Overview
- The sheriff’s office made two ransom notes public on July 31, one that demanded $4 million in bitcoin and a second that said Nancy Guthrie had “perished shortly after she was taken,” and investigators are asking the public to report any recognition of the language or handwriting.
- Law enforcement continues to treat the case as a suspected abduction after dried blood at the home matched Guthrie’s DNA and doorbell video showed a masked person on the porch.
- Forensic work and digital testing remain active with some samples inconclusive and sent to multiple labs including the FBI Laboratory in Quantico for further analysis.
- The family communicated with the note sender in February and reportedly sent two small bitcoin transactions totaling 0.0022 BTC that were immediately moved out of the sender’s wallet, and reward offers from the Guthrie family and federal authorities now total about $1.1–$1.2 million.
- The public release of the notes follows reporting that raised questions about early crime‑scene preservation and a public dispute over the timing of FBI involvement, and authorities say the case remains open with no arrests as they continue to pursue tips.