Overview
- Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her Tucson home on February 1 and has not been found despite recovered doorbell footage, blood matching her and pacemaker telemetry that stopped early that morning.
- Two ransom-style notes were sent days after the disappearance — one demanding $4 million in bitcoin and a second saying Guthrie died and was buried in nature — and investigators have not confirmed their authenticity.
- On Monday forensic psychologist Gary Brucato told journalists the two notes appear to be written by different people and that the masked porch figure seen on surveillance likely did not author the messages.
- Police publicly posted the notes to solicit tips and Savannah Guthrie made a renewed public appeal, while investigators continue time‑intensive testing at federal and local labs and have treated some communications as extortion with at least one person prosecuted for sending a fake message.
- The case remains active and nationally watched because of the family connection to TV journalist Savannah Guthrie, and new leads will hinge on pending DNA, technical and blockchain analyses that investigators say will take time to complete.