Ransom Notes Suggest Kidnapped Tucson Woman Dead Five Months After Disappearance

Nancy Guthrie, 84, vanished January 31 from her Catalina Foothills home in Tucson, Arizona. Ransom notes connected to her case now indicate she has died, according to reporting published June 23. The notes reportedly included an apology for her death. Investigators immediately recognized her cardiac condition—she required daily medication and a pacemaker—made her life-threatening if separated from prescriptions. An FBI reward of $50,000 remains active; no arrests have been announced.