Ransom note reveals mother of Savannah Guthrie has died, TV host begs public for information
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tucson: WE Today host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal to viewers to come forward with any information about her missing mother, a day after news outlets said a ransom note received months ago indicated the 84-year-old was dead.
“We are suffering and we cannot be at peace,” Guthrie said. Today He was at his desk in New York on Tuesday, holding a handkerchief in his left hand. “We love our mother. We will never stop looking for her.”
Nancy Guthrie, who lived alone, was reported missing from her home in the Tucson area on February 1.
More than a week later, the FBI released video from a camera outside his front door showing a masked stranger.
Authorities believe Guthrie was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against his will after finding blood on his doorstep. The case remained unsolved.
Some media outlets had previously reported receiving ransom notes in the days after Guthrie’s disappearance, but did not disclose details because the investigation was at an early stage. Guthrie’s family knew about the notes.
CNN reported on Monday (US time) that one of the notes revealed that Guthrie was dead and that his kidnappers did not intend to kill him but died shortly after his disappearance.
CNN said it knew the contents of one such memo, and a Tucson TV station had obtained two memos.
Both networks agreed to delay sharing the contents of the notes publicly so that any future communications with the kidnapper or kidnappers could be verified, CNN reported.
Tucson TV station KOLD said Monday that it had received two notes, one demanding millions of Bitcoins in exchange for Guthrie’s return and the other saying he was dead. Separately, CNN cited law enforcement sources in reports on the contents of the notes.
A memo stated that Guthrie’s kidnappers did not intend to kill him, but that he died shortly after his disappearance, CNN said.
“I have no comment on this story. I am not involved in our coverage,” Savannah Guthrie said Tuesday, referring to NBC News.
“But I can’t pretend I’m not here. And since I’m here, I want to take the opportunity to ask people – actually beg people – to come forward. Someone knows something.”
Jessica Bobula, news director for Tucson TV station KOLD, said Monday that the station took several notes following Guthrie’s disappearance.
He said authorities had been notified and was only sharing information the FBI had released about the notes.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department referred questions about the ransom notes to the FBI, but the FBI declined to comment.
Volunteers and search parties scoured nearby desert land filled with cacti, shrubs and rocks in the weeks after Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. A group recently searched near the Arizona-Mexico border but did not report finding it.
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings occasionally appeared in social media videos early in the saga, urging the public to provide tips. He asked people to “pray with us” and acknowledged that his mother might be dancing “with our father” in heaven.
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