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Nancy Guthrie Update: Ex-FBI Agent Explains How to Respond to Ransom Notes
A former FBI agent says investigators could use a bitcoin sting to identify the sender, who claims to know the alleged kidnappers.
- On Monday, TMZ received two new ransom notes from an individual claiming to have information regarding the kidnappers of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.
- Authorities have treated the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie from her home near Tucson, Arizona, as a kidnapping since February 1, after recovering doorbell camera footage of a masked man.
- Dismissing the ransom notes as a likely scam, former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer noted the sender ignores the $1.2 million reward offered through official channels to demand a single Bitcoin.
- Paying half a Bitcoin, or $34,000, could help investigators "tickle the wire," a law enforcement tactic used to identify the extortionist, Coffindaffer told Newsweek.
- The sender claimed Nancy Guthrie is alive in Sonora Mexico, writing, "They are free and the case is frozen but the ego's remain hot when it comes to me. Arrogance at it.
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Nancy Guthrie Update: Ex-FBI Agent Explains How to Respond to Ransom Notes
Two more notes sent this week promise information on Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers in exchange for a bitcoin.
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