Nancy Guthrie: FBI clarifies it is investigating some extortion demands as legitimate

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The FBI is investigating extortion demands related to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance that “may potentially be legitimate”, the agency said on Wednesday. The update comes a day after Reuters reported that kidnapping notes received in Guthrie’s case were fake. After the disappearance of the Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie’s mother in February, several media outlets received three messages regarding the case. Two of the messages were ransom notes, while the third was a message from someone who claimed they knew the identities of the perpetrators, the outlet reported. Federal investigators assessing the communications found that they were fake, according to an unnamed FBI official who spoke to Reuters. “None of the…