Kidnapper’s second – A second message sent to media by people claiming responsibility for Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance said she is dead, multiple outlets reported Monday. TMZ’s Harvey Levin denied the second note matched their communications, saying the ransom note they received
A second message tied to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance made its way to the media with one chilling claim: the mother is dead.
The follow-up message surfaced in the days after Guthrie’s disappearance and was sent by people claiming responsibility for her kidnapping, multiple news outlets reported on Monday. It alleged she was dead but did not offer an apology or request money to release her body.
Investigators’ communications described by people close to the case said the note included language that suggested the death was not intentional. One account. shared by Brian Entin of NewsNation. said a source told him the message indicated Guthrie’s death was not intentional and added that she was “buried with nature now.”.
At the time the message was received, the notes’ contents were reported by a handful of national and local outlets, but the text itself was notably not shared publicly.
TMZ. which reported it received multiple messages during the early days of Guthrie’s disappearance. denied that the second note claiming she died was accurate. In a video statement posted Monday. TMZ founder Harvey Levin said he wanted to address “some communications I’ve had with the FBI” that he hadn’t discussed until then. beginning with reports that the ransom letter they received “kind of apologizes” to Savannah Guthrie and her family for the kidnapping and that Nancy was no longer alive.
Levin said that description did not match what they received. “That was not in the ransom note that we received,” he said. He added that the ransom note “makes no reference to Nancy Guthrie either dying or the kidnappers apologizing.”
Levin said they were alerted to Guthrie’s possible death through email notes from someone claiming to know of her whereabouts. but those emails also requested money. “This person kept sending us emails and early on he said time is of the essence,” Levin said. “And then a few days after the kidnapping he said time is no longer of the essence. meaning she wasn’t alive.”.
Guthrie was last seen on the evening of Jan. 31, when family dropped her off at her Tucson home following a dinner and a game night. By late-midday on Feb. 1. she was reported missing after she didn’t show up at a friend’s place to watch a virtual church service. Pima County investigators later said they believed Guthrie was taken against her will.
The case has included security footage and searches. Guthrie’s security camera. which had been disabled. later revealed images of a man in a ski mask. jacket. gloves and a backpack outside her property. FBI Phoenix later described the suspect as “a male, approximately 5’9” – 5’10” tall, with an average build.
Savannah Guthrie, along with her siblings, has made several public pleas for their mother’s safe return. No one has been arrested or named a suspect in connection with Guthrie’s disappearance, despite multiple searches, analyzed DNA, alleged ransom notes and more.
While efforts have continued, a volunteer search group in Mexico has been operating as well. In earlier June, Buscando Corazones Nogales claimed it received a tip was buried in an unmarked grave near the border. The group then conducted several volunteer searches in Mexico near the border. and those searches have come up empty to date.
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