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The agonizing wait for the safe return of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie has now shifted into a high-stakes

financial standoff as the Monday 5 p.m. ransom deadline has now officially expired.

The Bitcoin wallet, allegedly designated for the ransom, remains empty with the publicly

viewable balance at zero and zero transactions recorded following the passage of the final ultimatum.

As the search takes a devastating step backward,

Savannah Guthrie has released a gripping new video message pivoting from the kidnappers to the general public.

In this second heartbreaking broadcast, Savannah pleads for help and what she described as the family's, quote, hour of desperation, end quote.

Listen.

We believe our mom is still out there.

We need your help.

Law enforcement is working tirelessly around the clock, trying to bring her home, trying to find her.

She was taken and we don't know where.

So I'm coming on just to ask you, not just for your prayers, but no matter where you are, even if you're far from

Tucson. If you see anything, if you hear anything, if there's anything at all that seems strange

to you, that you report to law enforcement, we are at an hour of desperation. The desperate plea for nationwide prayers comes, as the family fears the investigation has stalled.

After their previous, We Will Pay Promise to the Captors was met with total silence.

The family remained prepared to meet the $6 million Bitcoin demand to secure the release

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