India, June 30 -- Fox News reporter Max Finn has weighed in on a topic that he says is getting "some renewed interest" amid the search for Nancy Guthrie: why didn't the missing woman's family pay the original ransom request? The 84-year-old has been missing for over four months now, with no suspects having been identified in her abduction.

In a post on X, Finn opened up on what Fox has learned amid the investigation.

"A topic that's getting some renewed interest in the Guthrie case is, why didn't the family pay the original ransom request? Did the FBI mis-advise the Guthries?" Finn wrote on X.

Finn cited a federal law enforcement source as telling Fox that the FBI generally does not advise someone to pay a ransom without proof of life,...