North Carolina

A 12-year-old girl from North Carolina was kidnapped in the middle of the night by her friend's uncle, who forced her to walk for hours in a wooded area. She took advantage of a moment of inattention, fled barefoot to the main road and whispered to a driver who stopped to help her: 'I was kidnapped'. The armed 38-year-old suspect was captured after an extensive manhunt and a bail of 2.5 million...

Oscar Mendoza, a resident of Sanford, North Carolina, experienced an incredibly rare winning streak, claiming a $1 million grand prize just two months after winning $100,000 in another lottery game.