Overview
- Investigators for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI reviewed a newly reported ransom-related text and determined the specific message was not credible after their assessment.
- The office first said it had been alerted to the possible new ransom note on Sept. 28 and told the public it was also monitoring related social media comments for leads.
- Authorities previously released two February ransom‑style notes in July and have circulated doorbell-camera video of a masked person who appeared to tamper with Guthrie’s front porch camera.
- No suspects have been publicly identified or arrested, DNA and other forensic evidence remain under laboratory analysis, and the family plus the FBI are offering a combined reward that exceeds $1 million.
- Law enforcement warns the public against paying or scanning solicitations and says hoaxes and extortion attempts have regularly complicated tip vetting and the broader search for the 84‑year‑old vulnerable adult.