{"id":739214,"date":"2026-07-02T16:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/739214\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:11:16","slug":"nancy-guthrie-case-fbi-still-investigating-some-notes-as-legitimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/739214\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Guthrie case: FBI still investigating some notes as legitimate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FBI is still evaluating some ransom notes relating to the February disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as potentially \u201clegitimate,\u201d while others have been discounted as \u201cextortion attempts,\u201d the agency said in a Wednesday update. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThis case continues to be investigated as a kidnapping for ransom case,\u201d the FBI Phoenix office said in a post on X<\/a>, noting that law enforcement had received \u201cseveral ransom notes over the course of this investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of the \u201cTODAY\u201d show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing from her home near Tucson, Arizona, on Feb. 1. She was last seen the previous night around 9:45 p.m., according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.<\/p>\n

Ten days after Guthrie was reported missing, the FBI released chilling doorbell camera images of an armed and masked man outside her home on the morning of her disappearance. The FBI has since described that man as a suspect.<\/p>\n

\"SecuritySecurity camera footage from the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s house.Kash Patel via X<\/p>\n

The Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department is also investigating the case and said in a Wednesday statement<\/a> that it had \u201creceived information regarding potential ransom notes related to the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie\u201d throughout its investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery tip and lead is taken seriously and is forwarded directly to our detectives, who continue to work in coordination with the FBI,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The FBI statement rebuts a Tuesday report from Reuters about the notes<\/a>, citing an unnamed FBI official.<\/p>\n

While the FBI did not specify how many ransom notes had been received, NBC News has previously reported that investigators involved in the case have examined two notes sent to media outlets in the wake of Guthrie\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n

The first note said Guthrie was safe and requested cryptocurrency in exchange for her release. The second note sent to media outlets appeared to indicate that she had died, three people familiar with the matter previously told NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"SavannahSavannah Guthrie in an interview with the “TODAY” show after her mother\u2019s disappearance.TODAY<\/p>\n

After the second note was sent, Savannah Guthrie addressed her mother\u2019s possible kidnapping in an Instagram video<\/a>, saying the family would \u201cpay\u201d for her return.<\/p>\n

Last week, she made another plea on air <\/a>stating that her family is \u201cin agony. We cannot be at peace,\u201d over her mother\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re begging for your help,\u201d the host said. \u201cPlease, if you\u2019re watching, no matter how small, the reward is there. You can tell us; it can be anonymous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love our mom, and we\u2019ll never stop looking for her, ever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FBI is still evaluating some ransom notes relating to the February disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as potentially…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-739214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}