Derrick Callella Pleads Guilty to 2 Fake Ransom Harassment Counts in Nancy Guthrie Case
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Updated · KABC-TV · Jul 3
Derrick Callella Pleads Guilty to 2 Fake Ransom Harassment Counts in Nancy Guthrie Case
3 articles · Updated · KABC-TV · Jul 3
Summary
Derrick Callella pleaded guilty in Tucson federal court to two telephonic harassment counts for sending fake ransom texts and making a call to Nancy Guthrie's family after her disappearance.
The plea deal calls for five years of probation on each count, to run concurrently; Callella was also ordered into residential drug treatment and will be sentenced in September.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing from her Tucson-area home on Feb. 1, and investigators later released video of a masked stranger outside her front door.
Blood found on her porch and a ransom note reported months later suggesting she was dead have not resolved the case, which remains unsolved despite Savannah Guthrie's public appeal for information.