perpetrator
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For three decades, investigators from the Madison County Sheriff's Office chased leads and interviewed hundreds of people as they attempted to identify the perpetrator.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The alleged perpetrator was “chased out of the building” and “no one affiliated with AEPi was involved or complicit with this incident,” according to an AEPi statement posted on Instagram.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Discussing his India trip, the “Primetime” version of Hansen remembers an alleged witness to the kidnappings, who describes the perpetrator as a monstrous ancient evil lurking in the dark.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Authorities are trying to learn how the perpetrator gained access to the beach, including whether they boated over from the other side of the lake, investigators have said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
It isn’t our job to stop this; we should wait for the police to catch the perpetrator.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
His housing minister, Vincent Jeanbrun, singled out "a small part of our working-class neighbourhoods" as the home of many of the perpetrators.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he had told Levine that the "despicable behaviour of the perpetrators of this attack does not represent the citizens or the values of the State of Israel".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“The strategic advantage of cyber warfare lies in its stealth and ambiguity. Because it blurs the line between war and crime, attribution becomes difficult, enabling perpetrators to operate with minimal consequences.”
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
“This kind of violence is unacceptable in San Francisco, and we devoted significant resources to holding the perpetrators of this incident accountable,” San Francisco Police Chief Derrick Lew said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Rest assured that we are taking this incident very seriously and will investigate this matter thoroughly with the Montgomery County police, and appropriate action will be taken against the perpetrators.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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