kidnapper
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Just over a week into the search, when the FBI released footage of the suspected kidnapper, it seemed that the suspect's capture was imminent.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 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
Jane, whose timidity is evident in the way she only reluctantly takes off her winter coat, behaves as though she’s been abducted by an overly solicitous kidnapper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
“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
"Nigeria is not safe -- terrorists, kidnappers, bandits everywhere," said Becky Alegbe, a street vendor in Abuja.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
So how could Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper, or kidnappers, be caught from these brief ransom notes?
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
It is a relief to discover that although there might be axe murderers and kidnappers in the world, most people seem a lot like us: sometimes afraid and sometimes brave, sometimes cruel and sometimes land.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
