Dubbed "The Crime of the Century", on 1 March, the child was 20 months old when he was taken from his crib in his home. 5 Famous Deaths at the Hands of Loved Ones Marvin Gaye, who was shot to death by his father, is one of many tragic stories in Hollywood in which … He was found alive in 1980 but died in 1989 in a motorcycle accident. One of the most well-known kidnapping stories is that of Adam Walsh. 6 Famous Abductions and Where the Women Are Today. Jean Paul Getty III, the grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, five months after his kidnapping by an Italian gang. The child was kidnapped at a department store in 1981. Not all the cases on this list are of kidnapped people. Their kidnappings by the Front de libération du Québec set off the 1970 October Crisis. Charles was the son of famous American aviator, Charles Lindbergh. That is what happened in the case of Dr. Salazar, a psychiatrist from Seville, Spain.Dr. Two weeks later, his head was found by a fisherman, but his body was never recovered. Who is the most famous kidnapping victim? After a ransom negotiations were unsuccessful, the child's remains were found by … Salazar suddenly disappeared in 1995, and after years of searching, was declared dead in 2010. Cross was released; Laporte was murdered. Steven Stayner (1972) was kidnapped on his way home from school in 1972 in Merced, California. Sometimes people go missing on purpose. However, one month after he was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years, he was found hanging from a bedsheet in his cell.