Savannah Guthrie and her family are renewing their plea for answers in the disappearance of their mother, Nancy Guthrie. This comes as the Pima County Sheriff's Department released the two ransom notes, believed to potentially be credible, that were sent to local media outlets in the days after Nancy's abduction on Feb. 1. NBC's Liz Kreutz reports and NBC's national law and intelligence correspondent Tom Winter joins TODAY with ******* ysis.

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"TODAY" show co-host Savannah Guthrie issued a new plea for help on her Instagram account on Saturday, six months after her mother Nancy was kidnapped. It comes after the Pima County Sheriff's Department in Arizona released two ransom notes purportedly sent by those who kidnapped her. NBC News' Camila Bernal reports.

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The Pima County Sheriff's Department said in a statement that investigators, "continue to pursue every possible lead," in the Nancy Guthrie case. It comes only days after Savannah Guthrie posted a video on social media, seemingly to speak to whomever is directly involved. NBC News' Tom Winter reports.

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The Pima County Sheriff's office has released the two ransom notes they believe may be from the person or people who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie earlier this year. One of them describes her as 'safe but scared'...but days later they say she "perished shortly after she was taken." NBC News' Liz Kreutz has the contents of the notes and why they were just made public.

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Savannah Guthrie's missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, may have died shortly after she was allegedly taken from her home.
In a ransom note sent to the Today coanchor and her family, the writer claims, "We did not fully grasp the seriousness of her physical condition. We never intended to hurt her, that was not our intention. She perished shortly after she was taken."
"We believe it was heart related," the writer said regarding the alleged death of Nancy, who was 84 years old when she went missing. "She is buried in nature now. Nothing you could have done could have changed the outcome."
"We want your family to know this and hope you all can find peace," the note read. "We are truly sorry."
The note, sent to Tucson CBS affiliate KOLD-TV on February 6, was part of new information released on Friday, July 31, by the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

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A hair sample that underwent forensic testing after being found at the Tucson, Arizona, home of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, came back inconclusive and did not point to a suspect, the sheriff overseeing the local investigation told CBS News on Thursday.
"It came back with no results," Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said. The sheriff's department said the results from the hair sample were verified in early June. Thursday was the first time they shared that information publicly.
Nanos noted there was blood and other DNA found at the scene that is also still being ******* yzed, but has so far also yielded no results.
"I know that there was blood at the scene and so that was also part of the processing of the scene," Nanos said.
CBS News previously reported in May that a DNA sample that was sent by sheriff's detectives to a private laboratory in Florida was then forwarded to the FBI's crime lab in Quantico, Virginia. Officials did not confirm, however, any details about that sample or whether it was the hair sample in question.

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(NewsNation) — A year after pleading guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students, Bryan Kohberger is challenging his conviction.
According to a handwritten post-conviction petition, the criminology student claims he was "convinced to falsely confess" to the crimes. He claims he was swayed into the plea deal that landed him life in prison through "coercion, disinformation, false promises, and the withholding of exculpatory discovery."
While Kohberger claims he had ineffective counsel who "misrepresented" what life in prison would be like, NewsNation contributor Ashleigh Banfield told Hena Doba on Monday she believes Kohberger's just bored.
"Life in prison is really awful," she said. "And when you're his age, you're facing about 70 years of this last one year that he's had. He didn't like his last year. He's been in solitary. It's boring. He's tired of it."
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Savannah Guthrie told KOLD News 13 it has been months of "agony and unending trauma" for her family since the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie
Nancy was last seen at her home in Arizona on Jan. 31
The FBI said this week that it was still investigating several ransom notes for their potential legitimacy in the case
The last five months since Nancy Guthrie's appearance have been "agony" for Savannah Guthrie's family, the Today host said in a new statement.
"It is five months of agony and unending trauma for our family," Savannah, 54, said in a statement to local Arizona news outlet KOLD News 13, published on Wednesday, July 1. "There is not a moment that goes by that we aren't actively trying to find our mom."

Over more than 21 weeks since the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the FBI and Google made a groundbreaking recovery of Nest doorbell video, two men have been detained and released without charges, thousands of tips have been investigated — and yet her whereabouts remain unknown.
Herman Weisberg, a former NYPD detective turned high-profile private investigator, believes one phone call could still crack the case.
"You've got to have a lot of patience when you're dealing with that because you might just be on your 7,000th call and your 15th cup of coffee that day, but the 7,001st call could be the one that's really got a piece of valuable information in this," the managing director at the New York-based private firm SAGE Intelligence told Fox News Digital. "The 7,001st call could be the one."
Savannah Guthrie Pleads For Tips As Ransom Note Claims Mom Is Dead: 'Somebody Knows Something'
With the investigation grinding on for more than 150 days and a steep decline in updates from authorities, Weisberg said the sheer volume of public interest in the case could ultimately become one of investigators' greatest ******* ets.

Savannah Guthrie made a tearful plea during the Tuesday broadcast of "TODAY" after a report aired new details on the investigation into her missing mom Nancy Guthrie. On June 23, the morning news show reported that the second note sent to media outlets from an alleged kidnapper had indicated that Nancy had died and made no request for money, according to three people familiar with the matter. NBC News additionally stated, citing those sources, that while there was no apology for allegedly taking Nancy, there was regret over her passing. Guthrie has been reported missing since Feb. 1. After the report aired, Savannah said that she had no comment on the story and is not involved in the "TODAY" coverage but tearfully urged people to come forward if they have any information. "I can't pretend I'm not here. And so since I am, I wanted to take the opportunity to ask people, to really to beg people, to come forward. Somebody knows something. And this is a new story today that is on your radar. But this is the life that my sister lives, that I live, that my brother lives, that our extended families live, that our children live every day. And we are in agony. We cannot be at peace," she said, adding, "So, no matter how much I try to come out here every day and smile and find that joy, and I will, I promise I will, this is a moment to tell you that we need your help. We're begging for your help, and I'm not going to miss that opportunity." Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324).

New details have emerged regarding one of the ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, including the news that the note claimed the 84-year-old had died while in custody of her kidnappers. However, a new report says Savannah Guthrie had hoped to keep those details private.
"Imagine having the worst moment of your life turned into headlines. The family is devastated. This isn't just information — it's their trauma," one source told Rob Shuter's Naughty But Nice Substack on Tuesday, June 23.
Another source added that the longtime Today host is "absolutely heartbroken" about the details being released.
"These are details the family prayed would remain private," the source continued. "They were never meant for public consumption."
Nancy was last seen on January 31 after being dropped off at her Catalina Foothills home by her daughter, Annie Guthrie, and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni. Since then, details surrounding her disappearance have remained sparse.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay likes the job athletic director Josh Moon has done in his first four years so much it wants him to stick around longer.
UWGB Chancellor Michael Alexander announced June 17 that the school has signed Moon to a contract extension through 2031.
Moon’s contract can be extended an additional year if Alexander leaves the school any time prior to June 30, 2031.
He is set to become the longest-tenured AD at UWGB since Ken Bothof left after 11 years for Northern Kentucky in 2013.
Mary Ellen Gillespie replaced Bothof and spent four years at UWGB before leaving for Hartford. Her replacement, Charles Guthrie, also spent four years here before being hired at Akron and paving the way for Moon’s arrival.

Savannah Guthrie is doing her best to carry on four months after her mother, Nancy Guthrie was reported missing. The 54-year-old journalist got emotional while co-hosting "Today with Jenna & Sheinelle" on June 8, opening up to her longtime friend about how she's coping with everything since returning to the morning news show. Savannah did clarify that although she may be cheerful at work, she hasn't forgotten the pain and heartache she's been through. She also told Jenna she still cries coming to and from work every day as she copes with the disappearance of her mother. Savannah returned to the "Today" show on April 6, two months after her mother, Nancy, was reported missing on Feb. 1. Authorities have previously indicated that they believe Nancy's disappearance was the result of a kidnapping, however, no suspects have been detained.

Madison Clapp, daughter of Jackass star Johnny Knoxville, grew up hearing plenty of jokes about her name — but not for the reason some may think.
"I'd walk down the halls of my high school and people would clap their hands," she tells Yahoo.
That was the joke for years — until she learned her surname has another meaning.
"At some point, I figured out: Oh, it also means that," referring to the old-fashioned slang for the ******* ually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhea. "So I looked it up, which no one should — it's forever ingrained in my memory."
Now 30 and a real estate agent in Austin, Clapp has found a way to turn her last name into a marketing tool. In January, a billboard declaring her to be "The Clapp You Want" went up in her home city. It was the brainchild of Clapp, Knoxville — who knows a little something about stunts — and family friend Cathy Guthrie, the musician daughter of folk singer Arlo Guthrie.

(NewsNation) — Four months into the search for her missing mother, Savannah Guthrie shared a new message pleading for her mother to come "home."
The TV anchor shared an Instagram Story featuring a photo of a painting appearing to depict the ascension of Jesus Christ. Over the photo, the words "Oh my, my soul it cries out, soul, it cries out," were written.
Underneath, Guthrie wrote "bring her home," followed by a yellow heart emoji.
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Guthrie had often urged her mother's alleged abductors to "bring her home" in previous social media posts. She had also shared an image of the same painting in March, with the words "I believe" written over it.

LAS VEGAS — A leading forensic scientist who spent decades with one of the country's largest medical examiner's offices told Fox News Digital over the weekend that she believes Nancy Guthrie may have been targeted by a local worker who ****** umed the victim's family had money.
"I find it flabbergasting that anyone would take a woman her age, but what I think is probably the case is that someone in the area, maybe a handyman, maybe a service person, had known, had found out that Mrs. Guthrie was the mother of Savannah Guthrie and said, 'Oh, she must be rich,'" Barbara Butcher said Saturday, speaking on the sidelines of CrimeCon Las Vegas. "So this person is not well."
Butcher, a longtime medicolegal death investigator and the host of Oxygen's "The Death Investigator," also said the lack of a credible ransom demand raises concerns that Guthrie may have died shortly after the alleged abduction due to shock or an underlying medical condition, leading the suspect to hide evidence and vanish before the case could be resolved.
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"My second thought was that after time, when there was no valid ransom demand or any information forthcoming that it's probably likely that Mrs. Guthrie died of shock, fright, heart disease, whatever it was, very soon after being taken from her home," she added.

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More than a month into the investigation into the apparent kidnapping of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, there have not been many promising updates as the FBI reportedly fears the case is quickly becoming a cold case. However, one former FBI agent has outlined some positive news as the investigation progresses.
While positive and substantial updates have been few and far between since Guthrie went missing on Feb. 1, retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer recently explained why the prese

'It's worse than Covid,' says principal as 170 pupils off sick in one day

The principal of a County Londonderry school has said it is like "being back in Covid times" after 170 pupils were off sick on one day alone.
Brian Guthrie of Ebrington Primary School said some children had to attend hospital and a small number were admitted for treatment last week.
Confirmed flu cases among adults and children across Northern Ireland have more than trebled in the last two weeks, rising from 273 to 954, official figures show.
Numbers are expected to rise, according to the Director of Public Health