Nancy Guthrie ransom note excerpts revealed on true crime podcast
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New parts of the primary purported ransom note acquired within the Nancy Guthrie investigation have been made public after a former Arizona reporter learn them on a serious true crime podcast Wednesday.
Briana Whitney, who was working for the Phoenix-based AZ Family information outlet when the case broke, joined Crime Junkie host Ashley Flowers to debate the note and a “wrench attack” theory that emerged in May.
TO Crime Junkie spokesperson stated the podcasters wouldn’t share copies of the textual content, which has not been independently verified. However, Whitney learn excerpts on air:
NANCY GUTHRIE RANSOM NOTE CLAIMED THAT SHE HAD DIED, BEEN ‘BURIED WITH NATURE,’ SOURCE SAYS
Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson house within the early morning hours of Feb. 1, with investigators treating the case as an obvious abduction. (Fox Flight Team; Courtesy of NBC)
“Hello SavannahWe have your mom Nancy,” she started, studying from what she stated was the primary note despatched to native media. “She is safe but scared. She will be held for ransom, and once payment is received, she will be released unharmed. We will be holding her for a maximum of seven days.”
As beforehand conveyed by authorities, the sender gave two deadlines with elevated cash calls for the longer it took.
“Once payment is received to the Bitcoin address below, she will be released within 12 hours of deposit to a safe drop-off location back in Tucson,” Whitney learn. “If the payment is not received by the last deadline on Monday the 9th at 5 pm, she will be killed. Your mother is aware of this, and her life is in your hands.”
A well-known supply tells Fox News Digital that two images of the suspect within the Nancy Guthrie doorbell video have been taken on completely different days. (FBI)
The sender left no room for additional dialogue.
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“It is in the best interest of everyone to have this completed as soon as possible,” the note reportedly continued. “You will not be able to contact me from here on out. There will be no negotiation. Do not play games. Law enforcement will not be able to help you.”
This picture launched by the FBI reveals an armed particular person showing to have tampered with the digicam at Nancy Guthrie’s entrance door the morning of her disappearance in Tucson, Arizona, Sunday, February 1, 2026. (L) An undated picture of Nancy Guthrie offered by NBC in response to the disappearance of the 84-year-old mom of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie. (Provided by FBI; Courtesy of NBC)
The note additionally included particulars which will have solely been out there to investigators and the suspect on the time, together with the placement of Guthrie’s Apple watch and particulars concerning the smashed floodlight in his yard.
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She additionally learn from a purported second note, which claimed that the abductors had underestimated Guthrie’s well being and that she had died shortly after being taken. That note reportedly included an apology on the finish.
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Investigators stand on the entrance to the house of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
Guthrie was taken from her Tucson house within the early morning hours of Feb. 1, in response to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI.
The solely recognized suspect stays publicly unidentified — a masked intruder who appeared on Nest doorbell digicam video that the FBI recovered with assist from Google.
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He is described as standing between 5 toes, 9 inches and 5 toes, 10 inches tall with a mean construct. He was carrying a black Ozark Trail backpack.
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The sum of rewards in the case is over $1.2 million.
Anyone with info is requested to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI. Tips may also be submitted anonymously to Tucson’s Crime Stoppers affiliate at 520-88-CRIME.
