Overview
- The Pima County Sheriff’s Department publicly posted two ransom notes on July 31 that were sent to a Tucson TV station soon after Nancy Guthrie vanished in early February.
- The first note, dated Feb. 2, demanded millions in Bitcoin for Nancy’s return and set deadlines; a second note dated Feb. 6 said she “perished shortly after she was taken.”
- Investigators say doorbell camera video shows an unidentified masked man who may have surveilled the home and that forensic work at the property found blood matching Nancy, an inconclusive hair sample, and a mixed DNA sample now being analyzed with FBI help.
- No arrests have been announced and detectives say the probe is active as Savannah Guthrie renewed public pleas for information and multiple reported rewards are being offered, with media reports giving different amounts.
- Officials say the release targets distinctive word choice, syntax and phraseology in the notes so people who know or have interacted with the writer will come forward and provide tips or leads.