Article continues below advertisementThe reason Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped is not so mysterious, according to one former FBI agent. Addressing the fact that investigators have said they know the motive, Jennifer Coffindaffer declared in an X post on Sunday, April 13, that Nancy's abduction was about money. "Kidnapping for Ransom. Nancy sadly died. The kidnappers didn't care and tortured the family with 2 notes knowing the FBI would not recommend paying a ransom without proof of life," she wrote. "Like most cases, this one is simple, but everyone wants to make it complex.