A police task force investigating the 8-month-old Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case in Tucson is aware of a possible new ransom note, authorities said.
"The PCSD/FBI Guthrie task force was recently made aware of a new possible ransom note in the Nancy Guthrie investigation," Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Angelica Carrillo said in a Sept. 28 written statement. "Investigators are also aware of social media comments being made regarding this note and are looking further into this and working to determine credibility."
Carrillo said she could not provide details of the contents of the possible new ransom note or the comments being made on social media regarding the note.
Guthrie, an 84-year-old Tucson area resident and mother of NBC morning news program “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing Feb. 1 when a friend told family members she failed to show up to their house to watch a virtual church service. Authorities determined she was abducted.
Authorities have focused on two ransom notes received in the days after Guthrie went missing. The first demanded millions of dollars in Bitcoin and a follow-up note claimed Guthrie had died and was "buried in nature." There have been several other unconfirmed and fake ransom notes.
In July, a Southern California man pleaded guilty in federal court to sending fake ransom notes to Nancy Guthrie's family shortly after her disappearance, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Derrick Callella, 42, of Hawthorne, California, pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment using a telecommunication device at a federal courthouse in Tucson on July 2, according to a Justice Department spokesperson.
Savannah Guthrie and members of the Guthrie family have made multiple emotional pleas for information about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie and also to the potential abductors, asking them to "do the right thing."
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Task force looking into possible new ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case
