Nancy Guthrie Motive Speculated to Be Religious: Kidnappers Control ‘Not Only Nancy’s Life, But Savannah’s’
What we know about the Nancy Guthrie investigation at this point isn’t much. Police have released surveillance photos and video of a suspect. They have recovered DNA evidence from the crime scene. However, there has been no positive identification of the kidnappers as of yet, and no motive has been disclosed.
But just because a motive has not been disclosed, that doesn’t mean the police don’t know the motive. In fact, there have been indications from the police that they zeroed in on a motive very quickly in the investigation and have not moved from that. But what is that motive?
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Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer recently discussed a new theory on a live stream on X. Coffindaffer pointed out that law enforcement had not revealed what the ransom notes received by TMZ and local media outlets said, despite the fact that they seem to believe not all the notes are credible.
She also noted that the first two ransom notes received by TMZ were ones that Guthrie herself said were probably real, or at least the family believed so. From there, Coffindaffer made the connection to what Savannah Guthrie and her siblings said in their public video messages to their mother’s kidnapper.
But what’s the connection? According to the retired FBI agent, their statements often had religious connotations and references, and she believes that might have been intentional and a response to what was written in the ransom note.
“I’ve always thought the reason there was so much religious connotation and reference in all of these messages from Savannah to the ransom note writers … I’ve always thought it was from the lens of Savannah,” Coffindaffer said. “But you know what? No. That isn’t how they would think. That isn’t how you reach somebody. It’s not what you think, you’re just the respondent. You’re just the person that is talking, so you need to relate to what the the person wrote, what the note writer wrote. It occurs to me … was there religious writings in the notes?’
She even questioned, “Was there a reference scripturally? Did they quote scripture? What did they say in there that was religious? Because I believe there was likely a religious quotation or a scripture quote.”
For Coffindaffer, this is a hint at a motive, and the attempts from the family to reach whoever kidnapped Nancy Guthrie directly by using their language. “I just am really wondering if this individual sees themself in a god-like way, playing out God,” she said. “They have control over a life, over Nancy’s life. Not only Nancy’s life, but control over Savannah and Cameron and Annie’s life.”
Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped at some point between the night of January 31 and the early hours of February 1. Over two months have passed by, and there has been little development in the case, though the investigation continues. At this point, the reward for information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is up to $1 million.
