Ransom note being investigated in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, sheriff says

A ransom enactment was sent to a section Arizona quality presumption pursuing the disappearance of "Today" amusement co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, the Pima County sheriff told CBS News.

The note, which the presumption received Monday and agreed not to study on, contained circumstantial details astir the location and what Nancy Guthrie was wearing that night, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said, though helium would not corroborate the accuracy of that accusation oregon the legitimacy of the note. 

Investigators person analyzed the enactment and are taking it seriously, Nanos said. 

He said the FBI reviewed the enactment and made the determination to stock it with Savannah Guthrie. Authorities had hoped to support the accusation from becoming public, but the enactment was obtained by TMZ, which reported connected it earlier contacting the sheriff's office, Nanos said.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department had earlier said connected societal media it was alert of "reports circulating astir imaginable ransom note(s)," adding, "Anything that comes in, goes straight to our detectives who are coordinating with the FBI."

Surveillance video from a location information strategy has yielded thing truthful far, Nanos told CBS News. He said investigators judge the strategy whitethorn person been acceptable to automatically delete footage aft a abbreviated play of time, and they are present attempting to retrieve it done forensic means.

Nanos antecedently told CBS News that investigators believe the 84-year-old was abducted from her location successful the mediate of the nighttime implicit the weekend, and helium described it arsenic "a transgression scene." Authorities person been searching for her since Sunday. 

Nancy Guthrie was past seen astatine her location Saturday night, but nary 1 knew she was missing until she didn't amusement up for religion the adjacent morning, Nanos said.

The sheriff has repeatedly said Guthrie, who lives alone, could not person wandered distant from her location due to the fact that she has nary cognitive issues and precise constricted mobility. 

He besides expressed interest that she needs entree medicine that she indispensable instrumentality daily, telling CBS News, "The timepiece is virtually ticking."

The sheriff has said it's unclear however galore radical whitethorn person been progressive successful the evident abduction. 

"It could beryllium one, it could've been more, I don't know," helium said.

A small spot of blood was recovered wrong Nancy Guthrie's Tucson home, a instrumentality enforcement root acquainted with the lawsuit told CBS News, and what appeared to beryllium a tiny magnitude of dried humor was seen adjacent to a doormat extracurricular the beforehand doorway of the location connected Tuesday.

Anna Schecter, Alex Sundby and Pat Milton contributed to this report.

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