Sept. 28, 2026, 9:02 p.m. ET
Practically eight months into Nancy Guthrie‘s alleged kidnapping case, regulation enforcement is assessing the credibility of an alleged new ransom notice.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Division and FBI’s “Guthrie job pressure was not too long ago made conscious of a brand new potential ransom notice within the Nancy Guthrie investigation,” the sheriff’s workplace stated in a press release to USA TODAY on Monday, Sept. 28. “Investigators are additionally conscious of social media feedback being made concerning this notice and are trying additional into this and dealing to find out credibility.”
USA TODAY has reached out to the FBI for remark. TheWrap was first to report the event.
Nancy Guthrie’s household reported her lacking from her house within the Catalina Foothills group simply north of Tucson on Sunday, Feb. 1. She was final seen the prior night, round 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31.
Apart from numerous DNA proof and pictures of a male suspect seen in house surveillance footage, updates from native and federal authorities have been scant in current months.
Earlier than the Sept. 28 assertion, officers’ most up-to-date replace got here Aug. 17, when the sheriff’s division introduced that human stays present in a desert space exterior Tucson weren’t related to Nancy Guthrie’s case.
Previous to this, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos stated on July 28 that investigators “have a lot DNA to kind by way of. We’ve a lot by way of video proof to take a look at.”
A number of unconfirmed ransom notes have emerged in Nancy Guthrie investigation
The FBI’s workplace in Phoenix revealed on July 1 that “Some have been deemed to be extortion makes an attempt with out legitimacy. The social media put up continued: “Different ransom calls for might probably be professional and are nonetheless being investigated as such.”
Later that month, the sheriff’s division made public the contents of two notes despatched by an individual claiming duty for Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Division shared the 2 communications despatched to Tucson’s KOLD-TV 13 after the 84-year-old disappeared on Feb. 1. The primary, despatched Feb. 2, demanded ransom in alternate for her secure return. The second, despatched Feb. 6, claimed she had died.
The primary notice claimed the purported kidnappers are holding Nancy Guthrie hostage and demanded a ransom in Bitcoin for her secure return. It stated Guthrie can be held for a most of seven days and launched inside 12 hours of fee. The notice demanded $4 million if the fee was made by Feb. 5 or $6 million by Feb. 9.
“She is secure however scared,” the Feb. 2 notice learn. “As soon as fee is acquired to the bitcoin handle beneath she can be launched inside 12 hours of deposit to a secure drop off location again in Tucson. If fee shouldn’t be acquired by the final deadline on Monday the ninth (of February) at 5PM, she can be killed.”
Within the second notice, the purported kidnapper claimed that Nancy Guthrie is useless and buried and apologized to the Guthrie household.
“We didn’t absolutely grasp the seriousness of her bodily situation. We by no means meant to harm her, that was not our intention. She perished shortly after she was taken. We consider it was coronary heart associated. She is buried in nature now,” the Feb. 6 notice claimed. “Nothing you could possibly have performed may have modified the end result. We wish your loved ones to know this and hope you all can discover peace. We’re really sorry.”
“At the moment” present cohost Savannah Guthrie and her household have vowed to proceed looking for the 84-year-old regardless of months of “agony” over the unresolved case.
A reward totaling greater than $1.2 million has been provided for info resulting in Nancy Guthrie’s restoration. Anybody with details about the case is inspired to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or suggestions.fbi.gov, the Pima County Sheriff’s Division (520-351-4900) or 88-CRIME.
Contributing: Anthony Robledo
