Newly disclosed details from a note sent to news outlets days after Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, vanished could renew interest in the case that first attracted America’s attention nearly 5 months ago.

Background

Nancy Guthrie was taken from her home in Arizona’s Catalina Foothills on February 1. In the days that followed, two notes purportedly written by the abductors were sent to a number of news outlets, including CNN affiliate KOLD-TV in Tucson, Arizona.

The second note said Guthrie was dead, law enforcement sources told CNN at the time. Authorities are hopeful the contents of the second note will lead to new tips in the search for Nancy Guthrie, who was in poor health and relied on medication to stay healthy.

Investigation

Law enforcement is believed to have drawn earlier clues from security footage capturing a masked man carrying a handgun outside Nancy Guthrie’s house. It’s not known whether more than one person may have been involved in her disappearance.

Yet, law enforcement officials, both local and federal, told CNN they still have no main suspect, nor any particular person of interest. The man seen in the doorbell video was wearing a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail backpack – another clue authorities have tried to trace.

FBI and local authorities have reviewed “thousands of hours” of video obtained from the greater Tucson area, a law enforcement source familiar with the case told CNN. Investigators have also continued to analyze DNA found at Guthrie’s home, a process that can take months.

Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.