kidnapper
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Ali told the BBC: "They arrested the kidnapper, but we don't know what happened next."
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
The case took another bizarre turn Wednesday morning when TMZ announced that the outlet received a letter demanding a payment of one bitcoin — about $67,000 — in exchange for the name of Guthrie’s kidnapper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
Rather than risk a military confrontation, they forced American troops to play the role of the sleazy kidnapper sneaking in windows.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026
Bill Skarsgård plays the kidnapper, and the rest of the cast includes Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Colman Domingo and Al Pacino.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
“The convicts wash my shirts, as in murderer convicts and kidnapper convicts, and then I’m supposed to wear them?”
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
She returned to “Today” on April 6, determined to solve her mother’s abduction by leveraging her TV fame and coast-to-coast reach—the same lofty platform she worried might have drawn the attention of Nancy’s kidnappers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
On Friday, exactly six months after Nancy Guthrie was abducted, police released two ransom notes in the hope that they would help identify her kidnappers.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Nigeria's military says it has rescued the widow of a retired general who himself had died at the weekend while being held by kidnappers.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Isn’t tracking down possible kidnappers a good thing?
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
The gods of Hinduism face their fair share of thieves, bullies, kidnappers and usurpers.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
