abduction
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No group has said it was behind Saturday's abduction and the army is still waiting for the kidnappers to contact the family, the army said.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Dylan Johnson, assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, confirmed the abduction of an American journalist, without naming Kittleson.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Guthrie’s interview comes nearly two months since Nancy’s Guthrie’s abduction.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Instead of helping “Today” viewers begin their day, the longtime morning news anchor paid an off-camera visit to her NBC family amid her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie’s abduction in Arizona.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
“Sheriff, I believe that early on the morning after Emmett Till’s abduction, you arrested Milam and Bryant on suspicion of kidnapping.”
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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