India, Feb. 10 -- A bitcoin account that was allegedly set up to receive the $6 million ransom demand for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today' show host Savannah Guthrie, remained empty just hours before the deadline. As of Monday afternoon, February 9, the balance in the account, which is publicly viewable, stood at $0 with no recorded transactions, TMZ reported.

How long it usually takes for bitcoin accounts to update is unclear.

The alleged ransom note for Nancy had listed a deadline of Monday at 5 pm Arizona time, or 7 pm Eastern, to pay the money in cryptocurrency. A previous deadline set on Thursday has already expired.

Savannah urged the public to help her in a new video posted to Instagram on Monday afternoon, admitting that the...