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The Pima County Sheriff's Department on Friday released two ransom notes in the mysterious disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, in hopes that the public can help generate new leads in the kidnapping case.

Guthrie went missing six months ago from her home in Catalina Foothills, a community just north of Tucson, Arizona. Investigators were hoping that by releasing the notes, they could gather more information to aid in her recovery, CNN reported.

Sheriff's officials announced the update, sharing the notes on X....

FBI Director Kash Patel declined to comment Wednesday on the ongoing Nancy Guthrie case as a new Reuters report reveals that FBI sources say the ransom notes were fake.

During a press conference in Washington, D.C., Patel refused to discuss the ongoing investigation and said "locals are still in the lead," Fox News reporter Matt Finn wrote on X. "However in the Reuters report, the Pima County Sheriff's office deferred to the FBI on the ransom notes."

"I'm not going to comment on that, we are continuing to assist that investigation, we've always been in an assist role," Patel said. "It's a state matter being led by state authorities."...

An unsettling new message was sent to TMZ on Thursday by a person claiming to know who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie.

TMZ previously received an email on Wednesday asking for 1 bitcoin, worth about $65,000, in exchange for revealing the person responsible for Guthrie's disappearance. On Thursday, it received a second message — and this time it contained a more chilling tone. No activity or deposit has been made in the Bitcoin account associated with the request.

"Just after 8 AM Pacific Time Thursday ... TMZ received a second email from the same person, who complained, 'I am not being taken seriously.' He makes some ominous statements in the email ... TMZ is cooperating with law enforcement by not disclosing specifics. One thing he makes clear ... the situation has changed from Wednesday to Thursday," the outlet reported....

The FBI has discovered new camera footage captured about five miles from Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson, Arizona, with a man wearing a similar backpack, TMZ reported Thursday.

In the new video, it shows an unknown man carrying and wearing two backpacks — one with reflective straps — similar to the one in the footage released by the FBI this week of the suspect on Guthrie's porch who wore a ski mask, gloves and tampered with her Nest camera.

"Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the FBI is lasering in on the man in the video, who is both wearing and carrying backpacks ... right around the time of the kidnapping," the outlet reported....

A new ransom note sent early Wednesday has offered to name the suspect in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie in exchange for Bitcoin, according to a TMZ report.

TMZ and two other Tucson-area television news stations had received the note early Wednesday with an offer to give up information about the suspect in exchange for 1 bitcoin, which is worth about $66,000. The account in the letter appeared to be active.

"TMZ received the note just before 5 AM PT, and the sender claims they've tried unsuccessfully to reach Savannah Guthrie's brother, Camron, and her sister, Annie, by email and text," TMZ reported. "The note goes on, 'If they want the name of the individual involved then I want 1 Bitcoin to the following wallet. Time is more than relevant.'"...

A former top FBI official flagged unusual details in images and video released Tuesday in the disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother.

Andrew McCabe, former FBI deputy director, told CNN that the way the armed suspect moved in the footage captured on a home security device outside Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home appears to show him "not moving with purpose" and handling a handgun in an unusual way.

"Yeah, it's a remarkable series of images. The still images are much better than I expected," McCabe said. "There's a lot of detail in the images of the clothing and the gloves and all this stuff that by themselves would not mean much. But when you put them all together might very well inspire someone who actually knows this person to say 'hey, I know who that is.' This is not, in my opinion, this is not someone, first of all who was ever trained to carry a gun." ...