Chris Nanos of the Pima County Sheriff’s Workplace has spoken out after releasing the Nancy Guthrie ransom notes.
On Friday, the sheriff’s workplace shared with the general public the stunning ransom notes addressed to the Guthrie household within the days after Nancy’s abduction. The primary, despatched on February 2, reads:
“Good day Savannah, we’ve got your mom Nancy. She is protected however scared. She can be held for ransom and as soon as fee is acquired she can be launched unhurt. We can be holding her for a most of seven days. You have to to ship bitcoin within the quantity of $4 million USD earlier than 5PM on Thursday the fifth. If fee will not be acquired, the ransom can be elevated to six million USD which can should be paid by 5PM on Monday the ninth. As soon as fee is acquired to the bitcoin tackle beneath she can be launched inside 12 hours of deposit to a protected drop off location again in Tucson. If fee will not be acquired by the final deadline on Monday the ninth at 5PM, she can be killed. Your mom is conscious of this and her life is in your arms. It’s in the perfect curiosity of everybody to have this accomplished as quickly as attainable. You won’t be able to contact me from right here on out, there can be no negotiation. Don’t play video games, regulation enforcement won’t be able that will help you. She had a white sensible watch on the ground of the foot of her mattress and the white flood mild in yard was destroyed.”
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The second, despatched on February 6, claims Nancy “perished shortly after she was taken” as her captors “didn’t totally grasp the seriousness of her bodily situation.”
“Guthrie Household, we didn’t totally grasp the seriousness of her bodily situation. We by no means supposed to harm her, that was not our intention. She perished shortly after she was taken. We consider it was coronary heart associated. She is buried in nature now. Nothing you would have performed might have modified the end result. We would like your loved ones to know this and hope you all can discover peace. We’re really sorry.”
Nancy notably required every day treatment, which was an vital side of the seek for her in its early days.
So, so heartbreaking.
The PCSO revealed in an announcement they hope that by releasing the ransom notes, somebody will acknowledge the “distinctive linguistic fashion” and are available ahead. And now Chris Nanos has his personal ideas.
In a video shared on X (Twitter) on Saturday, which marked six months since Nancy was taken, the sheriff assured the general public the investigation stays “very energetic” as “DNA,” “forensic evaluation,” pictures, movies, and “tens of hundreds of suggestions” are all being combed by. As for why the division launched the ransom notes, Chris revealed:
“We simply noticed what was being stated, and we felt like we wanted to place one thing out that’s actually correct, and this was the time. Investigators felt like there’s plenty of items of data in these notes that it simply may jog somebody to say, ‘I’ve heard that,’ or [recognize] the wording, the fashion of the writing. It would jog someone to consider who would’ve written this, how was this performed?”
He continued:
“My investigators, we take a look at it, and clearly there’s issues in there which can be very regarding to our investigative workforce. So we hope that by releasing the precise be aware we’ll get some response from the group.”
The sheriff confirmed the Guthrie household was conscious the notes had been being launched and famous the division continues to work with the FBI. Chris went on to supply the next message to the group:
“We predict someone is aware of one thing. We hope that by releasing a few of this data, it’ll jog someone to consider — lots of people have known as us with data, however we additionally know lots of people have been hesitant to take action. And so I hope that by always reminding the general public we’re right here, we’re not going anyplace, in case you have data, somebody is aware of who this individual is, somebody is aware of one thing, we wish that individual to name us. We’d like that cellphone name.”
You possibly can hear extra from the replace (beneath):
Right now marks six months since Nancy Guthrie was reported lacking. Sheriff Nanos offers an replace on the investigation. Watch right here >> https://t.co/ahFQaDuqIG
— Pima County Sheriff’s Division (@PimaSheriff) August 1, 2026
On Saturday, Savannah shared a six-month replace of her personal on Instagram. Learn (beneath):
Our hearts proceed to be with the Guthrie household.
[Images via Pima County Sheriff’s Department/YouTube & Savannah Guthrie/Instagram]
