Chilling new message in Nancy Guthrie case demands Bitcoin to identify suspect who kidnapped her
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TMZ allegedly received a third note to their newsroom on Wednesday demanding one Bitcoin in exchange for information on Nancy Guthrie's abduction.
The outlet, which received the note before 5am Pacific Time, said the sender claimed they tried unsuccessfully to reach NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie's brother Camron and sister Annie by email and text.
In the message, the sender supposedly said they had information on the identity of the suspect who was seen at Nancy's $1milion Tucson home the night she disappeared.
'If they want the name of the individual involved then I want 1 Bitcoin to the following wallet. Time is more than relevant,' the note allegedly reads.
The Bitcoin address listed in the note is reportedly legitimate, and different from the one in an original ransom note that TMZ and two news stations in Arizona also received.
The latest note emerged hours after the Pima County Sheriff's Department detained a man for questioning in connection with Nancy's disappearance.
Delivery driver Carlos Palazuelos declared his innocence and revealed he had been question for hours on Tuesday night and into the early hours of Wednesday morning.
TMZ allegedly received a third note to their newsroom on Wednesday demanding one Bitcoin in exchange for information on Nancy Guthrie's abduction
TMZ host Harvey Levin appeared on Fox News Channel's America's Newsroom earlier on Wednesday to confirm the outlet had received the third letter.
'An hour and a half ago, we got, kind of a bizarre letter, an email from somebody who says they know who the kidnapper is and that they have tried reaching Savannah's sister Annie and Savannah's brother, to no avail,' he said.
'And they said they want one Bitcoin sent to a Bitcoin address that we have confirmed is active.
'It's a real Bitcoin address, and as they put it, time is more than relevant. So we have no idea whether this is real or not. But they are making a demand,' he added.
Levin said the email included a name and email address, but did not reveal their information.
TMZ have yet to make the communications they have received public.
Police have been cautious about confirming details of the ransom notes, but did reveal they had deadlines that have since passed.
Carlos Palazeulos, 36, aired his frustration after he was detained for allegedly kidnapping the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie last night
A masked figure on Nancy's doorstep in the early hours of her disappearance
The individual stares right into the lens while holding some plants ripped from outside the Arizona home
Savannah and her siblings, Camron and Annie, in a video they shared online asking for help
On Wednesday morning it was unclear why police turned their attention to Palazuelos, but it came hours after the FBI released the first surveillance photos of a suspect seen lurking near Guthrie's home on January 31, the night she was taken.
Palazuelos was questioned for several hours then released without charge. Police are yet to name any other suspects, but FBI Director Kash Patel says investigators are considering 'multiple persons of interest'.
After his release, Palazuelos spoke with reporters outside his home.
'They held me against my will, they didn't even read me my rights two hours in.'
When asked if he knew who Nancy was, he told reporters 'no'. Police followed him while he made deliveries on Tuesday night, he said.
'They told me to stop moving. What the f*** am I doing here? I didn’t do anything to be honest, I’m innocent.'
