110 Girls
President Trump, standing with his wife, Melania, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaks Monday in Tokyo at a meeting with the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea. At center rear is Koichiro Iizuka, whose mother, Yaeko Taguchi, was abducted by North Korean agents in 1978. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Families Of Japanese Abducted By North Korea Hope For Help From Trump
Todd Kohlhepp, 45, was arrested for kidnapping Thursday; on Saturday, he confessed to a nearly 13-year-old quadruple homicide. Spartanburg County Sheriff's Department hide caption
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone walks with his wife, Fabiana Flosi, in Singapore in 2014. Flosi's mother was kidnapped in Brazil and held for ransom last month; she's now been freed, police say. Mark Thompson/Getty Images hide caption
Linda Boyle (left) and Lyn Coleman hold a photo of their children, who were kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2012. Caitlan Coleman, an American married to Canadian Joshua Boyle, was pregnant when the couple was abducted. Bill Gorman/AP hide caption
For Families Of U.S. Hostages, New Policy May Bring New Hope
Etan Patz, and the "lost child" poster issued after his 1979 disappearance. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Campaigners marched Monday in Nigeria's capital of Abuja during a silent protest to raise awareness about girls and boys abducted by Boko Haram. Sunday Alamba/AP hide caption
Hundreds Of Nigerian Girls Still Missing A Year After Kidnapping
A passerby watches a TV news program reporting two Japanese hostages, Kenji Goto, left, and Haruna Yukawa, held by the Islamic State group, in Tokyo, on Friday. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption