{"id":24885,"date":"2026-08-02T06:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24885"},"modified":"2026-08-02T06:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:13:12","slug":"sheriff-in-nancy-guthrie-case-explains-timing-behind-releasing-ransom-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24885","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff in Nancy Guthrie case explains timing behind releasing ransom notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F08%2F136209062.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The sheriff leading the investigation into Nancy Guthrie\u2019s vanishing explained why authorities chose to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/31\/celebrity-news\/read-the-full-nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-with-chilling-details-that-proved-84-year-old-was-kidnapped\/\">release the two ransom notes<\/a> as the case reached the six-month mark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a number of pieces of information in these notes that just might jar someone to say, \u2018You know, I\u2019ve heard that,\u2019 or the wording, the style of the writing,\u201d Pima County Sheriff\u00a0Chris Nanos<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aICvxJrFXCo&amp;t=2s\"> shared in an interview <\/a>Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe hope that by releasing the actual note, we\u2019ll get some response from the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pima County Sheriff\u00a0Chris Nanos gave an update on Nancy Guthrie\u2019s disappearance case in an interview Saturday. (Seen here: Nancy Guthrie and Savannah Guthrie.) <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nanos (seen above) revealed why authorities released two ransom notes believed to be from the alleged kidnappers. <span class=\"credit\">Pima County Sheriff&#8217;s Department\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nanos also explained that since the notes were already \u201cout there\u201d and being covered by the media, authorities wanted to ensure the information being reported was correct.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he said law enforcement officers are committed to solving the ongoing case, with Nanos insisting, \u201cWe\u2019re still here. We are not going away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you could just see the team working, you would see the energy, the concern,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re fired up, and we\u2019ll continue to work this case hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThere are a number of pieces of information in these notes that just might jar someone to say, \u2018You know, I\u2019ve heard that,\u2019 or the wording, the style of the writing,\u201d he said. <span class=\"credit\">Pima County Sheriff&#8217;s Department\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWe hope that by releasing the actual note, we\u2019ll get some response from the community,\u201d Nanos continued. <span class=\"credit\">Pima County Sheriff&#8217;s Department\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities recently released the full alleged ransom notes \u2014 sent to Arizona outlet KOLD-13 on Feb. 2 and Feb. 6 \u2014 in full. They\u2019re believed to have been sent by the perpetrators responsible for abducting Guthrie from her Arizona home in the early morning of\u00a0Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<p>One note was penned to the 84-year-old\u2019s daughter Savannah Guthrie that read, \u201cHello Savannah, We have your mother Nancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The note read that Nancy was \u201csafe but scared\u201d and would be held ransom \u201cfor a maximum of 7 days,\u201d with the authors initially demanding $4 million by Feb. 5 and $6 million by Feb. 9 via Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nanos insisted that law enforcement was still heavily working on the case. (Seen above: Nancy Guthrie and Savannah Guthrie.) <span class=\"credit\">savannahguthrie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWe\u2019re still here. We are not going away,\u201d he said. (Seen here: Nancy Guthrie.) <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Page Six Daily\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They said if payment wasn\u2019t received \u201cby the last deadline \u2026 [Nancy] will be killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour mother is aware of this and her life is in your hands,\u201d they added, concluding the letter with chilling details that seemingly they\u2019d kidnapped Nancy, describing how she \u201chad a white smart watch on the floor at the foot of her bed\u201d and that \u201cthe white flood light in backyard was destroyed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The second note alleged that Nancy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/celebrity-news\/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-apologizes-for-kidnapping-death-demands-millions-for-body-report\/\">had passed<\/a> after her abductors failed to \u201cfully grasp the seriousness of her physical condition,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/03\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthries-mom-nancys-health-woes-listed-in-harrowing-911-audio\/\">referring to how the matriarch had a pacemaker and cardiac issues.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never intended to hurt her, that was not our intention,\u201d the note stated. \u201cShe perished shortly after she was taken. We believe it was heart related. She is buried in nature now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing you could have done could have changed the outcome,\u201d it continued. \u201cWe want your family to know this and hope you all can find peace. We are truly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the alleged kidnappers insisting that Nancy had passed, Savannah has continued to emotionally<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/08\/01\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-makes-heartbreaking-plea-to-mom-nancys-kidnappers-6-months-after-disappearance\/\"> beg the public for answers<\/a>, believing that \u201csomeone knows something\u201d or \u201csuspects something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have lived every moment, every breath, and every heartbeat in agony and despair ever since,\u201d the \u201cToday\u201d show host wrote via an Instagram statement Saturday, six months to the day her mother was reported missing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nancy (seen here) was reported missing Feb. 1, seemingly abducted from her Arizona home. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Savanah Guthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Saturday marked six months since she disappeared. (Seen above: Nancy Guthrie and Savannah Guthrie.) <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere is a determination in us that cannot be quenched \u2014 to find out what happened to her, so that we can give her the dignity of a proper goodbye \u2014 a celebration of her remarkable life that she so deserves,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Savannah <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/25\/celebrity-news\/hoda-kotbs-future-at-today-show-revealed\/\">took a brief hiatus<\/a> from \u201cToday\u201d when her mom was abducted. Since <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/06\/celebrity-news\/inside-savannah-guthries-today-return\/\">returning to TV <\/a>in April, the news anchor revealed she\u2019s been \u201ctrying so hard to hold it together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To date, authorities have only released <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/10\/celebrity-news\/photo-of-potential-subject-in-nancy-guthrie-kidnapping-released-by-cops\/\">surveillance footage captured<\/a> of a masked suspect disarming Nancy\u2019s front door camera the night she disappeared.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sheriff leading the investigation into Nancy Guthrie\u2019s vanishing explained why authorities chose to release the two ransom notes as the case reached the six-month mark. \u201cThere are a number of pieces of information in these notes that just might jar someone to say, \u2018You know, I\u2019ve heard that,\u2019 or the wording, the style of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/136209062.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}