Overview
- Police and the FBI are authenticating a newly received email reportedly sent to local station KOLD as they examine whether it relates to earlier ransom communications.
- Agents warn of copycats after arresting a man over a fake demand; he was released under conditions and is due back in court next week.
- Forensic testing matched blood found at the home’s entrance to the 84-year-old, and investigators detailed overnight device anomalies including a doorbell camera going offline and a heart-monitor app disconnecting.
- No suspects have been identified as investigators review potential vehicles and surveillance footage and continue interviews tied to the night-of timeline.
- Savannah Guthrie and her siblings issued video appeals seeking a verifiable proof of life, she withdrew from the Olympics broadcast, and President Trump pledged federal support for the search.