Savannah Guthrie’s Today interview about her mom’s disappearance left people with one big question. If the Guthries believed at least a couple of the ransom notes they received were legitimate, why was the ransom not paid? And which of the notes they received were credible?

The answer, according to legal analyst Nancy Grace, is probably complicated. During an interview on the Hang Out with Sean Hannity podcast shared by Parade, Grace said,“[There’s] a lot of people attacking Savannah—’Why did you pay the ransom? Why didn’t you pay sooner? Why didn’t you this, that?’ There’s no script for what you’re supposed to do. I think Savannah and her brother and sister, Annie and Camron, did everything they were physically able to do at that moment. Savannah, in her interview [on Today], stated that they got many, many quite fake ransoms, but that she believes those two to which she responded—she believes they were real.”