Another alleged ransom note has been received in the case for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy Guthrie.
TMZ obtained a fourth email from the person who claimed to know who kidnapped Nancy, 84, on Monday, February 16. According to the publication, the email stated, “I know what I saw 5 days ago south of the border and I was told to shut up so I know who he is and that was definitely Nancy with them.” The email also had the same Bitcoin account as the previous three ransom notes.
This is not the first reference the account has made to more than one person being involved in the abduction. In another ransom note received by TMZ on Friday, February 13, the letter said, “be prepared to go international.”
After the first ransom note was sent to TMZ and local outlets earlier this month, Arizona’s KOLD 13 News anchor Mary Coleman shared that the note “might not be a hoax,” which she found “clear after a couple of sentences.”
“A lot of it is information that only someone who was holding her for ransom would know,” she added. “Some very sensitive information and things that people who weren’t there when she was taken captive wouldn’t know.”
Coleman also noted that the email “included a dollar amount, a deadline” and more details “that only Guthrie’s abductor might know.” She shared that the information “definitely raised some red flags.”
According to TMZ, the Bitcoin account owner is demanding $50,000 for the information and is staying anonymous because they have a burglary on their record.
Also on Sunday, Savannah, 54, took to Instagram to plead for her mother’s safe return.
“I wanted to come on. It’s been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope,” the Today show host said. “We still believe, and I wanted to say to whoever has her, or knows where she is, that it’s never too late and you’re not lost or alone.”
She continued while tearing up, “It is never too late to do the right thing and we are here. We believe. We believe in the essential goodness [of] every human being, and it’s never too late.”
Earlier in the case, Savannah spoke directly to her mom in another video. “Mommy, if you are hearing this, you are a strong woman. You are God’s precious daughter Nancy,” she said.
Savannah continued, “We believe and know that even in this valley, He is with you. Everyone is looking for you … We will not rest. Your children will not rest until we are together again. We speak to you every moment. And we pray without ceasing and we rejoice in advance that the day that we hold you in our arms again. We love you, mom.”
Nancy was taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home on February 1. She was last seen by her daughter Annie Guthrie, who dropped her off at home after a family dinner the evening before.
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