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Updated 4 years ago,September 25, 2021

Tokbergen Abiyev is a journalist is Kazakhstan.

He told a coworker that he was going to obtain more information for the news conference.

A few hours later, it was determined that he had disappeared.

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In 2014, 12-year-old Charles Bothuell V was reported missing by his parents.

After an 11-day search, the boy was found locked in his parents basement.

His parents were arrested and convicted of torture and second-degree child abuse.

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There is no report as to why his parents reported him missing after locking him down there themselves.

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He was released only to be captured again.

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He remains in detention.

He texted his wife a knife emoji as a signal that he was in danger.

A Hong Kong newspaper reported that he was taken away for questioning when he arrived in China.

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On October 4th, Hongweis wife reported him missing to the French police.

On June 20, 2019 Honwei plead guilty to accepting bribes up to $2.11 million.

Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs was abducted from her home by 21-year-old James Patterson on his third attempt to do so.

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Jayme was returned to her aunt and given half of the $50,000 reward for rescuing herself.

The video of the kidnapping became national news as the entire country started looking for her.

The next afternoon, Karol appeared safe and unharmed.

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She admitted to staging the kidnapping but did not provide a reason.