The FBI task force hunting for 78‑year‑old kidnap victim Nancy Guthrie is under fresh scrutiny after insiders admitted they may have made a 'fatal mistake' when they chose to send just $152 in Bitcoin to her alleged abductors, potentially squandering a crucial chance to track a $4 million ransom demand on the blockchain.
The mother of Today anchor Savannah Guthrie vanished more than four months ago. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed early on that Nancy had been forcibly taken from her Tucson property, triggering a joint task force of FBI agents and local detectives. What began as a high‑profile missing persons investigation has since become a long, grinding hunt for an abductor who appears to have slipped cleanly off the grid.
