A new email has emerged, reportedly offering to disclose the person behind Nancy Guthrie’s abduction in return for Bitcoin.
The recent email, received by TMZ, allegedly contains threatening language indicating a shift in circumstances over the last 24 hours. Although TMZ is collaborating with authorities, specific details of the email remain under wraps.
The email purportedly states, “I am not being taken seriously,” suggesting frustration on the sender’s part.
Additionally, the email warns that this will be their last attempt to assist, according to TMZ.
This message follows a previous one sent to TMZ just a day earlier. On Wednesday, the individual demanded 1 Bitcoin (valued at $65,000) for providing the kidnapper’s identity. The sender claims the money is necessary to “lay low” and avoid repercussions similar to those faced by “Carlos,” a deliveryman questioned by the FBI and subsequently released.
Carlos was freed shortly after being detained during a traffic stop in Tucson. His mother-in-law stated that he was delivering food when authorities apprehended him, coinciding with a search of her home by law enforcement.
“I hope they get the suspect, because I’m not it,” Carlos told reporters outside of his mother-in-law’s home in Rio Rico, some 65 miles from Guthrie’s home north of Tucson.
The man was detained hours after the FBI released footage and surveillance stills of someone outside of Guthrie’s home around the time she vanished on January 31. Alarms were raised the following morning, when Guthrie failed to arrive at a friend’s home to watch virtual church services.
Tucson television station KOLD fully identified Carlos, but CrimeOnline will not do so to provide some measure of safety for him since he was not charged with any crime and was released. His mother-in-law also said Carlos was not involved in the kidnapping.
“They had somebody give a tip that the lady was in my house,” the woman said. “I told them you can go in and search my house; there is nobody there. I have nothing to hide.”
She said Carlos was driving her daughter’s vehicle when police stopped him and took him into custody and said she told them Carlos doesn’t own any of the clothing or other items seen in surveillance footage.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told KOLD that a medical helicopter that left the Rio Rico area Tuesday night had nothing to do with the case.
As of Thursday, officials have not named any suspects, and no arrests have been made.
