Nancy’s daughter, Savannah Guthrie, has publicly wrestled with the identical concept.
Talking beforehand, she acknowledged the chance that her mom was focused for monetary causes, recalling a dialog along with her brother about whether or not the crime could possibly be tied to her public profile.
“However I knew that,” she mentioned, per Newsweek. “I hope not. I imply, we nonetheless do not know. Actually, we do not know something.”
She added: “I don’t know that it is as a result of she’s my mother and someone thought: ‘Oh, that woman has cash, we are able to make a fast buck.’ I imply, that will make sense, however we do not know.”
The TV host admitted she has begun to simply accept that risk, describing the thought as “an excessive amount of to bear.”
She additionally revealed that whereas many ransom messages seemed to be pretend, the household believed two of the notes they responded to had been real.