Nancy Guthrie's fate 'revealed in ransom note'
Savannah Guthrie's missing mother Nancy Guthrie died shortly after she was abducted from her home in Arizona back in February, according to a ransom note which was sent to a US TV station.
Savannah Guthrie's missing mother Nancy Guthrie died shortly after she was abducted, according to a ransom note.
The Today show presenter's 84-year-old mom Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Arizona home on February 1 prompting a large-scale search and a police investigation. Now it's been revealed two ransom notes were sent to US TV station KOLD in Tucson and they are both being treated as potentially credible by investigators - with reports suggesting the second note could finally explain what happened to her.
NBC News reports the first note demanded a transfer of crypto currency in exchange for Nancy's safe return but the second suggested Nancy had died after being abducted. The outlet states the second note suggested the abductors did not mean to kill Nancy and did not offer an apology or demand payment for the release of the body.
The existence of both notes was previously known but the contents were not been disclosed publicly, according to NBC News.
KOLD's 13 News confirmed the station "received two notes in the days after Guthrie went missing from her Catalina Foothills home on Feb. 1".
The 13 News report added: "Just like then, 13 News is now not releasing the full details of the notes out of respect for the family and the investigation. We also shared the IP address from which the notes came to law enforcement."
The article added the first note was received a day after the release of doorbell footage which showed a masked man outside Nancy's home shortly before the vanished and featured details of the crime scene and demanded "millions in Bitcoin" in exchange for her safe return however in the second note "the writer claimed Guthrie had died after the abduction".
The piece by 13 News went on to reveal the Guthrie family took both notes seriously because they were very similar and came from the same "computer address".
The notes were shared with investigators who praised staff at the TV station for their "sensitivity".
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement: “We both (FBI and PCSD) are grateful for the media’s attention and assistance in handling such pieces of evidence with such sensitivity to both the case and the family."
TV star Savannah previously opened up about the notes in an interview with NBC, saying: "There are a lot of different notes, I think, that came, and I think most of them - it’s my understanding - are not real, and I didn’t see them.
"But I believe the two notes that we received, that we responded to, I tend to believe those are real."
