Survivor Stories

The temporary and quick-thinking captive noticed the police station, did a U-turn, and ran to safety.

Ashley Jones was forced to shoot a man who kicked down her door during the early morning attack.

Marcus DeWitt, 29, is accused of grabbing a three-year-old and running off with a four-year-old; he has been charged with kidnappi …

“You’re saving my life,” Susie Rabaca wants to tell her mystery “angel.”

“It's finally over. I can move on with my life. I've let go of my hatred and all of my anger and I can move forward from here,” Di …

The 18-year-old said all she could think was, “I can't let him take them!”

“He was scared I was going to beat him up more,” says Polyana Viana.

Cops say the possibly gang-related incident at a block party killed one man and injured at least 11 others.

"If you love me, you will let me go,” the woman later told police she begged. Dean Hoffman’s response, she said: "You know I can't …

Police have released the security footage and are on the lookout for a dark-colored Pontiac and a driver with “short dreadlocks.”

The boy later told the press, “I knew I had to act in the heat of the moment; always have your kids prepared for anything.”

She said, “I just grabbed my brother and went into the backyard because there was no time to panic. You just have to go with it.”

Cops said he was trying to break into her car; she said, “I took that bat and hit him upside the head like 'pi-yah!'”

John Douglas is the inspiration for the character of Holden Ford on Netflix's 'Mindhunter,' based on the book of the same name cow …

Thomas Dewald told police he was targeting children who lived in “deplorable conditions” and that he broke into a second home to s …

Nathaniel Sassafras was paroled last January after serving almost 14 years of a 20-year sentence for a murder he committed in 2004 …

“My parents took my whole life from me, but now I'm taking my life back,” one daughter told the court.

Police stopped the vehicle with spike strips, and the woman ran to safety.

The man nicknamed “Ogre” allegedly had drugged, raped, and held her against her will for weeks.

Dramatic body cam footage shows the cops stop the suspect and remove two children, ages 4 and 5, from the back seat.

The Indiana students wrestled the gunman to the ground; police later caught his alleged accomplice.