TUCSON, Ariz. (Gray News) — A ‘possible’ ransom note has emerged in connection to the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother in Arizona, according to multiple reports.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in a statement that they are acknowledging reports of ransom notes circulating around Nancy Guthrie.

“We are taking all tips and leads very seriously, Nanos said. ”Anything that comes in, goes directly to our detectives who are coordinating with the FBI."

TMZ reported that they received a note Tuesday morning demanding payment for the release of Nancy Guthrie in exchange for Bitcoin. The note includes a description of an item that was damaged.

The outlet didn’t reveal the exact amount of Bitcoin demanded, but said it’s in the millions. The note allegedly included a deadline with “an element of ‘or else’.”

Nanos said Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home in the Catalina Foothills around 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

A family member called 911 around noon Sunday to report Guthrie missing after she failed to show up for church.

Investigators also found specific evidence in the home showing there was a nighttime kidnapping, the person told The Associated Press.

Several of Guthrie’s personal items were still there after she disappeared, including her cellphone, wallet and car.

Deputies also shared that a trail of her DNA was found inside the home, though they have not said whether it was blood.

Nancy Guthrie’s home is in the affluent Catalina Foothills area on the northern edge of Tucson. Her brick home has a gravel driveway and a yard covered in prickly pear and saguaro cactus.

Savannah Guthrie’s parents settled in Tucson in the 1970s when she was a young child. The youngest of three siblings, she credits her mom with holding their family together after her father died of a heart attack at age 49, when Savannah was just 16.

“When my dad died, our family just hung onto each other for dear life because it was such a shock. We were just trying to figure out how to become a family of four when we’d always been a family of five,” she said on “Today” in 2017.

Nancy Guthrie raised them on her own. The host often brought her mother on “Today” as a guest.

“She has met unthinkable challenges in her life with grit, without self-pity, with determination and always, always with unshakeable faith,” Savannah said on the show in 2022 on Nancy Guthrie’s 80th birthday.

“She loves us, her family, fiercely, and her selflessness and sacrifice for us, her steadfastness and her unmovable confidence is the reason any of us grew up to do anything.”

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