The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that investigators are looking into a possible new ransom note connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, who vanished from her Tucson home more than six months ago.
In a post on X, the PCSD/FBI Guthrie Task Force said it “was recently made aware of a new possible ransom note related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation.” The department added that investigators “are also aware of social media comments regarding the note and are looking further into the information to determine its credibility.”
A law enforcement source close to the case told Fox News that no new notes are currently being treated as credible.
Guthrie, 66, was taken from her home in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson in the early hours of Feb. 1. She was last seen alive shortly before 10 p.m. on Jan. 31, when a relative dropped her off at the house. She has not been seen since.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in the days after her disappearance that Guthrie did not leave voluntarily. “She did not leave on her own. We know that,” he told reporters at a news briefing.
Despite that certainty, authorities have not named a suspect or person of interest, even though a masked man was captured on Guthrie’s Ring doorbell camera around the time she disappeared.
Earlier Ransom Notes
Investigators had previously disclosed two ransom notes tied to the case, both released publicly in late July. The first, sent Feb. 2, claimed Guthrie was unharmed and demanded $4 million in cryptocurrency for her release. The second, sent four days later on Feb. 6, claimed she had died shortly after being taken.
Authorities said both notes were written in a distinctive style and asked the public to come forward if they recognized the handwriting or phrasing.
A $1.2 million reward tied to the case remains unclaimed, which a retired FBI agent has said suggests the pool of people with direct knowledge of what happened to Guthrie is small.
The Sheriff’s Department is asking anyone with information to call 1-800-CALL-FBI, or, to remain anonymous, 520-88-CRIME.
