Neighbors of Nancy Guthrie reported spotting a suspicious white van parked on their street in the days before the 84-year-old vanished. 

Guthrie’s neighbor, Brett McIntire, told The Post on Thursday that he reported seeing the unmarked van to the police, who asked him basic questions about what he observed in the days leading up to the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother.

“It was somewhere on that street. It was a white van, full-sized, with no printing on the sides. It was parked on the street,” McIntire, 72, said.

“Normally people that are coming to work on your home will have a company vehicle or if they’re independent something written on it,” he added. 

“From now on when I’m going out and about I’ll have a paper and pen and record anything unusual.”

His wife, Lisa McIntire, said they are now considering getting security cameras despite having a “pretty secure residence.”

“Brett and I were talking. And we thought well, we should probably get one.”

“We’ve have a pretty secure residence. Metal doors. I’m kind of a deep sleeper, so it’s unlikely someone could get past one of the metal doors. But we’re a little concerned.”

The Post reached out to the Pima County Sheriff's Department about the report of a suspicious white van.

The Guthrie family shared a second personal plea aimed at the potential kidnappers who left a purported ransom note demanding millions in bitcoin for their mother's safe return.

Cameron Guthrie, the eldest of Nancy Guthrie's three children, spoke on behalf of the family in a prepared statement after the note's first deadline passed.

"Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you. We haven't heard anything directly. We need you to reach out and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward. But first, we have to know that you have our mom. We want to talk to you, and we are waiting for contact," Cameron said in a video posted on Instagram Thursday evening.

Nancy, 84, hasn't been seen since Saturday night. TMZ and KOLD-TV both received purported ransom notes demanding an unspecified amount of money in exchange for the ailing matriarch.

The authors of the note neglected to include a point of contact, but did specify a real address where the ransom could be deposited.

Law enforcement confirmed at a press conference Thursday morning that one suspected ransom note included a deadline for 5 p.m. that day, presumably local time.

TMZ reported that the "demand" detailed in the ransom would change if Thursday’s deadline wasn't met.

There is still a second deadline set for Monday, but TMZ reported there will be “a more serious consequence" if it is also ignored, citing the note. 

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A flurry of patently fake ransom notes claiming to have information about Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother are bogging down the desperate, days-long search for the “Today” show host’s kin.

At least three ransom messages have been reported to Arizona and federal authorities in the five days since Nancy Guthrie, 84, was disappeared from her million-dollar Tucson home around noon on Sunday.

Only one of them is being taken seriously so far, law enforcement sources said. 

Law enforcement officials in Pima County confirmed at a press conference that at least one twisted letter “made a demand” for payment by 5 p.m. local time on Thursday, as well as a “second demand” set for Feb. 9. 

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The first deadline of 5 p.m local time Thursday included in the purported ransom note for the return of Savannah Guthrie’s mom Nancy has passed.

Police revealed the note – which they’re treating seriously, but admitted may have nothing to do with the 84-year-old missing woman – has two deadlines.

TMZ, who received a copy of the ransom note, revealed Thursday that if the first deadline is missed the demand will change for Nancy’s return.

The current demand is reportedly millions of dollars in bitcoin for the grandmother’s safe return.

The second deadline is Monday, authorities said.

If the Monday deadline isn’t met, TMZ reported there will be “a more serious consequence.”

Police have still not said whether they believe the note is real or a fraud.

Nancy Guthrie could have been abducted and taken to Mexico, a former FBI agent says — as further clues point to the theory that the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie is the victim of a targeted kidnapping.

The search for the missing grandmother was in its fifth day Thursday, and the Pima County Sheriff’s department in Tucson, Arizona, has no suspects.

Officials’ best lead seemed to be a random note that was sent to TMZ and two local TV stations — which included some insider details about the crime as well as a demand for millions of dollars in bitcoin.

“I feel that this was targeted,” former Special Agent Tracy Walder at the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office told The Post.

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Security camera footage from the night Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy, went missing can’t be recovered because she didn’t pay for the subscription service.

During Thursday’s press conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed Guthrie’s doorbell camera disconnected around 1:47 a.m. on Sunday.

“At 2:12 a.m. [local time], software detects a person on a camera, but there’s no video available; they had no subscription and therefore it would rewrite itself,” he said.

“It just kind of loops and covers up. That’s what our analysis teams have told us,” Nanos added. “Could [the movement] be an animal? I imagine that’s possible. We don’t know that. We just have no video.”

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The first deadline in the purported ransom note for Nancy Guthrie’s return would trigger, if missed, a change in demand, according to TMZ – who received a copy of the letter.

Law enforcement officials in Pima County confirmed at a Thursday press conference that the note “made a demand” for 5 p.m. local time with a “second demand” set for Feb. 9.

TMZ, one of the outlets that obtained the ransom note demanding millions of dollars in bitcoin for Nancy’s safe return, reported that the “demand” would change if Thursday’s deadline isn’t met.

If the supposed ransom isn’t fulfilled by Monday, then there will be “a more serious consequence,” the outlet reported, citing the note. 

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A California man accused of sending phony ransom texts to Savannah Guthrie’s family about her missing mother has been arrested and charged, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.

Derrick Callella, who is in his mid-forties, messaged Guthrie’s daughter, Annie, and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni about the ailing 84-year-old on Wednesday, according to the complaint filed in Arizona federal court.

“Did you get the bitcoin were [sic] waiting on our end for the transaction,” his message, sent to both Annie and Cioni, allegedly read.

Approximately three minutes after sending the texts, data obtained by authorities showed Callella also made a nine-second-long call to an unidentified family member of Nancy Guthrie, according to the court docs, which didn’t name the relative he allegedly called. 

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President Trump watched Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos' Thursday press conference about Savannah Guthrie's missing mother Nancy, during which officials expressed hope the 84-year-old is "still out there."

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was late to her scheduled 2 p.m. briefing because she and the president were monitoring events in Arizona.

"The President and I were watching the press conference about the search for Savannah Guthrie's mother, which is just a heartbreaking situation," Leavitt said.

"The federal government and the FBI have offered any and all resources, but the state and local authorities are still leading the investigation," Leavitt added.

Trump spoke with Savannah Guthrie Wednesday and offered the federal government's full support.

"Any requests that are made by state and local officials in the search of Ms. Guthrie will absolutely be accommodated," Leavitt said. "I spoke with the FBI directly about that today as well, and our hearts and our prayers are with Savannah and her entire family as they search for her dear mother."

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Thursday that there are no press conferences scheduled for future dates to give the public updates on Nancy Guthrie's missing person case unless news breaks.

"Right now, I have no plans to schedule any further press conferences unless we have some real evidence or something to bring up to you," he said.

A second time element was included in one of the ransom letters regarding Nancy Guthrie for next Monday, a law enforcement official said Thursday.

The same note also made a demand for 5 p.m. Thursday, said Heith Janke, FBI Phoenix's special agent in charge.

However, the letter — which mentioned an Apple watch and a flood light — did not include a proof of life or a method for authorities or Guthrie's family to make contact with the senders, Janke said.

He did not elaborate further on the contents of the note.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said authorities "have always believed" in the possibility that Nancy Guthrie was targeted, he said Thursday.

"You'd be silly not to think that — someone disappears in the middle of the night from their home, you can understand where I'm coming from," Nanos said, but added "I've never believed she was or was not a target."