A fourth note has been sent to TMZ by somebody claiming to know what happened to Nancy Guthrie and demanding confidential payment for their information — with the outlet’s founder, Harvey Levin, asking them to prove their claims are real by revealing what they know.
“If you’re worried about getting this money, and you really do have this information, send it to us,” Harvey said in a Monday X post. “We will forward it to the FBI, and that way there’s a record that we have that you supplied this information.
A fourth note has been sent to TMZ by somebody claiming to know what happened to Nancy Guthrie (left, with daughter Savannah Guthrie) and demanding confidential payment for their information. savannahguthrie/Instagram“If they find her, and they find the kidnapper, then at least there is evidence because we have it, that you’re the one who provided the information,” he added. “So this is a way for you to get that money if this really is legitimate.”
The note appeared to have been sent by the same person who has been sending TMZ notes claiming to know what happened to Nancy, but refusing to disclose because they don’t want to be arrested before they can claim the FBI’s $100,000 reward for information leading to her.
They previously demanded a bitcoin sum — which would be difficult to trace — before offering up their info.
Harvey also quoted alarming information about the supposed circumstances of Nancy’s disappearance the letter sender claimed to have.
A masked man outside of Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the night of her abduction seen in surveillance footage taken from her security camera. FBI“‘I know what I saw five days ago south of the border, and I was told to shut up, so I know who he is, and that was definitely Nancy with them,’ ” Harvey said, reading from the letter.
This was the latest of numerous anonymous notes TMZ has received since 84-year-old Guthrie – mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie – vanished on Feb. 1.
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TMZ was one of several news outlets that received a supposed ransom note demanding millions of dollars worth of bitcoin in the week after Nancy went missing. The deadline for that ransom came and went without payment or further communication from the sender.
But days later the outlet received a new note from somebody now claiming to know what happened to her – apparently the same individual who was still reaching out to TMZ as of Monday.
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have released multiple videos begging for their mother’s return or any information about her disappearance. via REUTERSThey’ve sent other letters, too, which included admonishments for TMZ not taking them seriously and threats to stop helping if payment isn’t sent.
No suspects had been named as the search dragged into its third week.
Nancy was last seen after being dropped off at her Tucson home by her son-in-law, and was declared missing the next day when she failed to show up to a friend’s house to stream their Sunday church service.
The timeline of the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom:
Several people were detained and questioned last week after chilling surveillance footage from Nancy’s home was released and showed a masked and armed person apparently trying to break into her home.
But each of those people were soon turned loose with sources telling NBC News Monday that investigators were now “leaning away” from any of them being involved.
They were also “leaning away” from any of Nancy’s family being involved in the disappearance, sources said, while a “myriad of theories” about what happened are still swirling throughout the investigation.
