New Ransom Note Surfaces in Nancy Guthrie Case — Major Twist in the Investigation

Just as investigators released images of a masked figure outside the home, another twist emerged. An anonymous sender now claims to know who is behind the abduction.

A chilling new message has erupted in the desperate search for Savannah Guthrie's missing mother, Nancy Guthrie — but this time, the demand is not coming from the shadowy figure believed to have taken her.

Instead, it is from someone claiming to know exactly who did. In a brazen pre-dawn communication sent to TMZ just before 5 a.m., the anonymous sender alleged they had crucial information about the person responsible for Nancy's disappearance.

But there was a catch — and it came with a staggering price tag. "If they want the name of the individual involved then I want 1 Bitcoin to the following wallet. Time is more than relevant."

A Bitcoin Demand as Tension Mounts

The message, according to TMZ, arrived after the sender claimed they had tried and failed to reach Nancy's devastated children, Camron and Annie, by email and text. The note included a valid Bitcoin address.

But in a twist that only deepens the mystery, it was not the same wallet address listed in the original ransom notes previously sent to TMZ and two Tucson television stations. TMZ said it immediately forwarded the new message to the FBI.

Whether the latest demand is a sinister hoax or a genuine lead remains painfully unclear. One Bitcoin is currently valued at approximately $66,000 — a sum that far exceeds the $50,000 reward law enforcement is offering for information leading to Nancy's kidnappers. The timing could not be more explosive.

Armed Figure, Detained Driver – And More Questions than Answers

The new development comes less than 24 hours after a cascade of dramatic updates in the case. On Tuesday, the FBI released the first haunting images of an armed individual who appeared outside Nancy's home in the early hours of February 1 — the same day she was taken.

Later that night, authorities detained a person of interest described as a delivery driver in a Tucson suburb. After questioning, he was released. He told reporters he did not know Nancy.

The latest note also follows earlier reports that a separate ransom message had been sent to a local Arizona news station — another thread in a web of uncertainty that seems to grow more tangled by the hour.

The First Ransom Note and a Sheriff's Stark Words

On February 3, it was first revealed that a ransom note had been delivered to a Tucson television outlet in the days after Nancy vanished. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News that the station received the message on Monday and initially agreed not to report on it.

According to Chris, the note included specific details about Nancy's home and what she was wearing the night she disappeared — chilling information that raised immediate alarm. He did not confirm whether those details were accurate or whether the note itself was authentic.

"It's like any piece of evidence," Chris said. "You give it to us, you give us a lead, we're going to look at every aspect of that lead."

While the sheriff declined to identify the station, CBS affiliate KOLD-TV later reported that it had received an email appearing to be one of the alleged ransom notes and had forwarded it directly to the sheriff's office. Investigators analyzed the message and confirmed they were treating it seriously.

Deadlines, Doubt, and a Race Against the Clock

At the time, FBI Special Agent in Charge Heith Janke revealed that the ransom letter included two deadlines — the first set for 5 p.m. that same day, and a second listed for Monday, February 8. Authorities did not specify a time zone for either deadline.

"In a normal kidnapping case, there would be contact by now, trying to discuss that," Heith said. His words only heightened the anxiety surrounding Nancy's fate. As the investigation intensified, troubling questions emerged about how authorities managed to obtain the first images of a masked man spotted outside Nancy Guthrie's home.

According to CNN, recovering the footage required significant technical assistance from Google. A person familiar with the investigation described the process as complex and uncertain. Investigators were not even sure it would work. Yet within hours of finally obtaining the footage, the FBI released the images to the public.

Earlier, Sheriff Chris had said there was no video available because Nancy did not have a subscription to Google's cloud service, which stores footage from Nest cameras.

But in a dramatic reversal, FBI Director Kash Patel later stated that authorities had worked closely with their private-sector partners and had recovered video from residual data in backend systems.

A Delivery Driver Speaks Out – And the Internet Reacts

Meanwhile, attention briefly swirled around the detained delivery driver. In an interview with Fox News reporter Matt Finn, the man — identified as Carlos Palazuelos — was asked whether he may have delivered a package to Nancy's home. He responded that there might be a possibility.

Online, the case has ignited a storm of speculation, fear, and heartbreak. "This is getting crazier by the day! Hope that lady is alive and ok!" one person wrote.

Others expressed deep sympathy for the family enduring the nightmare. "This poor family. They've been through enough," another comment read. And as rumors swirled about the latest Bitcoin demand, one commenter suggested authorities might already be closing in. "They gave a name and email guess FBI will be there soon."

For now, Nancy remains missing — and the clock, as one anonymous sender ominously warned, may be ticking.