Is Nancy Guthrie Dead? Update on Ransom Notes Amid the Search for Savannah’s Missing Mother

The first ransom note sent to the Guthrie family on February 2 demanded millions of dollars in bitcoin for Nancy’s release. It was sent to TMZ and local news outlets, demanding that the Guthries pay around $4 million to a specific Bitcoin wallet address in exchange for Nancy’s release. In the letter, the abductor(s) claimed that Nancy was “safe but scared.”

The second ransom note, sent days afterward, claimed that Nancy had died. According to CBS News, sources who examined the second ransom note said the apparent abductor(s) said her alleged death was unintentional on their part.

The contents of the second note have yet to be disclosed to the public.

During an interview with NBC in March, Savannah noted that her family believed these two ransom notes were authentic.

“There are a lot of different notes, I think, that came, and I think most of them — it’s my understanding — are not real, and I didn’t see them,” the broadcast journalist said. “But I believe the two notes that we received, that we responded to, I tend to believe those are real.”