Apparent ransom demands and other notes sent in the wake of the unsolved abduction of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie may still be real, according to a new report, despite recent claims to the contrary.As Fox News Digital reported previously, sources close to the investigation appear split regarding the notes' potential authenticity — or lack thereof.Now, an unnamed official is telling ransom demand recipient TMZ that some investigators view the demands as potentially "more legitimate than not."EMAILER IN NANCY GUTHRIE CASE CLAIMS TO POSSESS VIDEO OF 'MAIN GUY' WITH SAVANNAH GUTHRIE'S MOTHERSavannah Guthrie returned to "Today" after a two-month absence since her mother, Nancy, went missing on Feb.1.
(Getty Images/Fox News Digital)"It is more likely than not that the two ransom notes are real," TMZ's executive producer Harvey Levin said Wednesday, citing an unnamed FBI official with knowledge of the case."Further in that conversation, this person said, 'They are more legitimate than not.' That's a quote."FOX TRUE CRIME IS NOW ON FACEBOOKHe made the remarks in a video in response to a new report suggesting that the FBI deemed all of the ransom demands in the Guthrie investigation inauthentic.Some investigators said they were confident that the ransom demands are all bogus, while others are cautious about reaching that conclusion while Guthrie's whereabouts remain unknown, federal law enforcement sources told Fox News and Fox News Digital last week.NANCY GUTHRIE RANSOM NOTES DON'T MATCH SUSPECT'S BEHAVIOR, PROFILER SAYS: 'I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE REAL'"They definitely have not determined it is, for sure, fake," Levin said.Law enforcement investigating Nancy Guthrie's disappearance search the neighborhood near daughter Annie Guthrie’s house on Feb.
10, 2026.(Sarah Lapidus/The Republic/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERAuthorities have not publicly confirmed the legitimacy of the first two notes that have been deemed possibly authenti...