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Steve Pagano

Steve Pagano

Sep 8, 2026

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13:07
Yes.
13:10
So we have a lot of problems just with that first response there.
13:14
We have a kidnapping.
13:16
The dispatcher goes on and she says, explain to me what's going on, okay? So Patsy starts with there, but she self-corrects.
13:26
She starts to say, we have a, she edits herself once more.
13:31
And then she says, there's a note left and our daughter is gone.
13:39
So again, we're going to look at priorities.

44 MINS LATER

57:55
I mean, finally something, but of course, not to the police, right? To the press.
7:15
So what do you think? What do you think? I can't wait to hear.
7:19
So this ransom note is full of all kinds of details, and we could probably spend a whole day just picking it apart.
7:30
But just to begin with here, and I'm going to contrast this to the Nancy Guthrie ransom note a little bit.
7:37
Both of them started with like a salutation.
7:42
And in that case, it wasn't so much that there was a salutation that caught my attention.
7:48
It was how it was done.
7:49
But here, the fact that there is this one that says Mr. Ramsey, it's completely unnecessary.

8 MINS LATER

15:55
really is.
8:22
Can you go line by line and just let us know kind of what jumps out at you?
8:29
Yeah.
8:29
The very first thing is the hello and hello Savannah.
8:32
Um, Again, if I'm going to start with the presupposition that this is a kidnapping that is meant to coerce money from Savannah Guthrie, directness is what I expect.
8:50
So I'm looking at what the expectation would be is to create a sense of urgency.
8:58
And the word hello sort of It sort of denies us that urgency.
9:03
It adds, it slows down the pace of the introduction.

1 HR LATER

69:19
Do you mind reading it and then going through your thoughts?

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