A second post in the Nancy Guthrie case has added a disturbing new update to the investigation.
The message arrived a few days after his disappearance. He reportedly said that the 84-year-old mother of Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie had died, according to NBC News.
It also contained no excuses or asked for money for his return or for his body.
The first message demanded millions of dollars in Bitcoin in exchange for Nancy’s safe release.
The second message instead claimed that she was already dead after being kidnapped.
KOLD News 13 reported seeing both messages and said this is what was in them.
Police have not released the full text of the two messages, saying they were to protect the case and the family.
However, officials also said the messages were sent using secure systems that conceal the sender’s location.
Even though the messages came from different IP addresses, investigators believe they may still be connected and have been sent by the same person or group.
The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department said they were verifying the second message and trying to confirm if it was real.
They also said the investigation is still active.
Nancy was last seen at her home in Arizona on January 31.
She was reported missing after failing to attend a scheduled online church service.
