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Ransom note sent days after Nancy Guthrie's abduction said she was dead, sources say
A ransom note sent days after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC Today show host Savannah Guthrie, said the 84-year-old had died, CNN and other news organizations reported Monday. NBC, which employs Savannah Guthrie, also reported the contents of the note citing three people familiar with the matter.
Some media outlets had reported receiving ransom notes tied to the case in the days after Guthrie's disappearance in early February from her home just outside Tucson, Ariz. CNN reported Monday that one of the notes revealed that Nancy Guthrie was dead — and that those who kidnapped her did not mean to kill her, but that she died shortly after being taken.
CNN and the station agreed to hold off on sharing the contents of the notes publicly so any future communications with the kidnapper or kidnappers could be authenticated. NBC reported that after that second note was received, Savannah and her siblings posted the Instagram message that said they had received the note.
A ransom note sent days after the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's mother said the 84-year-old had died, outlets report.
"We received your message and we understand," Guthrie said, seated alongside her brother and sister. "We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can care for her." The Pima County Sheriff's Department declined to comment on the note's contents. The FBI didn't respond to a request for comment.
And the Guthrie family didn't make any new social media posts or any public comments about the notes Monday. Authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will after finding blood near the doorstep of her home in the foothills.
Volunteers and search teams scoured the nearby desert terrain filled with cacti, bushes and boulders in the weeks after she vanished. A volunteer group recently conducted a search for her body near the Arizona-Mexico border but didn't report finding her.
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