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Guthrie Family Desperate After Ransom Note Claims Nancy 'Buried with Nature' | Crime Alert 06.24.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Silvannie.
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  Speaker 1: We begin tonight in Arizona, where a baffling abduction case
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  Speaker 1: has taken a chilling and deeply tragic turn. It has
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  Speaker 1: now been twenty weeks since Nancy Guthrie was abducted from
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  Speaker 1: her home in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson. For months,
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  Speaker 1: her family has held on to hope, but a horrifying
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  Speaker 1: new development has completely shattered that piece. A federal law
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  Speaker 1: enforcement source close to the case is saying that a
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  Speaker 1: second ransom note sent to the family indicates Nancy Guthrie
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  Speaker 1: has passed away, declaring she is buried with nature. This
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  Speaker 1: devastating news prompted an emotional public plea from her daughter,
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  Speaker 1: television anchor Savannah Guthrie, who spoke out on Tuesday to
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  Speaker 1: desperately beg the public for answers.
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  Speaker 2: I wanted to just take the opportunity to ask people
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  Speaker 2: to really to beg people to come forward. Somebody knows something,
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  Speaker 2: and this is a news story today that is on
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  Speaker 2: your radar. But this is the life that my sister lives,
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  Speaker 2: that I live, that my brother lives, that our extended
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  Speaker 2: families live that our children live every day, and we
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  Speaker 2: are in agony.
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  Speaker 1: The agony in her voice is undeniable. As the family
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  Speaker 1: marks this grim twenty week milestone, Savannah continued her plea,
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  Speaker 1: promising that they will never stop searching for her mother.
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  Speaker 2: We cannot be at peace. So now how much I
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  Speaker 2: try to come out here every day and smile and
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  Speaker 2: find that joy? And I will, I promise I will.
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  Speaker 2: This is a moment to tell you that we need
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  Speaker 2: your help. We're begging for your help, and I'm not
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  Speaker 2: going to miss that opportunity. And so please, if you're watching,
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  Speaker 2: no matter how small the reward is, there you can
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  Speaker 2: tell us. It can be anonymous. Please do the right
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  Speaker 2: thing for us, for our family, for our children, and
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  Speaker 2: we love our mom and we will never stop looking
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  Speaker 2: for her. Never.
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  Speaker 1: While the family begs for answers, investigators are pursing the
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  Speaker 1: strange details of these communications. Authorities haven't confirmed or denied
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  Speaker 1: the authenticity of the two original notes, nor have they
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  Speaker 1: identified who sent them. The source said that no money
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  Speaker 1: or bitcoin was sent to the individuals, making it difficult
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  Speaker 1: for investigators to track them down. NBC reported on Monday
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  Speaker 1: that the second note, sent to several media outlets claimed
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  Speaker 1: Nancy Guthrie had died, but didn't include a request for
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  Speaker 1: payment or an apology. However, Arizona's family reported that the
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  Speaker 1: second ransom note emailed to its sister Station Kold in Tucson,
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  Speaker 1: said she died and added her abductors never intended to
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  Speaker 1: hurt her. The note claim she perished shortly after she
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  Speaker 1: was taken, is buried in nature now and explicitly stated
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  Speaker 1: we are truly sorry. Pma County Sheriff Chris Nanos said
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  Speaker 1: that the FBI has looked into numerous ransom demands since
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of the investigation, noting some are completely bogus
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  Speaker 1: while others have the potential to be. However, the presence
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  Speaker 1: of an apology inside a ransom communication is highly unusual.
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  Speaker 1: Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and former hostage negotiator Jason
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  Speaker 1: Pack said that people who have leverage do not apologize,
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  Speaker 1: they demand. Pack noted that a rambling, labored apology for
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  Speaker 1: an inadvertent death strongly suggests something went wrong that was
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  Speaker 1: not part of the perpetrator's original plan. More Crime and
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  Speaker 1: Justice news. After this, we turned now to California, where
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  Speaker 1: an eighteen year old is jailed after allegedly plotting a
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  Speaker 1: massacre inspired by the Columbine High School shooting. Bradley Scott
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  Speaker 1: Sayer was booked into the Butte County Jail Tuesday, June
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  Speaker 1: twenty three on suspicion of two counts of murder. The
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  Speaker 1: Chico Police Department announced the arrest following a fatal shooting
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  Speaker 1: at the Chico branch of the Butte County Library, Partnering
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  Speaker 1: with the Butte County Sheriff's off and the FBI, police
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  Speaker 1: are actively reviewing facts. Investigators determined Sayer acted alone and
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  Speaker 1: had no prior connection to any victims. Police claimed his
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  Speaker 1: motivation was a desire to commit a Columbine type massacre.
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  Speaker 1: Officers responded Monday, June twenty second at five twelve pm
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  Speaker 1: after nine one one calls reported gunshots and screaming. Two
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  Speaker 1: adults were killed and a juvenile was hospitalized with non
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  Speaker 1: life threatening injuries. Chico Police Chief Billy Aldridge stated the
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  Speaker 1: suspect fled but was quickly captured, calling the incident deeply traumatic.
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  Speaker 1: Victim's names have not yet been released. In Florida, a
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  Speaker 1: shocking rescue unfolded over the weekend. Christopher Michael Vett fifty
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  Speaker 1: three was arrested in Key Largo on Sunday, June twenty first,
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  Speaker 1: after police discovered a teenager hidden inside a clothes dryer.
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  Speaker 1: The Monroe County Sheriff's Office stated the victim called knif
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  Speaker 1: one Saturday morning, accusing Vite of holding her against her will.
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  Speaker 1: Responding officers found her inside the appliance. Investigators alleged Vite
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  Speaker 1: restrained the juvenile, forced her into the dryer, and took
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  Speaker 1: her phone when she tried to leave. The out of
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  Speaker 1: state victim was hospitalized and later released to family. Police
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  Speaker 1: alleged Vite engaged in ongoing sexual activity with the teen.
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  Speaker 1: Officers also uncovered counterfeit currency and notified the Secret Service.
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  Speaker 1: Vite faces charges of kidnapping, false imprisonment, interference with child custody,
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  Speaker 1: and unlawful sexual activity with a minor. Court records are
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  Speaker 1: With this crime alert, I'm Sidney Silvanni