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FBI Elevates Reward to $100,000, Highlights Masked, Armed Figure in Nancy Guthrie Search

Unverified crypto messages complicate a probe now flooded with thousands of tips.

Overview

  • Newly recovered doorbell images show a masked individual with a holstered handgun tampering with the camera around the time of the Feb. 1 abduction, and the FBI describes the person as a male, 5’9”–5’10”, average build, carrying a black Ozark Trail Hiker Pack.
  • The reward for information has been increased to $100,000 as investigators operate a 24‑hour command post, review more than 13,000 tips, and report no identified suspect or confirmed proof of life.
  • A man detained during a traffic stop and searched in Rio Rico on Feb. 10 was questioned for hours and released without charges, with no restrictions announced.
  • Ransom-related communications remain unverified, including new emails to TMZ seeking one Bitcoin for a purported name of a kidnapper, and former FBI officials have voiced skepticism; no payment has been reported.
  • California resident Derrick Callella appeared in federal court in Tucson on charges tied to a fake ransom message to the Guthrie family and was released on a $20,000 bond with device monitoring and no-contact conditions.