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Republican Kidnapping (25 instances)

509: Augustus Sol Invictus

Familial Abuse & Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking/Harassment
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Augustus Sol Invictus is a white nationalist associated with the Nazi group AtomWaffen. He used to be a Libertarian but changed to Republican after Trump was elected. He participated in Unite the Right and has a long history of threatening violence. He is alleged to have strangled his ex-wife and threatened her life with a gun. He was, however, acquitted of all charges because she was terrified of testifying after threats against her life from him and from other people in the white nationalist movements.

445: Steven Pankey 

Kidnapping, Murder
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Steven Pankey ran for governor as nominee of the Constitution Party in 2014. The Southern Poverty Law Center calls the Constitution Party the most extreme right party in the U.S. In 2018, he ran in the 2018 Republican fubernatorial primary. He lost. Two years later, in 2020, he was charged with the kidnapping and murder of a twelve-year-old girl. In November, 2022, he was convicted.

255: Greg Peterson

Kidnapping, Rape
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Gregory Nathan Peterson was an activist for the Utah Republican party. Two women alleged he took them to his cabin and raped them. A third claimed he attempted to rape her but gave in when she showed her gun. Two other women claimed he raped them in their homes. He was charged with kidnapping as well as rape. Two days after being released on bail he killed himself leaving a vindictive, self-justifying note.

61: Dennis L. Rader

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape
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Dennis L. Rader is the serial killer known as the BTK Killer. He was also a Boy Scout leader and Lutheran Church President. Additionally, he was a Republican appointee to the Sedgewick County Board of Zoning Appeals and the Sedgewick County Animal Control Advisory Board. As the BTK Killer, he killed ten people, two of…