Savannah Guthrie’s one-word code in message to mom’s

Savannah Guthrie declared to the potential kidnappers of her mom, Nancy Guthrie, that the household is keen to pay the ransom. The TODAY present anchor posted a video on her Instagram on Saturday, February 7, concerning the disappearance of her mom. It’s day seven in the seek for Nancy.

In the video, Savannah was joined by her two siblings — Anne and Camron — as they held arms. The video was captioned, “Bring her home.” Savannah said in the 22-second video: “We received your message, and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”

Jason Pack, a former FBI particular agent and disaster negotiator, spoke with the Daily Mail about the use of “celebrate” in Savannah’s speech and what the one-word phrase means in the context of negotiations and ransoms. “The word ‘celebrate’ stood out to me immediately. Savannah didn’t say ‘surrender her’ or ‘give her back.’ She said return her so we can ‘celebrate’. That’s the language of resolution, not confrontation. In any negotiation, you want to offer the other party a way to see this ending positively and peacefully for them too,” Pack explained. It comes after an skilled revealed a chilling fact that the kidnapper is “known to the family.”

Pack, an former FBI agent of 25 years, also famous that within his experience in disaster negotiations, “the most dangerous moments come when communication breaks down. The Guthries are doing everything they can to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

This all comes as a Tucson TV station KOLD News 13 reported on Friday, February 6, that they obtained a new message linked to Nancy’s case and forwarded it to legislation enforcement. Authorities said they’re conscious of the new message and are checking its authenticity.

“The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department are aware of a new message regarding Nancy Guthrie. Investigators are actively inspecting the information provided in the message for its authenticity,” Pima County authorities said in a press release.

The second message appeared a day after Camron made a video on behalf of the household as they issued another plea to Nancy’s potential abductors and requested them to attain out in addition to give proof of life.

“This is Camron Guthrie. I am speaking for the Guthrie family. Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you. We haven’t heard anything directly. We need you to reach out, and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward. But first, we have to know that you have our mom. We want to talk to you, and we are waiting for contact,” he said.

KOLD News 13 first obtained a ransom observe on February 2. TMZ reported receiving a ransom observe on February 3 demanding hundreds of thousands in Bitcoin. The Pima Sheriff’s Department and the FBI said they have been conscious of the notes and have been evaluating their credibility at the time.

Nancy has been reported lacking since Sunday, February 1, when she did not attend church service. She was last seen on Saturday, January 31, when she went to dinner at a member of the family’s residence and was dropped off at 9:48 pm. Pima Sheriff Chris Nanos said in the timeline that the storage door opened at that time and closed at 9:50 pm. At 2:28, her pacemaker app reveals a disconnect from the cellphone.

Authorities have said they do not have a suspect or an individual of curiosity in the case thus far.