{"id":6379,"date":"2026-06-22T16:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-apologizes-for-kidnapping-death-demands-millions-for-body-report\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:27:25","slug":"nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-apologizes-for-kidnapping-death-demands-millions-for-body-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-apologizes-for-kidnapping-death-demands-millions-for-body-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Guthrie ransom note apologizes for kidnapping death, demands millions for body: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Fnancy-ransom-note.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/03\/celebrity-news\/cops-address-possible-ransom-note-in-savannah-guthries-moms-disappearance\/\">ransom notes sent regarding Nancy Guthrie\u2019s disappearance<\/a> in February issued a \u201csputtering and labored\u201d apology for her inadvertent death, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Sources close to the investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/airmail.news\/issues\/2026-6-20\/inside-the-search-for-nancy-guthrie-part-ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Air Mail<\/a>, in a piece published Saturday, that the message arrived on Feb. 6 with a \u201cnew, less confident tone\u201d than a previous note from the same I.P. address.<\/p>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mom\u2019s alleged kidnapper went on to float the possibility of returning the 84-year-old\u2019s body for money, with the amount not specified.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A ransom note issued in February regarding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie reportedly apologized for her death. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Savanah Guthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sources close to the investigation told Air Mail the message, sent on Feb. 6, was \u201csputtering\u201d and \u201clabored.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The individual previously \u2014 hours after Nancy <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/02\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthries-mom-84-reported-missing-in-southern-arizona-homicide-detectives-involved\/\">was reported missing<\/a> from her Tucson, Arizona, home on Feb. 1 \u2014 asked for $4 million for Nancy\u2019s safe return.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the message referred to the matriarch as feeling \u201csafe but scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The message asked that the millions in Bitcoin be sent by Feb. 5 \u2014 \u201cor else\u201d \u2014 and bumped the number up to $6 million if not received by Feb. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of sending the hefty sum, officials <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/11\/celebrity-news\/bitcoin-account-tied-to-nancy-guthries-ransom-note-suddenly-shows-activity\/\">sent $152 to the Bitcoin address<\/a> in question \u2014 hoping to tempt the person to extract the money as cash and, therefore, become traceable.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A note from the same I.P. address had described the 84-year-old as \u201csafe but scared\u201d days prior. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A request for $4 million was made at the time \u2014 \u201cor else.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">James Keivom for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The amount was untouched, however.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend\u2019s report labeled this unsuccessful attempt to \u201ctickl[e] the wire\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/celebrity-news\/the-catastrophic-mistake-nancy-guthrie-investigation-suffered-in-its-early-days-report\/\">critical error in the investigation\u2019s early days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cToday\u201d show co-host seemingly spoke to Hoda Kotb about those specific ransom notes in her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/25\/celebrity-news\/today-shows-savannah-guthrie-sobs-in-agony-during-first-interview-since-mom-nancys-unbearable-disappearance\/\">first interview discussing the family tragedy<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nancy (pictured above in February 2013) was reported missing on Feb. 1. <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Her abductor was captured in security camera footage outside her Tucson, Arizona, home. <span class=\"credit\">FBI via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI believe the two notes that we received that we responded to, I tend to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-believes-two-ransom-notes-in-mom-nancys-disappearance-are-real\/\">believe those are real<\/a>,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>She and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/parents\/savannah-guthrie-family-tree\/\">her siblings<\/a> \u2014 brother Camron Guthrie and sister Annie Guthrie \u2014 directly addressed the alleged abductor in multiple Instagram videos, pleading for their mom\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>After the Feb. 6 message with the apology, she said, \u201cWe received your message and understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us, so that we can celebrate with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savannah called this \u201cvaluable\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/07\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-offers-to-pay-moms-ransom-in-emotional-plea-to-kidnapper-we-beg-you\/\">offered to pay the ransom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Savannah and her siblings have repeatedly appealed to their mom\u2019s kidnappers via Instagram. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Savannah (pictured above in June 2023) has offered to pay a ransom \u2014 and acknowledged Nancy may be \u201cgone\u201d \u2014 on multiple occasions. <span class=\"credit\">Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later that same month, Savannah again <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/24\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-cries-she-may-already-be-gone-in-new-video-offers-1m-reward-for-missing-nancys-return\/\">offered $1 million<\/a> for Nancy\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that she may be lost,\u201d the journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/24\/celebrity-news\/the-tactic-savannah-guthrie-is-using-with-1m-reward-for-mom-nancys-safe-return-experts\/\">said in the emotional footage<\/a>. \u201cShe may already be gone. \u2026 And if this is what is to be, then we will accept it, but we need to know where she is. We need her to come home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savannah <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/06\/style\/the-meaning-behind-savannah-guthrie-yellow-dress-for-today-show-return\/\">returned to work at Studio 1A<\/a> in April as Nancy\u2019s kidnapper, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/10\/celebrity-news\/watch-disturbing-video-of-armed-nancy-guthrie-suspect-breaking-in\/\">seen in security camera footage<\/a> from Nancy\u2019s residence the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/05\/celebrity-news\/cops-lay-out-exact-timeline-of-nancy-guthries-disappearance-confirm-blood-was-hers-in-day-5-presser\/\">night of her disappearance<\/a>, remains at large as the investigation enters its fifth month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/celebrity-news\/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-apologizes-for-kidnapping-death-demands-millions-for-body-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the ransom notes sent regarding Nancy Guthrie\u2019s disappearance in February issued a \u201csputtering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nancy-ransom-note.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}