Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping
FBI Says Alleged Ransom Notes Are BS …
New Report Claims
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The collection of alleged ransom notes despatched to media shops about Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping are bogus, in line with a brand new report.
Reuters printed an article Tuesday, saying the Federal Bureau of Investigation decided the notes are pretend, however didn’t say how investigators got here to that conclusion.
TMZ and different information shops obtained the notes, which had been then turned over to the FBI for evaluation. Many of the letters had been despatched early on within the case, however TMZ obtained one other one simply final week.
In actual fact, we bought almost a dozen emails from the identical man claiming he knew the kidnapper’s identification and Nancy’s location however was not a part of the crime. His first e mail — despatched simply days after the kidnapping — mentioned he would disclose data in trade for one bitcoin, however “time is of the essence.”
The next day, he despatched one other e mail that said “time is no longer of the essence,” suggesting Nancy had died after she was taken to Mexico. He additionally mentioned he wanted the cash so he might go underground, fearing retribution and being implicated by the authorities.
In February, Nancy was kidnapped from her residence in Tucson, Arizona, by a masked man caught on a doorbell digital camera. Her daughter, TODAY present host Savannah Guthrie, has made a number of public pleas to the kidnapper or kidnappers asking for the return of her ailing 84-year-old mother.