TUCSON, Ariz. — A ransom note associated to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mom of “Today” present host Savannah Guthrie, mentioned the 84-year-old had died, NCS and different information organizations are reporting, citing legislation enforcement sources.
Some media shops had beforehand reported receiving ransom notes tied to the case within the days after Guthrie’s disappearance in early February from her dwelling simply outdoors Tucson.
NCS reported Monday that certainly one of notes revealed that Nancy Guthrie was useless — and people who kidnapped her didn’t imply to kill her, however she died shortly after her disappearance. NCS mentioned it knew the contents of 1 such note, and {that a} Tucson TV station had obtained two notes.
NCS and the station agreed to carry off on sharing the contents of the notes publicly so any future communications with the kidnapper or kidnappers could possibly be authenticated, NCS reported.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department declined to touch upon the note’s contents. The FBI didn’t reply to a request for remark. And the Guthrie household didn’t make any instant social media posts or any public feedback about the notes Monday. Authorities imagine Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped, kidnapped or in any other case taken in opposition to her will after discovering blood close to the doorstep of her dwelling within the foothills outdoors Tucson. The FBI later launched surveillance movies displaying a masked man on the porch that evening.
Volunteers and search groups scoured the close by desert terrain stuffed with cactuses, bushes and boulders within the weeks after she vanished. A volunteer group not too long ago carried out a seek for her physique close to the Arizona-Mexico border however didn’t report discovering her.