New Nancy Guthrie Ransom Notes Were Sent To ‘Torment’ Her Family, Ex-FBI Agent Claims—After Sender Claimed They Know ‘Where Her Body Is’

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Two alleged ransom notes that were sent by someone claiming to know the location of Nancy Guthrie's body—and the identity of her kidnappers—were likely intended to "torment" her family, including her daughter, "Today" host Savannah Guthrie, a former FBI agent has said.

Entertainment outlet TMZ revealed this week that it had received two new messages from an unknown sender who claims to have significant information regarding the whereabouts of the missing 84-year-old's body, as well as details about those responsible for her capture.

Nancy has been missing for more than two months, having last been seen outside her Arizona home on Jan. 31—several hours before investigators believe she was forcibly removed from her property in the early hours of Feb. 1.

Since her disappearance was made public, multiple ransom notes have been sent to different news outlets, including the two latest messages, which TMZ founder Harvey Levin revealed were received on April 6, the same day that Savannah, 54, returned to the "Today" show for the first time since her mother went missing.

Discussing the notes in a live broadcast that same day, Levin shared some details about the information included in the notes—which have not yet been verified by the authorities—revealing that the sender had not only alleged that Nancy is dead, but also claimed to know where her body is.

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The person responsible for the notes offered to share that information in return for payment in Bitcoin, but they are not thought to have shared any evidence that verifies their claims.

"We got another letter today from this person, an email saying, ‘I know where her body is, and who the kidnapper is, give me half a Bitcoin and I’ll tell you,'" Levin said.

A second note was then sent to the outlet by the same person, who then alleged that they had seen Nancy in Mexico, near the Arizona border.

"I saw her alive with them in the state of Sonora Mexico," the note read.

According to former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, the messages were likely intended to "torture" Nancy's family, with the expert telling Newsweek: "They sent these right when Savannah Guthrie went back to work. That was by no mistake, that was absolutely meant to further torment her and her family.

"I think it speaks to the fact that there is at least someone out there that is still willing to torture this family by sending these continued communications with no proof of life."

She added that she does not believe the person sending the messages actually has legitimate information—noting that they are only asking for half a Bitcoin, which would currently be worth around $35,000, despite Nancy's family offering a $1 million reward to anyone who provides details that help them to find the 84-year-old or identify her captors.

"The reason this makes sense to me, that they don’t have that knowledge, is because they’re not seeking the $1 million. Instead, they’re trying to subvert it with this … quickly paid, no hoops to jump through, just get the money. But I think that these people are scammers," she noted.

While Levin said that his outlet has reported the notes to the FBI, the authorities have yet to issue a comment on the latest messages, which come more than two months after Nancy disappeared.

Her daughter, Savannah, addressed the previous notes that were sent to the news outlet during a sit down with her former "Today" co-star Hoda Kotb at the end of March, revealing that she does believe the communications sent to TMZ soon after her mother went missing were legitimate.

She also hit out at anyone who sent a fake ransom message to her family, urging those persons to "look deeply at themselves" and examine what would have made them feel it was acceptable to take advantage of another human's "pain."

"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," she said. "But, you know, a person that would send a fake ransom note really has to look deeply at themselves, to a family in pain.

"But I believe the two notes that we received that we responded to, I tend to believe those are real."

Those two messages referenced by the "Today" host are understood to have been sent by the same email address that the latest notes came from.

Savannah also described the moment that her brother, Cameron, suggested that their mother might have been taken by a person or persons who wanted to hold her for ransom—and the guilt she felt at realizing Nancy's capture may have been sparked by her own TV fame.

"Even on the phone when I called [Cameron], he knew," she recalled. "He said, ‘I think she’s been kidnapped for ransom.’ And I said, ‘What? Well, why? What?’

"It sounds so, like, how dumb could I be? But I just—I didn’t wanna believe. I just said, ‘Do you think because of me?’ And he said, ‘I’m sorry, sweetie, but yeah, maybe.’ But I knew that."

Breaking down in tears, Savannah issued a heartbreaking apology to her mother for any part her career may have played in her abduction, saying: "I’d just say, ‘I’m so sorry, Mommy. I’m so sorry.’ I’m sorry to my sister and my brother and my kids and my nephew and Tommy, my brother-in-law.

"If it is me, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry."

What is the full timeline of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance?

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos noted during a media briefing on Feb. 5 that, while times are approximate, his team has pieced together several pieces of evidence that indicate Nancy's movements—and the timeline of her apparent abduction.

Nancy was reported missing at around 12 p.m. local time on Feb. 1, around 14 hours after she was dropped off at the property following a family dinner. When she failed to turn up at her usual church gathering on Sunday, her friends alerted her family, who found her home was empty.

SATURDAY, JAN. 31

5:32 p.m. Nancy travels to Annie's house in an Uber for "dinner and playing games with the family."

9:48 p.m. A garage door at Nancy's house opens when she was dropped off at the property by her daughter.

9:50 p.m. The garage door closes, indicating that Nancy was inside the home.

SUNDAY, FEB. 1

1:47 a.m. Nancy's doorbell security camera is disconnected.

2:12 a.m. Movement is detected on a security camera at the home. No footage of this is currently available.

2:28 a.m. Nancy's pacemaker app indicates that the device has been disconnected from her phone.

11:00 a.m. Nancy fails to arrive at the home of a friend, where she had been due to watch a church service livestream.

11:56 a.m. Nancy's family travels to her home to check on her and finds the property empty.

12:03 p.m. The family calls 911 to report Nancy missing.

12:14 p.m. Police officers arrive at Nancy's home.