"Yeah, well, you mentioned it. So we have an octogenarian, a woman who's 84 years old. She obviously has heart conditions, needs medications. And Pam, I'll give you a stat here. Do you know the percentage of kidnappings that occur of 80-year-olds? It's like infinitesimal. It's less than one half of 1%. That's why this case, again, is so baffling and confounding."
"I'll tell you this: there are numbers of ways to conduct kidnappings, right? There's a new craze of this, and again, we saw this south of the border when I was stationed there called virtual kidnappings where they do everything they can to make you believe that they have your loved one in their quote, unquote possession when they don't. And they're acting quickly, they're utilizing AI now, artificial intelligence,"
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on February 1 and requires medications for serious heart conditions. Evidence found at her home has led authorities to treat the case as a likely kidnapping, yet conventional kidnappings of octogenarians are extremely rare, estimated below 0.5 percent. Questions arise because a recent video did not mention urgent medication needs and because perpetrators increasingly employ virtual kidnapping tactics. Virtual kidnappings can simulate possession, exploit AI to create deceptive audio or visuals, and induce panic so families take immediate action, complicating interpretation of the available evidence.
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