Podcast Reveals 7-Day Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note as FBI Delay Cost Key Video Evidence
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Podcast Reveals 7-Day Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note as FBI Delay Cost Key Video Evidence
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Summary
Newly aired excerpts from a purported ransom note said Nancy Guthrie would be held for up to seven days, demanded Bitcoin payment, and threatened to kill her by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9.
Briana Whitney read the text on the Crime Junkie podcast, including lines barring negotiation and warning that law enforcement could not help; the note has not been independently verified.
Details in the note about Guthrie’s Apple Watch and a smashed backyard floodlight suggested the writer knew facts available only to investigators and the abductor at the time.
Josh Ritter said a four-day delay before FBI involvement irreversibly cost investigators suspect video, underscoring how early missteps may have hurt the Feb. 1 abduction case.
The 84-year-old remains missing from her Tucson home, with the FBI still seeking a masked suspect seen on recovered doorbell footage and offering rewards topping $1.2 million.