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“Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie asked again for answers in the disappearance of her mother Nancy in a message shared Saturday morning, one day after Arizona officials released the ransom notes the Guthrie family received in the days after the 84-year-old’s disappearance.
Nancy Guthrie went missing from her Tucson, Arizona, home six months ago. Guthrie wrote that she and her family have “lived every moment, every breath, and every heartbeat in agony and despair ever since.”
“Every day, we wake up and try to be strong and go on — because that’s what our joyful and resilient Mom taught us to do,” Guthrie wrote on social media, alongside an undated photo of Nancy. “But make no mistake — our hearts are in ruins.”
The second of the two notes shared by the kidnappers said that Nancy Guthrie had “perished shortly after she was taken” and was “buried in nature now.” The note said her death may have been related to heart-related causes.
Guthrie said the family spends “every waking moment thinking of her, longing for her, looking for her,” and wants to “find out what happened to her, so that we can give her the dignity of a proper goodbye — a celebration of her remarkable life that she so deserves.”
Guthrie asked that anyone who recognizes the writing in the ransom notes or who noticed “something different, strange, troubling or just unusual” come forward. She said tips can be given anonymously, and that a “reward is available.” The Guthrie family has offered $1 million for information leading to Nancy Guthrie’s recovery.
“There is a way to end this situation and do the right thing,” Guthrie wrote.
“We will never stop looking for answers — and we will never stop looking for the light. We will always be hoping and praying and believing in the best of our world — in spite of circumstance. This is what our faith makes possible,” she added. “Please. Bring her home.”
The replies to the post were filled with messages of support, including from former CBS “Evening News” host Norah O’Donnell.
The ransom notes were released by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office on Friday afternoon. In a statement, the department said it hoped the public release of the notes would lead to someone recognizing the “distinctive linguistic characteristics” in the messages.
The first message, addressed to Guthrie and sent to the tip line for CBS affiliate KOLD-TV in Tucson on Feb. 2, asks for a multimillion-dollar ransom. The second, sent four days later and addressed to the Guthrie family, said the kidnappers “did not fully grasp the seriousness” of Nancy Guthrie’s physical condition and said her death had been unintentional.
“Nothing you could have done could have changed the outcome. We want your family to know this and hope you all can find peace. We are truly sorry,” the note said.
Guthrie said in March that she believed the notes were genuine and that the family had responded to them.
Authorities believe both missives were likely sent by the person or group of people who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie, according to investigators familiar with the case. Both messages were sent from the same IP address, the investigators said.
Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her Arizona home on Jan. 31. She was reported missing the next day. Despite surveillance images, DNA testing and multiple pleas from Guthrie, no suspect in her disappearance has been identified, and no arrests have been made. Still, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News on Thursday that the case is “far from being cold” and that law enforcement will “continue to work it.”
A task force of Pima County investigators and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents is continuing to investigate the kidnapping. The FBI tip line is 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). The Guthrie family is offering a reward of $1 million, on top of the FBI’s reward of up to $100,000.
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The career criminal charged with killing an innocent 12-year-old son of a retired NYPD cop in the Bronx was too much of a coward to face the victim’s family, who packed the courtroom Friday for the routine hearing.
William Ferrer, 45, was a no-show in Bronx Criminal Court — just days after he was slapped with a slew of serious charges, including second-degree murder, for allegedly killing 12-year-old Jacob Freytes and wounding two others last Saturday in the Mount Eden section of the Bronx.
Ferrer, who was brought to the courthouse by the Department of Corrections, had his appearance waived last minute by his attorney Raymond Gazer as both Freytes’ mom and dad, along with other family members, sat inside the courtroom to face their son’s alleged killer.
Freytes, the son of retired NYPD Det. Sgt. Jesus Freytes, was caught in the crossfire during the afternoon gunfire outside Wanda Deli Grocery — where he was struck in the chest by a bullet and died later at a Bronx hospital, prosecutors have said.
Freytes’ anguished mother, Migdalia Martinez, told The Post in an exclusive interview that she fears her son’s murder is just the latest example of crime on the rise throughout the city.
“The system works more for the criminal than they’re gonna work for the victim,” Martinez said in the fiery interview, while criticizing lawmakers for making the city a playground for criminals.
“The city’s making it easier for the criminal. It’s too much. Criminals aren’t scared anymore, the laws aren’t tough anymore,” she said Wednesday.
According to law-enforcement sources, Ferrer — who has a half dozen previous arrests — was trying to settle some beef for his brother with the other men when he opened fire, striking Freytes.
Two men were also hit during the shooting, one in the buttocks and one in the foot, according to the criminal complaint.
Freytes was struck after biking over to the bodega to buy a ball, prosecutors have said.
Heartbreaking security footage showed the poor boy watching the fight before a man pulled out a gun and started shooting, at which point Freytes is seen clutching his chest and running back into the bodega.
In court Friday, prosecutors said they were in the process of presenting the case to a grand jury to secure an indictment on murder and other charges.
Bronx Criminal Court judge Joseph Sorrentino ordered the brute to remain remanded on Rikers Island until his next court appearance on Sept. 17.
Ferrer is charged with murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, assault and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the shooting.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted on the top charge.
Loved ones and politicians, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, attended a vigil for Freytes Friday night at the scene of the senseless shooting.
“This has been a murder that has shaken this entire neighborhood, borough, and city,” Mamdani said.
“Too many children are being stolen from our city. Too many moments where it becomes too easy to accept gun violence as if it is normal. We will not accept this in this city,” he added.
The youngster’s mom, Martinez, shed tears for her slain son as she spoke to the crowd.
“I would have never thought his life would end here,” she said.x1200
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