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
Identifying the suspected kidnapper: FBI agents have already identified the masked man’s backpack as a 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack sold at Walmart, which is now working to assist investigators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
The family has released two previous videos saying they are willing to speak with the potentail kidnapper, and asking to provide proof that her mother was alive.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 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
“The name Miranda stands for people’s rights,” she said last fall, when I was upset because Robbie B. had told me during gym that I was named after a kidnapper.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
Speaking to journalists, Bosso said they had tracked the kidnappers.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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
Over the course of months, investigators made a couple of detentions and conducted a few searches as the Guthrie family made a series of emotional pleas to the kidnappers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
In New York, Douglass met David Ruggles, an African American abolitionist fighting against kidnappers who seized free blacks and sold them into slavery.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
