The ransom note from Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers has reportedly been revealed
One of the reported demands for Nancy Guthrie’s safe return has been revealed.
The person or people who allegedly took Today The mother of cohost Savannah Guthrie, 84, has asked the family to pay them millions of dollars in bitcoin, according to a local news station that reportedly received one of the ransom notes sent to several media outlets.
“In the letter, the would-be kidnappers demanded that the Guthries pay them $6 million by Monday,” Tucson ABC affiliate KGUN9 reported.
Nancy has been missing for more than a week as friends, family and law enforcement continue to search for her. She was last seen on January 31, after dinner with her daughter Annie and her husband Tommaso Cioni. Tommaso told authorities he dropped the 84-year-old off at her home in Catalina Foothills that evening around 9:48 p.m. She was reported missing the next morning after failing to show up at church. Her disappearance is being investigated as a crime.
“We’re going to pull out all the stops and go from all angles. We’re really hoping that it’s a search and rescue mission and that we find her and that she’s safe and sound,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Office said. Chris Nanos said in a statement to Us on Monday, February 2. “But it would be unfair if we don’t look at what lies ahead and say, ‘We must act.’”
On Saturday, February 7, Nancy’s children – Savannah, Camron and Annie – appeared to directly address the kidnappers and their alleged ransom demands in an emotional video shared to Instagram.
“We received your message and we understand. We are now begging you to return our mother to us so we can celebrate with her,” Savannah said at the time as she held her siblings’ hands. “This is the only way we can achieve peace. This is very valuable to us and we will pay for it.”
If We weekly previously reported, Chairman Donald Trump has offered that federal law enforcement will be “fully at the disposal” of the Guthrie family until Nancy is located. On Friday, February 6, while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, he said he believed “we could get some answers pretty quickly” in the mysterious case.
Investigators are analyzing a new lead as they continue their desperate search for Today cohost Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie. Surveillance footage from a Circle K in Arizona captured a “vehicle of interest” and has been turned over to authorities, according to NBC News. As Us Weekly previously reported, Nancy, 84, was last seen […]
“I think we’re doing very well, which means we have some evidence that I think is very strong,” he said at the time. “I’m not talking about a search, I’m talking about a solution. We have some things that may come out fairly quickly [the] DOJ or FBI or whoever that might be – could be final.
In an exclusive interview with Usretired FBI agent Scott Curtis Theorized that Nancy’s shocking disappearance had to do with a “personal grievance” with the Guthrie family.
“If this was about Savannah, I think there would have been some kind of direct or indirect message in these ransom notes about Savannah. And we don’t see that at all,” he explained. “Or something Savannah said, right? And we don’t see that either, based on what we’ve been told.”
