In the United States, fetal abduction accounted for 6% of the recorded 302 cases of infant abduction between 1983 and 2015. This phenomenon is so rare that most people would never expect it to happen to them. At the age of 18, Angelique Cruz was only weeks shy of delivering her baby boy when a friend made an attempt at stealing him.

In 1893, starting on January 24th and lasting until February 25th, "Black Week" can only be described as a series of distressing events, including forbidden love, embezzlement, and murder in the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

August 18th, 2012, was just like any other day for Nancy Howard, spending most of her day at church. When she arrived home that evening, she was confronted by a man who demanded her purse and then shot her in the face. Miraculously, she survived and was able to see justice served in the failed attempt against her life.