kidnapper
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The family has released three previous videos saying they were willing to speak to the potential kidnapper, and asking to provide proof that her mother was alive.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 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
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
“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
On Friday, exactly six months after Nancy Guthrie was abducted, police released two ransom notes in the hope that they would help identify her kidnappers.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The “Today” co-host appeared to ask kidnappers where to search for Nancy Guthrie, who disappeared nearly six months ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
