Missing Savannah Guthrie’s Mother Nancy’s ‘Unverified Ransom Note’ Posted to TMZ: Demands Contain ‘Large Sums of Money’

Entertainment news website TMZ says it has received an “unconfirmed ransom note” for the “Today” host. Savannah Guthrielost mother, Nancywhich reveals that a message was sent via email where an unknown person wanted a “large sum of money” to be transferred to them in Bitcoin.

Founder of TMZ, Harvey Levinshared an update on an Instagram video where she and her manager, Charles Latibeaudierevealed the details of what was on the paper—while saying they immediately turned it over to law enforcement.

Nancy, 84, was reported missing from her home in Arizona on Feb. 1, and he was last seen around 9:45 pm last night, when he was left by his daughter in the area. Anniefollowed by dinner.

Local law enforcement, in cooperation with the FBI, has since conducted a thorough investigation into his disappearance, along with the Pima County Sheriff. Chris Nanos they later disclosed that they had found evidence suggesting that he was “taken against his will.”

While Nanos declined to reveal whether a ransom note was sent to law enforcement during Tuesday’s press conference, Levin and Latibeaudiere said in their video, posted about an hour after the news conference ended, that the message they received was passed on to authorities.

“TMZ received an unconfirmed ransom note today demanding a large sum of money for the return of Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy,” the video captioned. “We have already been contacted by law enforcement.”

In the clip, Levin explains: “So we have something in our email that looks … written like a ransom note.

He adds that the person or persons who sent the note included “certain things about what she was wearing and the damage to the house” in an apparent attempt to prove that they were there when Nancy was taken from her home.

While neither he nor Latibeaudiere confirmed how much money was being sought, a story posted on the TMZ website said the sum was “in the millions,” adding that its reporters had verified the validity of the Bitcoin address used in the message.

“There is a deadline attached to the alleged ransom … and an ‘or else,'” the story adds.

The update was shared in just one hour by Nanos and an FBI representative, Jon Edwardsspeaking to the media at a press conference, where it was revealed that the authorities have not made any major progress in the case.

Nanos admitted that Nancy’s life is “in danger,” noting that his department is trying to follow all the leads but admitted that it has not gathered enough evidence to find a suspect or suspects in this case.

When asked about the rumors that a ransom letter was sent, Nanos said he had no knowledge of any type of message received. The timeline of when TMZ got their message across is unclear, but Levin noted in his video that they struggled to find the right person to pass the note on to.

Nanos also declined to elaborate on reports that Nancy’s heart monitor stopped syncing with her Apple phone and watched in the early hours of Feb. 1, and would not confirm the sources’ claims that blood was found in his house.

“People’s lives are at risk,” he said at a press conference. “We’re going to have to find him, and we’re going to have to work hard to do that.”

When asked if he could share any information about what Nancy might have been wearing, or what kind of car she might have been driving, Nanos said he had nothing to share. He also admitted that at the moment they do not know if they are looking for one or many suspects.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department first revealed that police found “significant” evidence inside Nancy’s property in Tucson, AZ, during a search and have now revealed that they believe the “Today” star’s mother was “taken against her will.”

“I think he was kidnapped,” Nanos told NBC News. “If you’re taken from your bed and you don’t want to go anywhere, that’s kidnapping.”

Nanos’ department later clarified that he was speaking figuratively and not implying that Nancy was taken from her bed at home.

He also added that his police found evidence inside the house that showed that Nancy was “injured” before she was removed from the place, but did not provide any other details.

“We know that he was injured at home, but we don’t know how much it was,” he said.

However, law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that blood was found inside Nancy’s home, along with signs of forced entry. It is not yet clear whose blood this is.

Law enforcement sources told Fox News that Nancy’s Apple devices stopped syncing with her heart monitor around 2 a.m. local time—and they believe that’s when she was taken out of the home. An Apple Watch was found inside the property, which is understood to be connected to Nancy’s pacemaker via Bluetooth.

During an appearance on “Today” Tuesday morning, Nanos emphasized the urgency of the situation, describing Nancy’s case as “a race against time.”

He went on to say that the detectives took DNA samples found in the home, and revealed that they are using them to try to determine the identity of the suspect who may have entered the property.

“It’s a race against time, and I hope that window has not closed,” he said. “We’ve taken samples that we hope will have enough of a DNA profile to give us an identification of what we’re looking at.”

The 84-year-old woman is described as frail—and disappeared from her home without the medication she must take every 24 hours to survive. However, it is understood that he did not have a mental disorder and is described as being “of sound mind.”