Retired Detective Ties Nancy Guthrie Case to Crypto Wrench Attacks After 100 Days
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Updated · Fox News · May 21
Retired Detective Ties Nancy Guthrie Case to Crypto Wrench Attacks After 100 Days
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 21
More than 100 days after Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson home, retired Colorado detective Lisa Miller said the case may fit a crypto-linked “wrench attack” in which criminals use violence to force payments or access.
Miller said such schemes typically pair overseas cyber masterminds with local hired muscle, and argued Guthrie’s case shows both crude and sophisticated elements—an armed man tampering with her doorbell camera, possible media-directed ransom demands and signs more than one person was involved.
The 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie disappeared on Feb. 1; Nest footage showed a masked man at her front steps that morning and again three weeks earlier, while police later found a back door propped open.
Authorities have arrested one alleged copycat extortionist, 42-year-old Derrick Callella of California, but no one has been charged in the disappearance itself despite purported ransom notes sent to TMZ and local outlets.
The FBI and local investigators are still seeking tips, with combined reward money now topping $1.2 million as the family presses for information.
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