Pima County officials assess possible new ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case
Authorities are examining a possible new ransom note in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance, nearly eight months after she went missing from her Arizona home.
Authorities in Arizona are examining a possible new ransom note connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said, nearly eight months after she went missing from her home outside Tucson.
The sheriff's department and the FBI Guthrie Task Force recently learned of the possible note as well as social media comments linked to it, according to a statement released Monday. Investigators are working to establish whether the note is credible.
Officials have not disclosed how the note came to their attention or what it contains.
The development follows the release in July of two ransom notes that had initially been sent to a Tucson television station in the days after Guthrie vanished on Feb. 1. The first, sent Feb. 2, claimed she was safe but frightened and would be freed unharmed once her captors received $4 million in cryptocurrency. A second note, sent Feb. 6, said she had died shortly after being kidnapped. Authorities have not said whether Guthrie is still alive.
No arrests have been made in the case, which continues to be marked by unanswered questions, including how many people may have been involved in the abduction and whether she was taken by someone she knew.
The FBI has also released surveillance footage of a masked individual who appeared to tamper with a camera on Guthrie's front porch and obscure it with a plant. Her family has posted videos on social media appealing for information.