A second ransom note connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, indicated that the 84-year-old had died shortly after she was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home in February, according to multiple news organizations that reported on the note's contents this week.

Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her home in Catalina Foothills, a suburb of Tucson, on February 1, 2026. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said he believed she had been abducted, and a multi-agency investigation involving the Pima County Sheriff's Department, the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection has included forensic analysis, neighborhood canvassing and a review of surveillance footage. Bloodstains found at the scene were confirmed to be Nancy's.

She was last seen at her home on the evening of Saturday, January 31, 2026, after her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, dropped her off at approximately 9:50 p.m. Cioni, who is married to Guthrie's daughter Annie, is the last known person to have seen her. When she failed to appear for a scheduled livestream of a church service the next morning, a member of her congregation alerted the family, who went to check on her, searched the property, and found no sign of her before calling 911 around noon. Deputies who responded noted that Guthrie's phone and other essential belongings, including her medications, were left behind in the home.

Ransom demands followed within days

In the days after she vanished, multiple ransom notes of undetermined origin demanded payment in cryptocurrency, with two deadlines that had already passed by February 9. The first note demanded a ransom of millions of dollars. In a video released on February 7, Savannah Guthrie said, "we will........

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