The latest update on the Nancy Guthrie case leaves us with fewer answers than before.
We told you a week ago that her kidnappers allegedly sent a new note saying that she had died in captivity.
Now it looks like that, as well as the other messages, might be fake.
Here's the report from Reuters:
All three kidnapping-related messages that have surfaced in news media reports about the disappearance of βToday' show co-host Savannah Guthrie's elderly mother have been deemed by federal investigators to be fake communications, an FBI official βtold Reuters on Tuesday.
The FBI assessment of inauthenticity pertains to the two ransom notes reported in early February, days after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished, and a third, more recent βmessage from someone claiming to know the kidnappers' identities, the official said.
'None of the ransom notes are believed to be genuine,' the FBI official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss details of an active investigation.
A second law enforcement source familiar with the matter confirmed the FBI assessment of the ransom notes.
There's the "kidnapping an elderly lady" level of evil, and then there's "faking the kidnapping notes" level of evil.
Some really sick people out there.
This case has been so confusing from the start β¦ and it doesn't look to be clearing up anytime soon.
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