referring to the same ransom note.

This weekend's report labeled this unsuccessful attempt to  tickl[e] the wire  a critical error in the investigation's early days.

Guthrie's rep did not immediately respond to Page Six's request for comment.

The  Today  show co-host seemingly spoke to Hoda Kotb about those specific ransom notes in her first interview discussing the family tragedy in March.

8 Nancy (pictured above in February 2013) was reported missing on Feb. 1. NBC

8 Her abductor was captured in security camera footage outside her Tucson, Arizona, home. FBI via Getty Images

 I believe the two notes that we received that we responded to, I tend to believe those are real,  she said at the time.

She and her siblings - brother Camron Guthrie and sister Annie Guthrie - directly addressed the alleged abductor in multiple Instagram videos, pleading for their mom's return.

After the Feb. 6 message with the apology, she said,  We received your message and understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us, so that we can celebrate with her. 

Savannah called this  valuable  and offered to pay the ransom.

8 Savannah and her siblings have repeatedly appealed to their mom's kidnappers via Instagram. Instagram/savannahguthrie

8 Savannah (pictured above in June 2023) has offered to pay a ransom - and acknowledged Nancy may be  gone  - on multiple occasions. Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images

Later that same month, Savannah again offered $1 million for Nancy's return.

 We know that she may be lost,  the journalist said in the emotional footage.  She may already be gone. … And if this is what is to be, then we will accept it, but we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. 

Savannah returned to work at Studio 1A in April as Nancy's kidnapper, who was seen in security camera footage from Nancy's residence the night of her disappearance, remains at large as the investigation enters its fifth month.