US EditionFBI ‘Aware of Ransom Letter’ for Nancy Guthrie, Offering 50K Reward
Ransom notes demanding Bitcoin with specific home details and deadlines are under FBI investigation amid the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, with a $50,000 reward offered.
- On Thursday, FBI Phoenix said it is investigating ransom notes tied to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, reported missing on Sunday from her Tucson-area home, and authorities are treating those leads seriously.
- Earlier this week, multiple media organizations received purported ransom notes and handed them to investigators; one Monday email to the KOLD-TV newsroom, Tucson included details only the abductor would know, and the Bitcoin-related email account was confirmed real.
- Ransom messages cited specific home details such as an Apple Watch and a flood light at Guthrie's home, demanding millions in Bitcoin with the terse threat `Or else`.
- The FBI offered a $50,000 reward and urged investigation progress, while authorities made an arrest in a fake-note case and no suspects have been identified in the disappearance.
- Heith Janke, FBI Phoenix special agent, disclosed a 5 p.m. Feb. 5 deadline and a second demand for next Monday; Savannah Guthrie and her siblings said Wednesday they want proof their mother is alive before engaging, with no response yet.
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Harvey Levin called the alleged ransom note tied to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance “carefully crafted,” noting the letter in-question spelled out precise “consequences” if demands weren’t met. “This is a letter that really spells out precisely what they want done,” Levin told Anderson Cooper during a Thursday appearance on CNN, “what the consequences are if they don’t get what they want. They layer it.” He continued: “They talk about her health. …
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Bombshell new details emerged on Thursday about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie. Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1, authorities said. Officials received a ransom letter from the alleged abductor t...
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