Shock development as new Nancy Guthrie ransom note comes to light nearly eight months after she vanished.
Nearly eight months into the search for Nancy Guthrie, police said a new ransom note may have just emerged.
The 84-year-old 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 family that were released in full by police in July. One demanded $4 million 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, a spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department 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.
A spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department told 13 News that ‘there is some skepticism’ regarding the validity of the note.
One of the previous ransom notes released in July was determined to potentially be authentic because it 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.
The FBI previously released surveillance videos of a masked man who authorities said appeared to tamper with a camera on Guthrie’s front porch and block it with a plant. They described the person as a male about 5ft 9in tall.
Authorities said they are seeking information on anyone who was behaving differently, changed their physical appearance, suddenly left the Tucson area, or had a noticeable or unexplained interest or disinterest in the case.
‘We’re still here. We are not going away,’ Sheriff Nanos said two months ago. ‘We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us.’
Meanwhile, it remains unclear whether the 84-year-old may still be alive, despite one of the previous ransom notes claiming she died.
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Nearly eight months into the search for Nancy Guthrie, police said a new ransom note may have just emerged. The 84-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah…