Officials check new ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case

7NEWS Digital Staff

29 Sept 2026 23:12 AEST Summary

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Authorities are looking into the possibility of a new ransom note related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, nearly eight months after she went missing from her Arizona home.

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Niral Score 11.1 · mostly calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, sourcing and 1 more and 5 at zero

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note6ransom4right4authorities3disappearance3family3released3sent3home2know2look2looking2media2missing2months2mother2nearly2never2officials2related2social2taken2thing2videos2went2

Sentiment -0.6 hostilefavourable Sourcing 80 unattributednamed sources Mood 36.2 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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7NEWSas they published this story	11.1

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Officials check new ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case dailyliberal.com.au
Officials check new ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case illawarramercury.com.au
Officials check new ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case dailyadvertiser.com.au
Officials check new ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case crookwellgazette.com.au
Officials check new ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case easternriverinachronicle.com.au

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The West Australian Officials check new ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case Niral 4.3 · calm political 0