Savannah Guthrie said her family was "desperate" and "begging for help" in the disappearance of her mother.
Moments after the news broke about the apparent abduction of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, the floodgates opened on social media.
The Hawthorne man is charged with transmitting a demand for ransom, among other charges. The judge ordered him released on a $20,000 bond.
The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff's Department area "aware of a new message regarding Nancy Guthrie," the sheriff's office said Friday.
The man allegedly used an app to create a fake phone number to text the family, according to a federal complaint.
Nancy Guthrie is believed to have been abducted in her sleep from her Arizona home early Sunday, authorities said. No suspect or person of interest has been identified in the case.