FBI Negotiator Says Nancy Guthrie Note Defies Typical Ransom Tactics as $1.2 Million Reward Stands
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 24
FBI Negotiator Says Nancy Guthrie Note Defies Typical Ransom Tactics as $1.2 Million Reward Stands
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 24
Summary
Jason Pack, a retired FBI negotiator, said newly disclosed excerpts from a purported Nancy Guthrie ransom note do not fit a standard kidnapping-for-ransom case because they barred any further contact or negotiation.
The note reportedly gave two payment deadlines, threatened to kill Guthrie if Bitcoin was not sent by Feb. 9, and claimed she would be released within 12 hours—yet offered no proof of life and cut off communication early.
Pack said details about Guthrie's Apple Watch and a smashed backyard floodlight suggest the sender knew the scene, but not enough to prove a genuine ransom kidnapping.
The FBI has said some notes in the case were illegitimate extortion attempts while others may be authentic; a second purported note said Guthrie died soon after the Feb. 1 abduction and was buried "with nature."
Nancy Guthrie remains missing from her Tucson home, the masked Nest-camera suspect is still unidentified, and total rewards in the case now exceed $1.2 million.