kidnapper
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The actor worked with Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers to adapt the true story of a radio news broadcaster and an aggrieved kidnapper with modern-day parallels to figures like Luigi Mangione.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
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
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
He thought of Roza, of her kidnapper, and bitterness sanded his tongue.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
"Nigeria is not safe -- terrorists, kidnappers, bandits everywhere," said Becky Alegbe, a street vendor in Abuja.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
She returned to “Today” on April 6, determined to solve her mother’s abduction by leveraging her TV fame and coast-to-coast reach—the same lofty platform she worried might have drawn the attention of Nancy’s 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
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
The gods of Hinduism face their fair share of thieves, bullies, kidnappers and usurpers.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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