Overview
- The new email, sent to TMZ on Friday, June 26, says a phone kept in a “secure location” holds a short video of Nancy Guthrie with a “main guy,” plus photos, names and addresses, and it demands one Bitcoin for the password.
- TMZ told the sender to provide a single screenshot to prove the footage is real and then forwarded the full message to the FBI for investigation.
- Law enforcement has not independently confirmed the email’s assertions and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department says the probe remains active and ongoing.
- A retired FBI profiler has publicly questioned the authenticity of this and earlier ransom communications, saying the messages do not read like credible evidence and that a real witness would likely contact police instead of media.
- The email arrives against a backdrop of physical evidence and inquiries in the case, including blood at Guthrie’s home, doorbell footage of a masked person, pacemaker data that stopped the night she disappeared, earlier ransom‑style notes and a $1 million family reward.