The FBI believes all the supposed ransom notes sent to Nancy Guthrie’s family were not genuine, according to a recent report.An FBI official told Reuters that two ransom notes that appeared in early February, shortly after Guthrie’s kidnapping, and a more recent third message claiming to know the identities of the kidnappers, didn’t come from the actual kidnappers or their associates. The revelation would mean there were no communications from the kidnappers after Guthrie’s disappearance, leaving their motivations a mystery.“None of the ransom notes are believed to be genuine,” the FBI official said.
The basis for the judgment came in part because the FBI deposited cryptocurrency into an account as instructed in the ransom notes in an effort to test its authenticity, but the sum was left untouched. The official cited this and “other unspecified means,” according to the outlet, as reasons for dismissing its legitimacy.Two of the letters are believed to have a common origin, but not from someone connected to the kidnappers.The Washington Examiner reached out to the FBI for comment.RANSOM NOTE ABOUT NANCY GUTHRIE’S DISAPPEARANCE CLAIMED SHE DIEDFew leads have come out of the kidnapping of longtime NBC Today co-host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, and attention has shifted elsewhere after months of few new developments. Nancy Guthrie’s frail health and reliance on medication have led many to presume she died sometime after being kidnapped.Savannah Guthrie and her family have pleaded with the kidnappers to give them any information as to her mother’s whereabouts and offered to pay.
