Katie Beers kidnapping
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Katie Beers was kidnapped in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 in 1992 at age 9, by a friend of the family, and held in an underground bunker for sixteen days. She was eventually found alive.

History

She disappeared on December 28, 1992, two days before her tenth birthday. She left a message on her godmother's answering machine saying, "I've been kidnapped by a man with a knife ." She had been kidnapped by John Esposito, a close family friend, while at the Spaceplex
Spaceplex
Spaceplex was an indoor amusement park and arcade in St. James, New York, United States. The company, Spaceplex Amusement Centers International Ltd. was involved in a stock trading scam and organized crime...

 indoor amusement park. On January 13, 1993, she was found alive in a secret bunker beneath Esposito's Bay Shore, New York
Bay Shore, New York
Bay Shore is a hamlet and a census-designated place located in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, USA. It is situated on the south shore of Long Island, adjoining the Great South Bay. Bay Shore celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2008. The population of the CDP was 23,852 at the time of...

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