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TMZ reported Thursday afternoon that it received a second email from someone asking for one Bitcoin in exchange for a name Nancy GuthrieThe alleged kidnapper.
“I wasn’t taken seriously,” the person said It is said said the message.
TMZ reports that the person making the request said he or she wanted one Bitcoin, currently worth about $65,000, in order to “keep a low profile” for fear of retaliation for giving up the kidnapper’s name.
FBI billboard in Albuquerque, New Mexico, raising awareness for the search for missing Nancy Guthrie. (KRQE)
The courier also reportedly said that this would be a last-ditch request and that he feared being charged like Carlos Palazuelos, who had Rio de Janeiro, Arizona, Tuesday night.
The outlet said no Bitcoin has been redeemed yet.
previous assistant director of the fbi Chris Swecker told Fox News’ “Faulkner Spotlight” that he was “highly skeptical” of the first email sent to TMZ on Wednesday demanding money in exchange for the kidnappers.
FBI agents search Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson on Friday, February 6, 2026. Guthrie was last seen Saturday night as the investigation into her disappearance continues. (Kate Ramirez, Fox News Digital)
“I just don’t think anything that TMZ came up with was successful. I mean, it was a great vehicle for people to come in and do this, and TMZ got some ratings, and that kind of hamstrung the investigative team that was trying to pursue this. But I sensed there was a scam going on here,” Swick said.
Swick added that he “could be completely wrong,” but that the “bottom line” was that he “very much doubts it.”
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Nancy Guthrie, daughter of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, shows support in the Tucson, Arizona metropolitan area on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, as the search for Nancy, who was reported missing, continues. (Sejal Govindrao/AP Photo)
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Nancy Guthrie Disappearance Timeline:
January 31, 2026
• Between 9:30 and 9:45 p.m. – Family takes Nancy home
• 9:50 p.m. – Garage doors closed (according to authorities)
February 1, 2026
• 1:47 a.m. – Doorbell camera disconnects
• 2:12 a.m. – Security cameras detect motion
• 2:28 a.m. – Pacemaker disconnects from phone app
• 11:56 a.m. – Family checks on Nancy after she misses weekly live church service
• 12:03 p.m. — Call 911
• 12:15 p.m. — Sheriff’s deputies arrive at home
