Name: New note received offers to name Guthrie's abductor for Bitcoin: TMZ
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TMZ Harvey Levin has some new reporting on the Nancy Guthrie investigation.

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Obviously, he's been breaking news from the start and received the initial ransom note for Guthrie.

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TMZ is now reporting they've received a new note today from someone who said they are not the kidnapper, but

And then this individual demanded one bitcoin, which is currently valued about $67,000, in exchange for the information about the kidnapper.

So TMZ founder Harvey Levin is now out front.

So, Harvey, okay, you got a lot of new information here, but

I guess let's just start with this note that you've received.

You said they've got a bitcoin address in there, different than the one in the original note, obviously, because this person's saying they're a different person.

The letter essentially says, I've tried to get in touch with Savannah's brother and sister to no avail.

they said, if they want to get the name of the individual who is involved in this kidnapping, send the bitcoin, Give us a bitcoin through this address.

And they say, time is more than relevant.

We have sent this on to the FBI and to the sheriff's department, and

Doing it this way, I'm not sure is a crime.

Now, if this is a ruse and they are just trying to get money with without having information, then it's a crime.

But I'm not sure the letter itself is a crime.

What they're saying is, I'm willing to give you information, but I want a bitcoin.

I mean, so when you look at a letter like this, I mean, obviously you could think of it as a ruse.

This is a person trying to jump on this and get $67,000 and then give you nothing.

I mean, obviously, we all can see that that's possible.

But as you look at it, is there anything that stands out to you to suggest that this person does know who the kidnapper is or doesn't know?

The FBI certainly wanted it, as did the sheriff's department.

And that's about all I can tell you about it, Erin.

So I'm also curious, Harvey, how you think about it.

I mean, I was saying the rough value of a bitcoin, right.

Now, the FBI has a reward of $50,000 for information which would ostensibly be much more difficult to collect, obviously.

But I guess if whoever sent this note does know who the kidnapper is.

You know, how do you kind of think through the logic here as to why they do this, to try to get the 67 as opposed to, you know, calling the FBI and doing the right thing and getting 50?

Because there have been cases in the past, I think we've all covered them, Aaron, where the reward money is not given to somebody you would think at first blush, is the person who helped solve the crime.

So this is, I guess you would say, a bird in the hand.

I'm just thinking, you know, obviously, very different circumstances.

But, you know, the comment made by the White House about paying out on Maduro.

And that they would avoid paying that out.

All right, so, you know, last night we were talking about.

And you had said that there was a payment to the bitcoin account in the original ransom letter which you received.

And then that payment came, and then Fast and furious, Right.

They took this individual in, who it turned out was.

But nonetheless, the money had gone into that bitcoin account that.

No, but there was just a boatload of information on social media last night.

That 15 minutes or so after we saw activity in that account, there was another bitcoin account that somebody found where he said that somebody deposited $6 million.

And a lot of people were speculating that that the $6 million was then was actually the ransom money, and

So we did some checking with law enforcement today, and

we can tell you that $6 million is unrelated to the Nancy Guthrie case.

So unrelated, even though the amount is 6 million, that it's unrelated?

Now, also, Harvey, you've been talking to your sources.

I know about what anybody watching has seen or had conversations about, which is a lot of theories and rumors that are out there about what happened here, including things like the car near Nancy Guthrie's home that was towed away by authorities, Nancy Guthrie's family members.

I spent some time on the phone today on this with law enforcement, and

what I can tell you is they have come up with goose eggs.

They have looked for 10 days to find surveillance video or something meaningful to help them figure out what car this person used to get there and to escape.

And they have not found it yet, not for lack of trying.

And they're still looking, but so far, they are stymied.

But they have hit a series of dead ends, which is pretty incredible to think about it.

And this is interesting, Harvey, you know, because we look at the backpack and, you know, the reporting tonight, you know, the New York Post got a picture of FBI agents picking up that glove about a mile from Nancy Guthrie's home.

That may or may not be related to the glove that we all saw in the doorbell cam footage.

But you've been trying to figure out who made the glove, the backpack, the gun, the holster, the cloth, all of it.

Right, because all of this could say a lot, what this person was wearing and where they got it from.

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