A former Arizona SWAT commander revealed to The Post on Monday what cops hunting for Nancy Guthrie will now be doing as the evening’s deadline for a $6 million bitcoin ransom fast approaches and the case continues to baffle authorities.

Ex-Pima County Sheriff’s Department SWAT Cmdr. Bob Krygier said his former colleagues will be frantically going over their former leads as they look to verify the supposed ransom notes and crack the case of TV star Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom.

“They will be going back over a lot of their previous leads again, interviewing individuals again, checking all the cameras that we have on buildings, intersections, things like that,” Krygier told The Post.
Savannah and Nancy GuthrieNancy Guthrie’s supposed kidnappers are asking for $6 million bitcoin.savannahguthrie/Instagram
“I guarantee they’re following up on every lead they’re given,” he said ahead of the second ransom deadline from Nancy’s alleged kidnappers of 5 p.m. Arizona time, or 7 p.m. Eastern.

“As it relates to those time frames, as we get close, you get more and more concerned that the note is legitimate and [the abductee] is in danger and more concerned with how we can safely rescue them as opposed to how legitimate are the threats from the bad guys,” Krygier said.

“It isn’t like the old days when you would dump a bag of money at a certain place. Kidnappers have to give some information they actually have the victim, whether it’s a photo, a video, a conversation,” he said.
A member of the Pima County sheriffs office remains outside of Nancy Guthrie's home, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 in Tucson, Ariz.A member of the Pima County sheriffs office remains outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 in Tucson, Ariz.AP
“On the tactical side, the cops are going to have a plan to track the kidnappers down. We’re going to treat them as if the hostage is there. If they are lying [about having her], they are essentially facilitating a kidnapping,” he said.

Krygier, who previously worked on the investigation into the attempted assassination of Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords in 2011, also explained how crucial communications between the FBI and local law enforcement are.

“Local cops have much better knowledge of what’s going on in the community, but that relationship with the FBI is hugely important, and that’s probably how Nancy Guthrie’s case is going to be solved,” he said.