Nancy Guthrie case: Former FBI agent reveals how kidnappers tried to ‘publicly humiliate’ Savannah, ‘They wanted her to…’

“Why go to two local media stations in Tucson to demand ransom the day after the kidnapping? Then why go to TMZ (which gets 1.5 million people a day) when those stations won’t release emails to the media?” Coffendaver said. “Why go to the media when there is no evidence of life?”

“There’s only one answer. Public humiliation,” she added.

Coffendaver further stated that Nancy’s kidnappers “knew they would not be paid the $6 million without proof of life. They knew the FBI would tell the Guthries not to pay without proof of life.”

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“So basically, by asking the media and forcing the family to deal with the notes publicly, the public knew Savannah was worth $40 million, but even though Savannah believed the notes were real, they were unwilling to pay. We saw public backlash against the Guthrie family’s decision. People said, if Savannah knew the notes were ‘real,’ why didn’t she pay?” Coffendaver wrote.

She added: “It was the right decision because Nancy was most likely dead. It wasn’t enough that Porch Guy took her mum, they also wanted her to suffer a public backlash. Public perception was very important to the Guthrie couple; the kidnappers seemed to understand that.”

Savannah previously said in the video that she and her relatives “still believe in miracles” and “still believe she can come home,” and she also admitted her mother may be “gone.”

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“She may have gone back to the Lord she loved and is dancing in heaven with her mom, her dad, her beloved brother Pierce and our dad,” Savannah said. “If that’s what it is, then we’ll accept that. But we need to know where she is. We need her home.”

Although Nancy’s whereabouts have not yet been updated, some new notes A person claiming not to be the kidnapper sent conflicting statements to TMZ – once claiming she was dead and another claiming she had been seen alive in Mexico.