An 84-year-old woman vanished from her own home in Tucson nearly five months ago, and the messages keep coming.

The latest one claims to have video of a kidnapper standing next to her.

On June 26, 2026, TMZ said it received another email from someone claiming to know exactly who took Nancy Guthrie.

The emailer wants money. And this time the asking price is one Bitcoin.

Here is the part that should stop anyone cold. The sender claims to be holding a short video of the “main guy” with Nancy on what the emailer described as probably her last day.

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In the TMZ segment, founder Harvey Levin laid out the claim directly. Levin said the emailer claimed two people were involved in Nancy’s disappearance, and that the alleged video sits on a phone in a secure location.

In exchange for one Bitcoin, the sender allegedly offered access to that phone, the phone’s password, and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the people the emailer claims are the kidnappers. Levin said TMZ forwarded the email to the FBI and publicly challenged the sender to prove the claim is real instead of just demanding payment.

That distinction matters. No law enforcement agency has publicly verified the emailer’s claim.

For now, it remains a demand from an anonymous sender, described by the outlet that says it received the message and turned it over to investigators.

None of this has been verified by law enforcement.

That is the chilling combination here: an alleged video, a Bitcoin demand, and a media outlet saying it handed the material to the FBI.

Still, there has been no public authentication while Nancy Guthrie remains missing.

The case began on the evening of January 31, 2026.

Fox News reported on the new email and laid out the reasons for caution. According to Fox, the emailer claimed to possess video evidence and said two kidnappers were directly involved, but authorities have not publicly confirmed the legitimacy of any of the notes or TMZ emails.

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Fox reported that both the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department declined to comment, and that sources close to the investigation are split. Some investigators believe the ransom demands may be bogus, while others are cautious about dismissing them outright because Nancy’s whereabouts remain unknown.

Fox also noted that Levin said TMZ has been in constant contact with the FBI about the emailer. The outlet reported that the sender has sought various sums up to $100,000 and is now asking for one Bitcoin, worth about $60,000 on Friday afternoon.

The money around this case is not small.

Fox reported that Savannah Guthrie has made more than $1 million available for her mother’s return, and that 88-Crime, also known as Tucson Crime Stoppers, is offering $102,500 for information leading to an arrest.

Behind all the ransom talk is a vulnerable woman who needs help.

The official FBI wanted poster says the bureau is offering up to $100,000 for information leading to her location and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance. The FBI says Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her residence in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson on the evening of January 31, 2026.

The poster says she is considered a vulnerable adult who has difficulty walking, has a pacemaker, and needs daily medication for a heart condition. It also says images show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at her front door the morning she disappeared.

The FBI describes that suspect as male, roughly 5’9″ to 5’10”, average build, and wearing a black 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack.

The state record tells the same urgent story.

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According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety SAFE Alert page, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office requested the alert for 84-year-old Nancy Long Guthrie. Arizona DPS says family was alerted around 12:15 on February 1, 2026, when Nancy had not shown up for church.

Family members went to her home and found that she was not there. Her wallet, cell phone, vehicle, medications, and other personal belongings were all left behind.

The alert lists her last known location as Tucson, Arizona, and describes her as 5’4″, 150 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. It also names the Pima County Sheriff’s Department as the investigating agency and gives Sergeant Stivers as the listed point of contact.

Those official details keep the focus where it belongs: a vulnerable adult disappeared, and the online ransom drama cannot be allowed to bury that fact.

Those details do not read like a routine voluntary absence.

So where does that leave the latest email?

Right now it is exactly that. An emailer’s claim, a demand for Bitcoin, and an offer of video and identities that no investigator has stood behind.

It could be a fraud preying on a famous daughter’s grief and a frightened public. It could be someone who actually knows something.

Until the FBI says otherwise, both possibilities are still on the table.

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The woman at the center of it is still missing. Nancy Guthrie is an 84-year-old grandmother with a heart condition who vanished from an ordinary evening at home.

The money and the mystery may grab the headlines, but bringing her home is the only thing that matters. Anyone with real information should be calling the FBI, not an inbox.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

 

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