Amelia Lester

Like I was actually sort of impressed with TMZ for not publishing it.

It has been reported that the ransom demand was US$6 million to be paid in Bitcoin.

So in these two videos, which are really hard to watch,

These three children sit on a sofa and they address this kidnapper from the ransom notes directly and they say to him or to her, to the kidnappers, we will pay.

We really want our mother back.

We will pay the ransom.

But first we have to know you actually have our mother because there's no way of knowing if these ransom notes are real.

The latest development is the ransom notes were maybe not real because Savannah Guthrie has released a video just speaking on her own and there's been a very distinct shift in tone.

The ransom deadline has passed.

Reporting has indicated that they did not pay the ransom and she's no longer talking to the kidnapper.

In fact, she's basically saying, we don't know anything.

Please help us identify who this kidnapper is.

Let's take a listen.

We need your help.

So a very distinct tone there of we don't know who kidnapped our mother.

We're not talking about ransom notes anymore.

We just need some leads from the public.

And what does it show?

It shows a man in a ski mask.

with what appears to be a gun in a holster, walking up to Nancy Guthrie's home at around 1.30 in the morning on the night that she went missing.