Record #4466
The Bitcoin ransom demands sent to TMZ and Tucson news outlets will turn out to have come from opportunistic scammers unconnected to Nancy Guthrie's abductor
CorrectRecorded occurrence
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Occurrence 1 of 1 · source record #4466 The Megyn Kelly Show · Disturbing NEW Video and Photos Show Armed Mystery Man at Nancy Guthrie's House, with Phil Holloway, James Fitzgerald, and Maureen O'Connell | Ep. 1249
Original quoteAll they want is to get paid, and they saw an opportunity, I believe, to steal $6 million from Savannah Guthrie in her lowest moment. That's my own belief.
Quote begins at 09:02
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How the call settles
Law enforcement or charging documents establish the ransom-note senders were extortionists with no connection to the abduction
Our reasoning
YES on the research record because On July 1, 2026 the FBI confirmed that the two early-February ransom notes sent to Tucson local news outlets and TMZ, plus a later note claiming knowledge of the kidnappers, were 'deemed to be extortion attempts without legitimacy'; separately, Derrick Anthony Callella of Hawthorne, CA pleaded guilty to two federal counts of harassment via telecommunication device for hoax bitcoin demands to the Guthrie family, whic.... Applied stored rule: Law enforcement or charging documents establish the ransom-note senders were extortionists with no connection to the abduction.
Outcome evidence
On July 1, 2026 the FBI confirmed that the two early-February ransom notes sent to Tucson local news outlets and TMZ, plus a later note claiming knowledge of the kidnappers, were 'deemed to be extortion attempts without legitimacy'; separately, Derrick Anthony Callella of Hawthorne, CA pleaded guilty to two federal counts of harassment via telecommunication device for hoax bitcoin demands to the Guthrie family, which the complaint says were not linked to the abduction.
Outcome date: 2026-07-01
Verdict recorded: 2026-07-30
Basis: research