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Melon

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9. Paying a ransom without supporting information is also a fools errand

Reply to Jacson6 (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:14 AM

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We had an employee in Mexico who had a child kidnapped. Ransom paid. No child ever returned.
Your only link is the money which is what they want. If you pay without any clue who the perpetrators are or if your loved one is already dead, you break that chain forever. The only chance is paying after proof of life and hopefully more contact so that the authorities can follow the clues to the kidnappers.

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Nancy Guthrie Update: Former FBI Agent Shares New Theory on Disappearance [View all] bucolic_frolic Yesterday OP

FBI Director Patel can now definitively state that she was not being held tanyev Yesterday #1

The investigation continues to the south of France newdeal2 Yesterday #5

That's like when OJ Simpson searched every golf course PCIntern Yesterday #8

Unless the person took her medications also, she is probably dead, niyad Yesterday #2

Agree, and we must not forget. The truth must be pursued. /nt bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3

This case was a kidnapping for ransom. Jacson6 Yesterday #4

Paying a ransom without supporting information is also a fools errand Melon Yesterday #9

Doesn't sound like a very helpful theory. milestogo Yesterday #6

She probably died and the kidnappers dumped her body. 58Sunliner Yesterday #7

Exactly. There was also blood at the scene. Melon Yesterday #10

FBI director working hard on the case Mysterian Yesterday #11