A brand-new report published Tuesday says an FBI source believes the person who sent nearly a dozen emails claiming knowledge about Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers and her body may be a woman—adding a fresh twist to a case marked by shifting demands and unanswered
For a case that already felt hard to process, the Nancy Guthrie investigation just picked up another strange angle—one that comes from a person inside the search.
A brand-new report published Tuesday says an FBI source reached out to TMZ with fresh information about both the ransom demands and the mysterious person who sent the news outlet letters tied to the case. The update also focuses on why Nancy’s daughter. Savannah Guthrie. publicly urged the kidnappers to return Nancy’s body early—an appeal made not even a full week after the alleged kidnapping.
The source claims investigators now have a clearer reason for Savannah’s plea. The FBI believes the suspected kidnappers may have grown alarmed because Nancy may have died shortly after being taken. The report notes that Nancy required critical daily medication.
In the same account. the source says the people behind the kidnapping appeared to back away from their monetary demands once Nancy’s death was believed to have happened. That change. investigators say. is tied to Savannah’s public move—urging the kidnappers to return her mother’s body and even indicating a willingness to pay money to do so.
The plea led nowhere. No ransom money was reportedly paid out, aside from what the FBI put into a digital wallet in hopes of identifying people connected to it: a relatively small amount of Bitcoin, per the outlet.
What has many people locked in. though. is the report’s newest detail about the emails that have hovered over the case. The source says federal investigators remain focused on identifying the person who sent nearly a dozen emails to TMZ. messages claiming the sender knew both the identities of the kidnappers and the location of Nancy’s body.
And now comes the twist: the source reportedly believes the email sender may be a woman. The report frames that as a major development given how much speculation has surrounded the messages since they first surfaced.
The source also reiterated a theory that has been circulating—one that doesn’t rely on a sudden dramatic confession. Instead. investigators appear to believe the case could eventually be solved because someone talks. either by bragging about involvement or by a former romantic partner deciding to come forward.
For now. Savannah’s early public appeal didn’t bring an answer. no ransom payment beyond the small Bitcoin trace was made. and the investigation continues to narrow in on who was behind the flood of claims. If the email sender truly is a woman. it would add a new piece to a puzzle that has refused to settle into anything simple.
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