Would you want to be taken against your will? I wouldn't think so, I know I wouldn't. Kidnappers have a mind of their own, as do we. When we hear or read about another person that has gone missing, you may ask yourself, why do they do that? What do they want from him or her? What is it like being a kidnapped victim?When your child goes out, you want them to be safe. And of course to avoid being a target to kidnappers.
Kidnappings affect a lot of people like friends and family. Kidnapping is a crime of taking one against his or her will, child or adult. Boy or girl. It doesn't matter. Many cases of kidnappings vary from another. In some cases things can get really bad. When I say bad, I mean how things lead to brutal beatings, rape, and possibly deaths. In other cases the kidnapping can be a simple procedure as to demanding money in exchange for the victim.
Kidnappings often occur because the assailant is jealous of someone for a certain reason (Money, Sex and Jealousy Among Kidnap Motives"), their reason for abducting someone usually is also to get money, or sex (Raymond Brown). But the most common reason to why the assailant kidnaps is because he or she wants a lot of money or simply just for sexual reasons (Brown).
Reports of kidnappings are usually reports of missing children. Reports are also adults, but mostly young children or teens. And out of the reports of missing children, majority of them are females. Girls are the biggest, most common targets because of the assailants sexual needs and such. About 2,100 missing children reports are filled in the U.S. everyday (Steven Dowshen).
Laura Star was a kidnapped victim. Laura was 12 years old when he was kidnapped (Laura Star). Her abductors were her older brother's two best friends whom they grew up with. Her older brother had a party, and his best friends used that as a good opportunity to take his sister without him noticing. When the two guys got Laura past her brother, they put her in