Thesaurus results for ABDUCTOR

abductor

noun

as in kidnapper

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Recent Examples of abductor Someone with a personal connection to Guthrie’s abductor may not have been tempted by the prior $200,000 reward for information, but the prospect of up to a million-dollar payout could mitigate some of the risk of contacting law enforcement, Wackrow said. —

Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026 But the paths to finding Guthrie and her abductor are limited. —

Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026 An intense search for Nancy Guthrie is stretching into weeks as investigators try to piece together clues that will lead to her abductor. —

Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026 Nancy Guthrie, whose health her family has described as fragile, was allegedly kidnapped earlier this month in a case that has now captured the nation's attention and brought federal law enforcement to Arizona to aid local police in a desperate search for her abductor. —

Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026 The Guthrie family has released several videos since Nancy Guthrie's disappearance asking for her abductor to bring her home. —

Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026 Often, the abductor is a parent who doesn't have legal guardianship over a child, the report said. —

ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026 Eleven days later, the identity of her abductor or abductors remains a mystery. —

Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026 One note e-mailed Monday to the KOLD-TV newsroom in Tucson included information that only the abductor would know, anchor Mary Coleman told CNN. —

Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026

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In one sign seen by NBC News early Tuesday, an unidentified person directly addressed Guthrie's possible kidnapper.

— Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
The potential value to investigators of the data Google collects is obvious in cases with no suspect, such as the search for Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper.

— Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026