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
Besides, she didn’t look like she could be part of a gang or some kind of kidnapper ring, so we followed the sweet-voiced woman as she led us deeper and deeper into the brush.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
"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
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
“We need to release the video,” Malcolm says, as if he and Zach and Olivia are kidnappers with a hostage.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
