It’s been six months since Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped and authorities appear to be at the same position as they were when they began to investigate her abduction.
As you may remember, in February, ransom notes from the abductor were sent to several news outlets, however only bits and pieces of the ransom notes were released to the public and the full content of the notes were being held from the public.
Until now.
On Friday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released two ransom letters from Guthrie’s alleged abductor in their entirety.
People provided full quotes from the ransom notes:
Authorities on Friday publicly released the full text of the two ransom notes sent after Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, offering the first complete look at messages that have previously been described in news reports but never released in their entirety.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department shared the notes on X ahead of the six-month anniversary of the 84-year-old’s disappearance. The department said the notes were sent to several news outlets, including Arizona CBS affiliate KOLD-TV 13 News, on Feb. 2 — the day after she was abducted from her Tucson, Ariz., home — and again on Feb. 6.
The first note, addressed to Nancy’s daughter, Today anchor Savannah Guthrie, read: “Hello Savannah, We have your mother Nancy. 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 7 days. You will need to send bitcoin in the amount of $4 million USD before 5PM on Thursday the 5th. If payment is not received, the ransom will be increased to 6 million USD which will need to be paid by 5PM on Monday the 9th.”
“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,” the note continued. “If payment is not received by the last deadline on Monday the 9th at 5PM, she will be killed. Your mother is aware of this and her life is in your hands. It is in the best interest of everyone to have this completed as soon as possible. You will not be able to contact me here from here on out, there will be no negotiation. Do not play games, law enforcement will not be able to help you.”
A redacted line appears, followed by: “She had a white smartwatch on the floor at the foot of her bed and the white floodlight in the backyard was destroyed.”
The second note, addressed to the Guthrie family, was shorter and claimed that Nancy had died unintentionally.
“We did not fully grasp the seriousness of her physical condition,” the sender wrote. “We never intended to hurt her, that was not our intention. She perished shortly after she was taken. We believe it was heart related. She is buried in nature now. Nothing you could have done could have changed the outcome. We want your family to know this and hope you all can find peace. We are truly sorry.”
Take a look:
Note 2 is below. 3/3 pic.twitter.com/T7hAro0ebR
— Pima County Sheriff’s Department (@PimaSheriff) July 31, 2026
Fox News reported the daughter of Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie has since made a plea to her mother’s abductor on the six month anniversary of her mother’s disappearance:
NBC “TODAY” co-host Savannah Guthrie made a desperate plea for the public’s help in a social media post Saturday morning, exactly six months since her mother Nancy was reported missing.
“This is our beautiful Mom. Six months ago, someone took her out of her bed in the dead of night. We have lived every moment, every breath, and every heartbeat in agony and despair ever since,” Guthrie wrote to open her Instagram message.
“Every day, we wake up and try to be strong and go on — because that’s what our joyful and resilient Mom taught us to do,” she continued. “But make no mistake — our hearts are in ruins. Cam and Kristine, Annie and Tommy, Mike and me — we spend every waking moment thinking of her, longing for her, looking for her.
“There is a hole inside us that can never be filled,” Savannah wrote. “There is an ache that cannot be softened. And there is a determination in us that cannot be quenched — to find out what happened to her, so that we can give her the dignity of a proper goodbye — a celebration of her remarkable life that she so deserves.”
Guthrie’s early morning post came just one day after the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released a pair of ransom notes Friday in the hopes that someone might recognize the documents’ “unique linguistic style.”
“We are begging for help. We are desperate,” Savannah’s post continued. “We need someone to come forward. Someone knows something. Someone suspects something. Someone recognizes the writing in the ransom demand notes.
“Someone has noticed something different, strange, troubling or just unusual — perhaps with someone they deeply love,” she wrote. “Perhaps they are afraid to come forward. Perhaps they are conflicted. Perhaps they are angry or upset for being in this situation. There is a way out — to tell what you know. You can do so anonymously. The reward is available. There is a way to end this situation and do the right thing.
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