Nearly eight months into the search for Nancy Guthrie, police said a new ransom note may have just emerged.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, was forcibly abducted from her Tucson-area home on February 1. The case drew national attention and headlines for months.
Early into Nancy’s disappearance, two chilling ransom notes were sent to the Guthrie family that were released in full by police in July. One demanded a $4 million ransom and a second claimed the 84-year-old had died before offering an apology.
Now, it appears that there may also be a third ransom note.
Late on Monday evening, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released a statement that said: ‘The PCSD/FBI Guthrie Task Force was recently made aware of a new possible ransom note related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation.
‘Investigators are also aware of social media comments regarding the note and are looking further into the information to determine its credibility.’
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has been investigating the abduction with the help of the FBI.
Police did not say what the contents of the ransom note are, and the statement does not confirm whether it is legitimate.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, was forcibly abducted from her Tucson-area home on February 1
Two ransom notes were released by police in July, but it appears that a third note may have just emerged. Pima County Sheriff’s deputies are pictured at Nancy’s home after she disappeared
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department released this statement late on Monday evening
A spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department told KOLD 13 that ‘there is some skepticism’ regarding the validity of the note.
The previous ransom notes released in July were determined to likely be authentic because one contained specific details about Guthrie’s home – a broken floodlight in the backyard and a white smartwatch found on her bedroom floor.
The other note did not contain specific details but was written in a similar tone to the first, suggesting it may have been penned by the same person.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in July that investigators released the notes in the hope that someone would recognize the writer’s distinctive wording, expressions or style.
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