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kidnapping

NOUN
abduction
Synonyms


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Asked whether the captured man was involved in Zambada’s kidnapping, Harfuch said the matter was still under investigation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Stivers had been reprimanded two months before Nancy’s kidnapping for delays securing crime-scene evidence in a homicide case, according to his personnel records.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Authorities stressed they have not confirmed that claim and continue to investigate the case as an active kidnapping.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

US television star journalist Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal Saturday for anyone with information about her mother's disappearance to come forward, saying "we are begging for help" six months after the kidnapping took place.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

He reviewed all the details: the eyewitness testimony of Mose Wright and Willie Reed, the prior confession of Bryant and Milam to kidnapping, the positive identification of the body by Emmett’s mother and others.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe




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