The recipient of a batch of suspected ransom demands in the Nancy Guthrie case is pushing back against recent reports claiming the potential abductors were apologetic over the 84-year-old's purported death."I wanna talk about Nancy Guthrie and some communications I had with the FBI that I haven't talked about until now," Harvey Levin said in a video posted to TMZ's YouTube Monday afternoon."But I want to start with these reports that this ransom letter that we received kind of apologizes to Savannah Guthrie and her family for the kidnapping and that Nancy was no longer alive.
That was not in the ransom note that we received."Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, whose department is the lead agency on the case, told Fox News Digital Monday that the FBI has been handling the investigation into numerous ransom demands, some bogus and some with potential to be real, since the beginning.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XNancy Guthrie's missing person billboard is displayed in Phoenix, Arizona, on Feb.6, 2026.
Guthrie has been missing since early February 2026.(KSAZ)He deferred comment to the bureau on the new reports, and the FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.WATCH: What The FBI Told Harvey Levin | TMZ"It is not in that ransom note at all," Levin said of the notes sent to TMZ.
"It does say that she's scared but OK.But the ransom note makes no reference to Nancy Guthrie either dying or the kidnappers apologizing."EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT NANCY GUTHRIE'S POSSIBLE RANSOM NOTETwo photos of the suspect captured on Nancy Guthrie's porch were taken on different days, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.
(FBI)TMZ wasn't the only outlet to receive potential ransom demands, however.Local media also received similar messages through their online tip boxes, at least at first.ABC News reported Monday that local media received a follow-up demand claiming that Guthrie had died and been buried.A federal law enforcement source confirmed to Fox ...