Overview
- Nancy Guthrie, 84, was taken from her Tucson home on February 1 after security footage showed a masked armed man, and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department with FBI help has kept the case open for more than 20 weeks without naming any suspects.
- Authorities and multiple news outlets say a second note sent to media outlets claims Guthrie died days after the abduction and follows an earlier message that sought a multimillion-dollar ransom, though officials are still assessing authenticity.
- Some media organizations agreed with investigators and the family to withhold full note contents to help authenticate any future contact with the sender, and that limited disclosure has shaped what details have been reported publicly.
- Harvey Levin, founder of TMZ, disputed some reports about the communications, saying the material his outlet received described Guthrie as “scared but well” and that TMZ declined to accept a payment requested by a tipster.
- Guthrie’s family released a video and Savannah Guthrie made a public plea for information while maintaining a $1 million reward, and investigators are asking anyone with tips to come forward so they can verify leads and locate Nancy Guthrie.