kidnapper
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So how could Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper, or kidnappers, be caught from these brief ransom notes?
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The videos, recovered by Google engineers, provided the first look at Guthrie’s kidnapper and last less than a minute.
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
Savannah Guthrie continued her calls for kidnappers to return her mother Nancy Guthrie, as the investigation into the elder Guthrie’s disappearance surpasses its six-month mark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Nigeria is not safe -- terrorists, kidnappers, bandits everywhere," said Becky Alegbe, a street vendor in Abuja.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her,” she said, reading a statement directed at the kidnappers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Two years ago, even as Finn and Emma laughed and laughed and laughed, Mom had tried to explain that she wasn’t really worried about kidnappers.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
