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Laura Coates Live

TMZ: New Ransom Note Demands Crypto, Describes Consequences

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into a third, anguished week, with mounting pressure on investigators and a family grappling with uncertainty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The search for Nancy Guthrie going international.

0:05.0

Investigators have briefed border patrol agents and Mexican law enforcement authorities.

0:09.0

If you're the kidnapper crossing the border means you're creating a record of that movement.

0:13.0

Investigators are going into gun shops trying to match the unique holster.

0:17.0

More than 49,000 tips have been called it.

0:20.9

TMZ reporting they've received a new ransom demand.

0:24.2

This is a highly sophisticated demand.

0:27.7

Investigators are looking into genetic genealogy databases.

0:31.8

Authorities are now pulling data on every sale of that backpack statewide.

0:36.4

Has there been the evidence so far that Nancy is still alive?

0:39.3

There's been no evidence that she's not.

0:41.3

Good evening and welcome to a special edition of Laura Coates Live to search for Nancy Guthrie.

0:57.6

Tonight, investigators are making sure that no stone is left unturned and looking into the possibility that whoever took Nancy Guthrie may have fled to Mexico.

1:08.1

We're told law enforcement as brief Mexican officials to be on the lookout for any clues

1:12.8

about her disappearance. U.S. Border Patrol agents have also been briefed. In just a moment,

1:19.3

our reporters and FBI analysts will unpack all of the major developments from the day,

1:24.5

and there were quite a few. Nancy Guthrie's home is just about 68 miles from Mexico,

1:30.3

and now a Mexican nonprofit organization says it's helping with the search.

1:36.3

And listen to this.

1:37.3

The founder says a member of the Guthrie family directly reached out to them for help. But right now, investigators are still

1:46.8

working in the ground game in Tucson. They're combing through thousands of hours of video,

1:53.4

meticulously inspecting it frame by frame after canvassing residences, businesses, and government

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