Nancy Guthrie final ransom deadline just hours away as desperate hunt for Savannah’s kidnapped mother continues: Live updates

The deadline on the ransom that threatens Nancy Guthrie’s life is is set for 5pm local time today, according KGUN 9.

The local news station reported that a ransom note demands $6 million in Bitcoin by Monday at 5pm local time.

Savannah Guthrie said she has agreed to pay ransom in exchange for her mother’s safe return in a heart-wrenching video message shared Saturday night.

The TV host held hands with her sister Annie and brother Camron, saying that they had received communications from her mother’s abductors.

‘We received your message, and we understand,’ Savannah said. ‘We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her.

‘This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.’

Nancy Guthrie’s church prayed for her safe return during Sunday’s service as the search for her entered its second week.

Pastor John Tittle of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church told his congregation to ‘pray and to stand with Nancy Guthrie and her family.’

‘It was communicated to me, pray. So we’re gonna keep praying through this horrific ordeal,’ he said.

‘We pray for Nancy’s rescue and her release. Bring her home safely. Lord God bless and guide the authorities in their search for Nancy. Give them wisdom along every step of the path to her.’

Tittle added, ‘Lord, we ask that you would soften the hearts of those who are responsible, that they might come forward and do what is humane. And what is right.’

Pictured: Nancy Guthrie’s church, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian

Three officials briefed on the matter told NBC News that Savannah Guthrie’s plea to her mother’s captors, posted on Saturday, was a response to a second note sent about their mother on Friday.

That note was sent to the local news station, KOLD, and authorities are still working to determine whether the second note originated from the same source as the first ransom note several news outlets received.

The NBC sources said the Guthrie family is aware of the police efforts, and on Saturday night, detectives were seen at Annie Guthrie’s home as part of a follow-up search in the normal course of the case, a spokesperson confirmed.

The search was consented to, two of the three officials briefed on the search said.

Footage captured law enforcement using a pole to check inside a manhole behind Nancy’s $1million house, amid mounting fears that time is running out to find the 84-year-old mother of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie alive and well.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department announced on Sunday that it will maintain a presence outside Nancy Guthrie’s house.

‘At the request of the Guthrie family, PCSD will maintain a presence at Nancy Guthrie’s residence for security,’ the department wrote on X.

‘Media & the public are reminded to follow all traffic & private property laws. No trespassing is allowed on the Guthrie property.  Violations are subject to enforcement.’

Savannah Guthrie’s Today show colleagues asked for grace as they continue to cover her mother’s disappearance on Monday.

‘Hoda [Kotb] is joining us this morning as our Today family continues to navigate uncharted territory, balancing the updates on the search for Savannah’s mom with all the other stories of the day, like we normally do,’ Craig Melvin said.

‘But we know things are far from normal right now. So folks, we are asking for your grace as we continue to do this.’

Kotb added, ‘I mean, paramount through all of this, Savannah and her family are our top priority. In addition to that, there is also a job to do.’

‘We’re going to do our best. It’s certainly not easy to do our jobs, and we’re doing that obviously for [Savannah] and for you, too, the viewers,’ Carson Daly said.

Al Roker chimed in, ‘In a sense, we are able to do this because we know that is exactly what Savannah would want us to do.’

FBI Director Kash Patel will arrive in Tucson on Monday as the hunt for Nancy Guthrie continues, after President Trump suggested answers may be imminent.

Patel will travel to the Arizona city this afternoon for what his staff say is a ‘pre-planned visit’ not linked to 84-year-old Guthrie’s abduction last weekend.

But a spokesperson for Patel conceded that ‘plans may change,’ suggesting he could well focus on Today anchor Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother if there is a break in the case.

Hostage negotiation experts have said that they detected ‘resignation’ in Savannah Guthrie’s latest plea video with her mother’s captors.

Former CIA official Tracy Walder told the New York Post the video was ‘carefully constructed,’ and ‘the delivery was more muted and somber than the family’s first video.’

Retired FBI agent Lance Leising told The New York Times that the message’s wording was deliberately vague and could suggest that investigators are not convinced the ransom note is legitimate.

‘The possibility that it’s fraudulent, and these people don’t have Nancy, is still high,’ Leising said.

Former FBI agent, Lance Leising, believes Nancy’s alleged abductors are ‘confident’ they won’t be caught by sending the second ransom note.

‘It’s interesting that they are committed to sending a second one if it’s the same person,’ he told Fox News.

‘Because they are confident they are not going to be found, they are confident they are using anonymizers and changing their IP address and running it through a bunch of different countries, potentially, to avoid being tracked.’

However, he noted neither note gives police anything to confirm the notes are coming from the alleged criminals.

Catalina Foothills Association has resumed neighborhood searches near Nancy’s home as residents are in utter ‘disbelief’ this happened.

Residents are encouraged by the association to comply with law enforcement and to share ‘camera images and allow searches of your properties.’

‘I know we all stand together in our collective disbelief and sadness and greatly appreciate your willingness to speak with law enforcement,’ the association said in a letter to residents.

Nancy Guthrie’s home in Catalina Foothills in Arizona is only a mere 70 miles from the US-Mexico border.

Some fear her kidnappers may be holding her hostage in the North American country.

Former Phoenix homicide investigator Troy Hillman said it will be hard to pinpoint exactly where Nancy is.

‘It’s hard to say,’ he told Fox. ‘She could possibly be in Mexico or she could possible be in a neighboring state… But you just don’t know.’

He’s choked back tears publicly while saying ‘we’re going to find her’ as he leads the massive operation to bring abducted Nancy Guthrie home alive.

But while his detectives continued to grind through the weekend, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos took time off to watch a college basketball game – as revealed in an exclusive Daily Mail photo.

The sheriff was spotted at the basketball game on Saturday evening, at the same time that Savannah Guthrie shared a heartbreaking video with her siblings pleading for their mother’s return.

The Today Show host addressed her mother’s alleged abductors and said her family had ‘received your message’, and said she ‘will pay’ their ransom demands.

Nanos, whose face has been plastered across national media for the past six days, was seen in a khaki hoody top amid spectators watching number one ranked Arizona Wildcats defeat Oklahoma State 47-84 at the McKale Memorial Center in Tucson.

But the decision to take time out for the game has not gone down well with deputies swamped with chasing leads as the clock ticks unmercifully for the 84-year-old mother of NBC Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie.