What To Know
- Retired FBI agent Steve Moore highlighted significant internal disagreement within the FBI in the Nancy Guthrie case.
- The FBI has received several ransom notes, with conflicting statements about their legitimacy.
- Nancy Guthrie, missing since January 31, remains unlocated despite reward offers, and no suspects have been named.
A retired agent recently speculated there is “significant disagreement” within the FBI as Today co-host Savannah Guthrie‘s mother, Nancy Guthrie, remains missing.
During an interview with NewsNation’s senior national correspondent, Brian Entin, former FBI agent Steve Moore discussed the recent discrepancies in what the bureau has said about ransom notes in Nancy’s case.
“The more I see this, the more I think that there is some significant disagreement within the FBI investigation on what they’re dealing with,” Moore said on Brian Entin Investigates. “Right down to the validity of certain pieces of evidence.”
A June 30 Reuters report claimed that an FBI official said none of the ransom notes sent about Nancy were legitimate. Meanwhile, FBI Phoenix said in a July 1 statement on X that it had received “several” ransom notes, with some “deemed to be extortion attempts without legitimacy,” while others “may potentially be legitimate and are still being investigated as such.
The bureau also noted that it “continues to be investigated as a kidnapping for ransom case.”
Moore theorized that Reuters might have spoken with someone not from the Phoenix office for its report. He explained, “It’s completely common for the field office — in this case, Phoenix, which covers Tucson — to have a totally different idea, concept, or belief than headquarters does.”
“Regardless of whether or not ransom notes from the actual takers of Nancy ever existed, they still believe it remains a kidnapping,” Moore pointed out.
He added, “With blood on the porch of Nancy’s house, I think you have to put into play the very strong possibility that Nancy didn’t survive long enough for them to even get a ransom note,” Moore said.
Nancy, 84, was last seen at her Catalina Foothills home on the evening of January 31, with her family reporting her missing on February 1. Although Savannah has offered a $1 million reward, in addition to other reward money, no suspect has been named in the investigation, as of writing.
Meanwhile, a man who pleaded guilty to sending fake ransom notes about Nancy was recently sentenced to inpatient substance abuse treatment.