Nearly five months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona home, a new and unsettling development has emerged - and this time, it comes with a specific claim: video proof.
TMZ founder Harvey Levin announced Friday that the outlet received another email from the same person who previously claimed to have information about the Guthrie kidnapping, someone who says he can lead the FBI to those responsible in exchange for one Bitcoin - currently worth roughly $60,000.
TMZ confirmed the new email was authenticated as coming from the same person who sent previous messages, with a matching Bitcoin address and the same alias.
The claims in this latest letter are the most specific yet. The sender says he has a phone stashed in a secure location containing a short video of the "main guy" with Nancy on what he describes as "the day that was probably her last," along with photos of both people involved, and their names, addresses, and ages.
The sender was direct about one thing: "I am not the idiot who recently called in a tip about her burial site in Mexico," distancing himself from the anonymous tip that sent volunteers to search near Nogales - a search that turned up nothing.
Harvey Levin addressed the writer publicly, urging them to provide a screen grab of the information as proof they are not, in his words, "a liar and somebody who is trying to inflict more pain on the Guthrie family."
TMZ has forwarded the email to the FBI, which is jointly investigating the case with the Pima County Sheriff's Department. Authorities have not publicly commented on the new claim.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, has been missing since February 1. Her blood was found on her front porch, a masked figure was captured on her doorbell camera, and the case was officially reclassified as a homicide investigation in June. No suspect has been publicly named.
The family's $1 million reward - alongside the FBI's own $100,000 reward - remains active. The waiting has never stopped. Nancy never missed a Sunday church livestream.
Her family has never stopped asking for prayers. And the search, though painful, continues.
Anyone with credible information is urged to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or Tucson's 88-Crime tip line at 520-882-7463.
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