Authorities have been investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing Feb. 1, as a kidnapping and ransom case. File Photo courtesy Pima County Sheriff's Department/UPI
July 2 (UPI) -- Federal authorities said that some of the ransom notes they have received over the course of their investigation into the kidnapping of Today host Savannah Guthrie's mother were not legitimate.
The FBI has received several purported ransom notes during its five-month investigation into the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing from her Arizona home on Feb. 1.
In a statement Wednesday, the FBI's Phoenix field office revealed that some of those notes "have been deemed to be extortion attempts without legitimacy" while others "may potentially be legitimate and are still being investigated as such."
The statement seemed to be in response to recent reporting stating authorities believe notes from the purported kidnappers in February that claimed Nancy Guthrie had died and that they didn't mean to kill her were authentic.
