Kidnapping

Board Denies Parole to Inmate Convicted of 1991 Kidnapping

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Alabama’s parole board is refusing to free an inmate convicted of kidnapping a young attorney who was never seen again following her disappearance in 1991. The board denied parole Tuesday for 54-year-old Karen McPherson, who has been in prison 25 years. McPherson was sentenced to life imprisonment for her role in the kidnapping of 25-year-old Carrie Smith Lawson in Walker…

Elizabeth Smart Working on Self-Empowerment Book Due in 2017

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NEW YORK (AP) – Kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart’s next book will be a guide to self-empowerment. Smart is an activist and author of a best-selling memoir about her kidnapping as a teenager. She has an agreement with St. Martin’s Press for “Hope Empowered,” in which she’ll draw on her experiences helping others recover from traumatic events. The publisher said Thursday…