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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Guthrie siblings post back-to-back videos addressed to captors The urgency to find Guthrie was apparent in an emotional plea posted in two videos released one day apart.
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Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Gardner says that these types of appeals, both to the public and would-be captors, play into the kinds of parasocial relationships from which Lindbergh also benefited in the search for his child.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
His captors tormented him by saying that his family didn’t care about him.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Guthrie’s potential captor has yet to make contact with the family, according to authorities.
—Vivian Kwarm, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Gardner says that these types of appeals, both to the public and would-be captors, play into the kinds of parasocial relationships from which Lindbergh also benefited in the search for his child.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
His captors tormented him by saying that his family didn’t care about him.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Guthrie’s potential captor has yet to make contact with the family, according to authorities.
—Vivian Kwarm, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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captor
noun
cap·tor
ˈkap-tər 
-ˌtȯ(ə)r
: one that has captured a person or thing
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