Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 26
Emailer Demands 1 Bitcoin for Nancy Guthrie Abduction Video, Claiming 2 Kidnappers
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 26

Emailer Demands 1 Bitcoin for Nancy Guthrie Abduction Video, Claiming 2 Kidnappers

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 26

Summary

  • $60,000 in Bitcoin is the latest price an emailer is demanding for alleged video evidence in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, saying the footage shows the "main guy" with her and identifies two kidnappers.
  • TMZ founder Harvey Levin said the sender also claimed to have photos, names, addresses and ages of both suspects, and that the message used a Bitcoin account tied to earlier unpublished notes.
  • Levin said he forwarded the email to the FBI and publicly challenged the sender to prove the claim, while authorities have not confirmed the authenticity of either the earlier notes or the TMZ messages.
  • Investigators remain split over whether the ransom demands are a hoax, even as Savannah Guthrie has returned to "Today" and renewed pleas for tips in a case carrying more than $1.2 million in rewards.

Insights

Is the Bitcoin-demanding tipster a new lead, or one of the original kidnappers trying to profit from their crime?
Did the feud between the FBI and local police fatally compromise the search for Savannah Guthrie's missing mother?