Overview
- The Pima County Sheriff’s Department posted the complete texts of two ransom emails on Friday, July 31, to ask the public for help in identifying the author and generating new leads.
- The first message, sent on February 2, demanded $4 million in bitcoin with a later $6 million deadline and threatened that Nancy Guthrie would be killed if payment was not made.
- A second email, received on February 6, apologized to the family and claimed Guthrie “perished shortly after she was taken,” a claim investigators have not confirmed by recovering remains.
- Investigators point to doorbell camera footage showing a masked, armed man who may have surveilled the house and to forensic work on hair and mixed biological samples that has not yet produced a publicly identified suspect.
- Savannah Guthrie and authorities renewed emotional public appeals and offer a combined reward of about $1.1 million for tips, urging anyone who recognizes the notes’ phrasing or noticed behavioral changes in someone they know to contact investigators.