FBI Treats Ransom Notes as Real, Steps Up Search for Nancy Guthrie

0:00It's April 7. I'm Corey with The Story, this is Entertainment in Celebrity News, today driven by AI and built for the culture. The search for Nancy Guthrie, mom to today's show host Savannah Guthrie, just hit a major turn as it drags into its third month since she banished on. February 1st, FBI agents are now treating a batch of ransom notes as the real deal, according to journalists Ashley Banfield. Earlier this week, TMZ got two fresh letters from the same source behind the originals, each pushing for Bitcoin payments in exchange for tips on the kidnapper and her whereabouts. Banfield says officials finally agree these notes, pack truth after initially brushing them off and they're wrapping up efforts to chase the leads. The notes mix dark claims, one flat out says Nancy's dead, while another swears the writer spotted her alive down in Sonora, Mexico with her captors. The sender grids about being ignored, despite offering solid info for just one Bitcoin upfront, then half more after an arrest.

1:02With the feds locked in in pressure building, this could crack the case wide open any day now.