Overview
- Authorities say multiple ransom communications are under review, including a local report of a $6 million Bitcoin demand with a 5 p.m. Monday deadline that has not been authenticated.
- Detectives returned to several locations over the weekend, opening a manhole to inspect a septic or drainage system at Guthrie’s home and conducting a late-night search at her daughter Annie’s residence.
- Investigators previously seized a vehicle, a camera and a floodlight from the Catalina Foothills property as they continued processing potential evidence.
- The FBI is offering up to $50,000 for information and has arrested a Southern California man on federal charges tied to a false ransom transmission, while no suspects or vehicles have been publicly identified.
- Officials emphasize urgency due to the 84-year-old’s health needs, noting she requires daily medication and has a pacemaker.