A ransom note connected to the disappearance of American television host Savannah Guthrie’s mother said she had died, American media reported on June 22.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of Feb 1.
Security camera footage released by authorities showed a masked, apparently armed man at her house, but the trail has since gone cold.
Two notes were sent to Guthrie’s family and multiple American outlets, CNN and CBS reported, citing unnamed law enforcement.
The first note demanded a ransom of millions of dollars, and a second note claimed that the kidnappers did not mean to kill Guthrie but that she had died shortly after her disappearance.
“Investigators believed they are legitimate communications from the kidnappers,” CNN said.
Savannah Guthrie, 54, co-hosts NBC’s Today show, which draws millions of viewers on weekday mornings. – AFP
