Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield and this is Drop Dead Serious and I am recording this on Sunday night February 8th.

And so this is the seven day mark.

Seven days ago, Nancy Guthrie, the mother of today's show co-host, Savannah Guthrie, was officially

reported missing, and it has been a week, right? It's been a week. Instead of clarity in this

case, I think it's fair to say the case has taken a pretty sharp turn. There's been alleged

ransom demands all week long, different ones,

some resolution to one at least, no resolution to the other ones. Law enforcement activity

across this case has intensified. It's been on, it's been off, it's been on, it's been off,

and that was the day again today and yesterday, signals that something

significant actually might be unfolding, but behind the scenes, right? I'm going to walk you through

everything that happened this weekend, because the facts alone in this case are enough

to raise serious questions, and this isn't about theorizing or sleuthing.

This is just about what has happened and what is happening in this case.

And there's a lot.

This weekend has been extraordinarily busy.

And I think one of the strange things is the amount of activity at night.

That's not normal. Typically, when we're on location,

and I've spent a lot of years in the field, you know, things quiet and down at night.

That's when sort of the security comes in and, you know, people keep a watch on crime scenes

or areas of interest. But there's not usually a ton of investigative work that goes on

at night. Not this weekend. That is not

at all what happened this week. In fact, in this episode, I'm going to walk you through a few very

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