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Hour of 'Desperation': Savannah Guthrie's Crushing New Plea as Search for Mom Hits Dead End After Ransom Deadline Expires| Crime Alert Hourly Update · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alaric hourly update, Breaking crime News Now. I'm Jennifer Gould.
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  Speaker 1: The agonizing weight for the safe return of eighty four
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  Speaker 1: year old Nancy Guthrie has now shifted into a high
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  Speaker 1: stakes financial standoff as the Monday five pm ransom deadline
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  Speaker 1: has now officially expired. The bitcoin wallet allegedly designated for
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  Speaker 1: the ransom remains empty, with the publicly viewable balance at
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  Speaker 1: zero and zero transactions recorded following the passage of the
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  Speaker 1: final ultimatum. As the surge takes a devastating step backward,
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  Speaker 1: Savannah Gufrie has released a gripping new video message pivoting
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  Speaker 1: from the kidnappers to the general public. In this second
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  Speaker 1: heartbreaking broadcast, Savannah pleads for help and what she described
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  Speaker 1: as the family's quote hour of desperation end quote.
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  Speaker 2: Listen, we believe our mom is still out there. We
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  Speaker 2: need your help. Law enforcement is working tirelessly around the
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  Speaker 2: clock trying to bring her home, trying to find her.
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  Speaker 2: She was taken and we don't know where. So I'm
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  Speaker 2: coming on just to ask you, not just for your prayers,
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  Speaker 2: but no matter where you are, even if you're far
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  Speaker 2: from Tucson, if you see anything you hear anything. If
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  Speaker 2: there's anything at all that seems strange to you that
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  Speaker 2: you report to law enforcement. We are an hour of desperation.
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  Speaker 1: The desperate plea for nationwide prayers comes as the family
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  Speaker 1: fears the investigation has stalled after their previous we will
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  Speaker 1: pay promise to the captors was met with total silence.
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  Speaker 1: The family remained prepared to meet the six million dollar
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  Speaker 1: bitcoin demand just to cure the release of the matriar,
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  Speaker 1: who was violently snatched from her Tucson, Arizona home in
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  Speaker 1: the early morning hours of February first. The alleged kidnappers
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  Speaker 1: demanded the millions be sent to a specific cryptocurrency wallet
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  Speaker 1: address and included an or else ultimatum that promised quote
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  Speaker 1: more serious consequences end quote if the second deadline is ignored.
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  Speaker 1: The prior ransom note set two deadlines February fifth and ninth.
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  Speaker 1: Despite the passage of these critical windows, investigators have yet
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  Speaker 1: to receive a proof of life confirmation, fueling national anxiety
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  Speaker 1: as Nancy's health hangs in the balance without her vital
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  Speaker 1: pacemaker medications. The investigation took a gritty turn on Sunday
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  Speaker 1: as detectives were spotted opening a manhole cover to search
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  Speaker 1: a septic tank behind Nancy's home, using long polls to
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  Speaker 1: probe the waste system for discarded evidence or remains. This
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  Speaker 1: followed a major forensic sweep on Friday, where agents used
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  Speaker 1: ladders to scale the roof. A vigilant neighbor tipped off
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  Speaker 1: investigators after noticing the roof appeared suspiciously pristine and white
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  Speaker 1: despite recent heavy rains, leading police to seize a hidden
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  Speaker 1: wired camera that had been overlooked in previous searches. The
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  Speaker 1: probe also returned to Annie's home late Saturday night, where
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  Speaker 1: investigators were seen leaving the residents carrying several bags of
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  Speaker 1: evidence after a brief five minutes sweep of the interior.
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  Speaker 1: Annie and her husband Tomaso Sioni were the last people
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  Speaker 1: to see Nancy alive. They shared a final dinner and
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  Speaker 1: games with her on Saturday night before dropping her off
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  Speaker 1: at nine forty eight pm, just hours before her pacemaker
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  Speaker 1: app reportedly disconnected at two twenty eight am from her watch,
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  Speaker 1: which was left behind at the crime scene. Additionally, FBI
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  Speaker 1: teams are now scouring surveillance footage from a circle k
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  Speaker 1: on Oracle Road, just a half mile from daughter Annie's
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  Speaker 1: home after a tip id'd a vehicle of interest at
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  Speaker 1: the gas station. On Friday, the tension spiked when staff
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  Speaker 1: at local station KOLD were left alarmed by a second
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  Speaker 1: message from the captors, which appeared to be a response
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  Speaker 1: to the family's earlier requests for proof of life. Despite
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  Speaker 1: the massive mobilization, Sheriff Chris Nanos admitted there are still
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  Speaker 1: no named suspects or persons of interest. The investigation has
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  Speaker 1: been crippled by the fact that the homes doorbell camera
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  Speaker 1: failed to record the abduction because the subscription had expired,
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  Speaker 1: and there is a total lack of usable footage from
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  Speaker 1: the home. Anyone with information is urged to please contact
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  Speaker 1: the Pima County Sheriff's Department at FI five two zero
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  Speaker 1: three five one forty nine hundred or the FBI tip
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  Speaker 1: line one eight hundred call FBI. A fifty thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: reward is being offered for information leading to Nancy's safe return.
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