00:00We found out this week that one of the ransom notes in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
00:04included an apology for her accidental death. Remember, at this point, investigators don't
00:09know if Savannah Guthrie's mom is alive or dead. We also learned about the tactic called tickling
00:14the wire. That's when authorities sent a small amount of money to the Bitcoin address the ransom
00:17notes gave in the hopes of being able to track it. But now sources close to the investigation
00:22say detectives are second-guessing that decision. Instead of sending the full $4 million demanded in
00:28the ransom notes, investigators sent just $152 to the crypto wallet linked to the suspects.
00:34The hope was that the wallet would show some activity and give authorities a new lead.
00:39It didn't. The money sat untouched. Some investigators now believe the better play
00:44may have been to just pay the full ransom. $152 kind of makes it look, I don't know, to me,
00:51sort of obvious that something else is at play, right? Cryptocurrency experts say moving $4 million
00:56would have created a much stronger incentive for the suspects to try to cash it out, a process that
01:02could have created a digital trail for law enforcement to follow. The new details from
01:06these notes have revived attention on the unsolved vanishing. Savannah renewed her plea for information
01:11on the Today Show Tuesday, and then President Trump weighed in as well.
01:15I hope they find her. I mean, Savannah's gone to erupt. That family's gone through hell,
01:19but I hope they find her.
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