A man charged with raping and kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and holding her for a decade was due in court in the US late last night.

A woman who says she was abducted a decade ago by a man who forced her to marry him and fathered her child has said she is now happy and feels blessed to be back with her family.

A US woman who was 15 when she disappeared from her home 10 years ago has been reunited with her family.

A woman who was 15 when she disappeared from her California home 10 years ago has contacted police saying she was held against her will for years.