Six months after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson home, the Pima County Sheriff's Office has released the full text of two chilling ransom notes, and no suspect has been named. The sheriff's office posted images and contents of both notes on its official X account on Friday, July 31, 2026, marking the first […] The post Pima County releases full ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie disappearance as six-month mark passes appeared first on American Almanac .
Six months after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson home, the Pima County Sheriff's Office has released the full text of two chilling ransom notes, and no suspect has been named. The sheriff's office posted images and contents of both notes on its official X account on Friday, July 31, 2026, marking the first time the public has seen the complete demands sent by someone claiming to hold the mother of NBC "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie. The notes had been emailed to the news desk of KOLD-13, a local Tucson television station, on February 2 and February 6, the first arriving just one day after Nancy Guthrie was reported missing. No arrests have been announced. No body has been recovered. And the Pima County Sheriff's…Open
Two Arizona men held at gunpoint and released without charges during the search for kidnapped 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie are now seeking $3.25 million from the Pima County sheriff they say wrongfully arrested them and publicly branded them as suspects. Lawyers for Carlos Palazuelos, a delivery driver, and Daniel Maddox filed a notice of claim, a […] The post Two men detained in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping probe file $3.25 million claim against Pima County sheriff appeared first on American Almanac .
Two Arizona men held at gunpoint and released without charges during the search for kidnapped 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie are now seeking $3.25 million from the Pima County sheriff they say wrongfully arrested them and publicly branded them as suspects. Lawyers for Carlos Palazuelos, a delivery driver, and Daniel Maddox filed a notice of claim, a legal precursor to a civil lawsuit, against Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, an unnamed detective, and the Pima County Sheriff's Department. The filing alleges wrongful arrest, property damage, and lasting reputational harm stemming from a February 10 operation that swept up both men during the early, frantic days of the Guthrie investigation. Neither man was ever charged. NBC News reported the…Open
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos admits the probe into 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has been slowed by months of “complex and time-intensive” analysis, and as the six-month mark nears, her family and the public continue to wait for answers. Six months have passed since Nancy Guthrie vanished from her home in Catalina Hills, a well-to-do […] The post Sheriff cites lengthy DNA and digital evidence review as Nancy Guthrie search hits six months appeared first on American Almanac .
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos admits the probe into 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has been slowed by months of “complex and time-intensive” analysis, and as the six-month mark nears, her family and the public continue to wait for answers. Six months have passed since Nancy Guthrie vanished from her home in Catalina Hills, a well-to-do suburb of Tucson, Arizona. The investigation, led by Sheriff Nanos and involving both local police and the FBI, remains without an arrest, despite a vast trove of DNA, digital, and video evidence collected since February 1, 2026. As Sheriff Nanos put it, “The Guthrie investigation remains active and ongoing.” At a recent press conference, Nanos described the scope of the evidence…Open
Nearly six months after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson, Arizona, home, the Pima County sheriff told a national television audience that investigators still believe they can solve the case, but no arrests have been made and no suspect has been named. Sheriff Chris Nanos appeared on NBC's "Today" show Tuesday to deliver a […] The post Pima County sheriff says DNA, video evidence fuel hope in Nancy Guthrie disappearance appeared first on American Almanac .
Nearly six months after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson, Arizona, home, the Pima County sheriff told a national television audience that investigators still believe they can solve the case, but no arrests have been made and no suspect has been named. Sheriff Chris Nanos appeared on NBC's "Today" show Tuesday to deliver a public update on the investigation, one day after the missing woman's daughter, longtime "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie, posted an emotional one-minute video on social media pleading for whoever took her mother to come forward. The twin appearances, a law enforcement briefing paired with a family member's raw appeal, underscored both the intensity of the search and the frustration of a case that has…Open
It's been six months since Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her Arizona home, and there are still many unanswered questions. Former FBI special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins "NewsNation Prime" to discuss new details about the ransom notes. "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Tonight, on “Jesse Weber Live”: There's new information in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The full contents of the first alleged ransom note just revealed! What could they tell us about what really happened to the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie? Crime scene investigator Sheryl McCollum joins the show to talk about that. Plus, it's Day 3 in singer D4vd's preliminary hearing in the Celeste Rivas Hernandez murder case. You'll find out where the blood and DNA trail of evidence took investigators, and hear about the reaction from Celeste's family and D4vd himself. And, are we losing control of artificial intelligence? OpenAI announced one of its test models escaped and hacked into another company on its own. We have much more…
The full text of the first ransom note sent to the family of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie after her abduction from her Tucson home has been publicly disclosed for the first time, and the FBI has since concluded none of the ransom demands were genuine. Arizona journalist Briana Whitney, reporting for the Crime Junkie podcast, read […] The post First ransom note in Nancy Guthrie abduction revealed in full, exposing chilling demands and investigative dead ends appeared first on American Almanac .
The full text of the first ransom note sent to the family of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie after her abduction from her Tucson home has been publicly disclosed for the first time, and the FBI has since concluded none of the ransom demands were genuine. Arizona journalist Briana Whitney, reporting for the Crime Junkie podcast, read the note word for word during a special episode marking six months since Guthrie, the mother of NBC "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her $1 million Tucson, Arizona, home in the early hours of February 1, 2026. The note, sent to the family days after the abduction, opened with a line addressed directly to Savannah Guthrie and closed with a death threat tied to a hard deadline. The case has drawn…Open
On this episode of "Cuomo Crime Time," host Chris Cuomo takes on four cases. First, the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of TODAY show anchor Savannah Guthrie, who was taken from her home outside Tucson in February 2026 and is still missing. Amid conflicting reports over whether the ransom notes sent to media outlets are genuine, Cuomo digs in with former FBI profiler Jim Clemente and defense attorney Mark Geragos. Then, attorney Ben Chew and journalist Lauren Conlin join for three more cases: the four Ohio family members charged with endangering 16 children found in a 12-by-12 room; the Michigan parents charged in the death of their 7-year-old son, who weighed 255 pounds; and an Idaho mother charged with murdering…
