Savannah Guthrie’s mother Nancy Guthrie has been missing for over two months (Image: Getty)

Today star Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, has yet to be found as investigators have been actively searching for her for the last two months after she was abducted from her Arizona home.

Throughout the investigation, Arizona’s Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI have worked together to bring Nancy, 84, home safely after she was reported missing on February 1. Although authorities have obtained some helpful evidence, including surveillance footage from Nancy’s Ring camera at her home, nothing has led to identifying official suspects or discovering her whereabouts. However, an active police detective has shared the latest ransom note and bitcoin demand, which could be real and possibly valuable in the search.

During an episode of Brian Entin Investigates that premiered on Wednesday, April 7, NewsNation Senior National Correspondent Brian Entin talked with Indiana’s Fort Wayne Police Department detective Brian Martin, who specializes in cold cases. It comes after a mystery man who claimed he “saw Nancy 5 days ago” offered chilling new proof.

TMZ reported on Monday, April 6, that the news outlet received new notes from a person who allegedly saw Nancy alive in Sonora, Mexico, but claimed Nancy was “dead” at this time.

Reportedly, the letter came from the same person who sent ransom notes to the outlet in February. At this time, the person has demanded 1 Bitcoin, half of it before the info was shared and half after a public arrest was made, in exchange for details about Nancy’s body location.

Nancy was reported missing from Arizona home on February 1 (Image: Getty)

“The person, whoever sent the letters, they want some attention. They want those letters to be found, or they wouldn’t have sent them to a news outlet,” Brian Martin explained. “That’s somebody who wants to be heard.”

“I would hope if it is the person involved in Ms. Guthrie’s disappearance, that they want to be heard and are legitimately trying to negotiate some type of deal, or whatever it is they’re looking to do,” he continued.

The law enforcement officer added, “And not maybe somebody who has ulterior motives for attention that has nothing to do with the case.”

He then shared, “You get somebody like that, and it’s going to take this case down a completely wrong path, away from Ms. Guthrie, away from trying to solve this case and finding her, if she’s still alive.”

Brian Entin’s question about whether the Guthrie family should just pay up half a Bitcoin prompted Brian Martin to explain the potential risk, implying that the person could later ask for more money without giving up any info.

“Is this person gonna actually give legitimate information, or are they just trying to soak the family for money? And you hope that somebody’s not doing that,” he shared.

“And a big concern with asking for half a Bitcoin, it’s my understanding there’s a considerable reward for information leading to the recovery of Miss Guthrie. So therefore, why would you not just submit a tip to a legitimate crime stoppers, or to the sheriff’s department, or to the FBI, or to the tip line that’s set up, and get the $100,000. So that makes it very suspect to me,” Brian Martin continued.

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