
New reports have emerged that the Guthrie family got a ransom note which had indicated 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie had died.
Notably, this ransom note had come sometime back and now TODAY show host Savannah Guthrie's public message after receiving said ransom note has surfaced.
To be sure, when the family had gotten the second ransom note after Guthrie was reported missing on February 1, there was chatter on ground in Tucson that the note indicated the octogenarian had passed away. “There was chatter on the ground in Tucson that the second note indicated Nancy may have passed and there was speculation based off the behavior and wording in one or more of the Guthrie family videos that the family received the message that Nancy had passed,” Fox News reporter Matt Finn noted.
Meanwhile, AZFamily's Mac Colson referred to direct quotes from the ransom letter, saying there were phrases like ‘She perished shortly after she was taken’, ‘She is buried in nature now...’, and ‘We are truly sorry’.
Savannah Guthrie had released a video on February 7, alongside brother Camron, and sister Annie Guthrie. They made an appeal to the kidnappers in the video, after receiving the ransom notes.
Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer shared Savannah's response from a few months back. “Savannah said she was told by God that Nancy was with him,” the law enforcement expert said.
In the video, Savannah could be heard saying “we received your message and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate...”. As per the Fox News reporter, this was interpreted by some as ‘we understand she may have passed, please return her body for a celebration of life.’
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