Nancy Guthrie Update: Chilling Note Claims to Know Where Her Body Is Located
What To Know
- A new ransom note claiming information about missing Nancy Guthrie was sent to TMZ.
- Retired FBI agent Jason Pack questioned the note’s legitimacy, citing suspicious timing with Savannah Guthrie’s return to Today show.
- Pack emphasized that credible witnesses contact law enforcement, not the media.
As the search for Nancy Guthrie entered its tenth week, TMZ received a new ransom note on Monday (April 6) from an individual claiming they saw the 84-year-old alive in Sonora, Mexico.
According to the outlet, the correspondence alleged that while they saw Nancy alive in Sonora, she “is dead” now. The letter was said to be from the same person who sent the initial ransom notes back in February, though this time they demanded 1 Bitcoin in exchange for the location of Nancy’s body. The individual asked for half upfront and half after a public arrest.
Nancy, the mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since January 31, when police believe she was abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona. While investigators have released doorbell camera footage of a masked suspect, no suspects have been named.
Retired FBI agent Jason Pack doubted the legitimacy of the new letter, noting how it surfaced on the same day that Savannah returned to the Today show after her two-month hiatus.
“The timing is the first red flag,” he told Parade. “These notes resurface the same morning Savannah Guthrie walks back on television. Real witnesses don’t track the news cycle. Opportunists do.”
Pack also pointed out the letter’s contradictions. “The sender claims to have seen Nancy alive in Sonora, Mexico, but also says she is dead. How do they know?” he stated. “Need more specifics… not the contradicting bits of generic statements.”
He noted that the FBI has had the individual’s information since February and has not paid any ransom demands. Pack stated, “The Bureau does not ignore actionable intelligence out of stubbornness. Their silence is an answer.”
Pack went on to say that the FBI has the means to investigate Sonora, which borders Arizona, without paying the ransom demand. He also claimed that sending a letter to TMZ rather than calling the FBI throws major doubt on their credibility.
“Real witnesses call law enforcement. Scammers call the media,” he concluded.
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The weirdest case ever !!! Why she's never been found !? Who in the world would ever want to kidnap and kill a sweet old lady !? Our society is going down and down by the day, morally, spiritually, humanly, it's awful !!!! Where is she and who took her !!!! We want her back , We want this case solve !!! Should We ask Candace Owens to investigate it !?
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I believe, and have always believed, that Nancy was abducted by the Cartel or people connected to the Cartel and they hadn't banked on her being a high profile individual. Given all the laborers on her property and likely IN her home whom you can bet were illegal (pretty much all are here in CA & AZ) from which word would spread that there is an "old woman living alone with a lot of money". And, it doesn't have to be that someone working for her would want to do something this horrible, but it is a fact that Mexican people are threatened into doing things for the Cartel that they don't want to do. This is a fact. This happens daily in Mexico. So, I don't understand what is so damn difficult... all one has to do is look at the proximity of her home to the border (approx. 50 miles), all of the workers on her property and/or in her home and the gun holster the camera caught that was worn by the, or one of the abductors, which is the type made in Mexico. I think this is being covered up because Savannah works for a news network that helps inflate the Anti-ICE narrative and how bad would this look for that network to have one of its high profile employee's Mother abducted by illegals and the Cartel? It would be pretty bad right before the mid-terms and it would tell EVERYONE with any sense in their head WHY ICE is necessary and why people in MN that don't border Mexico don't understand what they are protesting! Someone/s know exactly what happened to her -not brain surgery.
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Sometimes I think that she has passed away but then again if she’s in Mexico, they could’ve probably gotten the medicine that she needed, but why have they kept her? Why don’t they just take the ransom and give her back to her family? This is a very sad situation.
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