Nancy Guthrie case: FBI still investigating some notes as legitimate

The FBI is still evaluating some notes relating to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as potentially “legitimate,” it said in an update.

The FBI is still evaluating some ransom notes relating to the February disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as potentially “legitimate,” while others have been discounted as “extortion attempts,” the agency said in a Wednesday update.

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“This case continues to be investigated as a kidnapping for ransom case,” the FBI Phoenix office said in a post on X, noting that law enforcement had received “several ransom notes over the course of this investigation.”

Add NBC News to GoogleSavannah Guthrie’s emotional plea to mother’s possible kidnappers02:06Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of the “TODAY” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing from her home near Tucson, Arizona, on Feb. 1. She was last seen the previous night around 9:45 p.m., according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.