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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Jim Yango Fantonial

Savannah Guthrie Said 'We'll Pay'—Then Came the Hoax: Man Admits to False Ransom Note in Mom's Disappearance

A California man has pleaded guilty to charges linked to a fraudulent ransom demand sent to the family of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, who remains missing from her Tucson home.

Derrick Callella, 42, entered the plea in a federal court in Arizona on Thursday, marking a grim development in a case that has gripped the nation since February. Callella, a resident of Hawthorne, admitted to two felony counts of harassment using a telecommunications device.

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