Latest Ransom Deadline Passes In Kidnapping Of Nancy Guthrie

The 5 p.m. local deadline for the family of Nancy Guthrie to pay a $6 million ransom passed Monday with no payment made and no proof that the 84-year-old grandmother is alive. “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie posted a new video pleading for help, calling it “an hour of desperation,” as the search for her mother enters its second week. Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Arizona home on February 1. Two Arizona news outlets and TMZ reported receiving ransom notes demanding $6 million in Bitcoin, with two deadlines — one last week and one Monday. The Bitcoin wallet linked to the demand shows no transactions. A second ransom note was reportedly received Friday but has not been authenticated. No suspects have been publicly named. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie’s return.