The kidnappers of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of TODAY‘s Savannah Guthrie, may have delivered a possibly legit ransom note, TMZ has announced.
They NOTE/email contained (a) crime-scene details that might verify that they’re real-deal kidnappers plus (b) a demand for “a specific substantial amount of Bitcoin” (i.e., in the millions). The note demands that “the cryptocurrency be sent to a specific Bitcoin address.”
Today is Tuesday, 2.3. Nancy was abducted three days ago — Saturday, 1.31. If the kidnappers were seriously fearsome criminals they probably would have sent the ransom note on Sunday, 2.1 or certainly by Monday, 2.2. The fact that they didn’t before this morning indicates they might not be the brightest or most efficiently organized felons on the planet. They’re definitely not Neil McCauley-level.
Senior L.A. authorities to detectives trying to catch these guys: “Here’s the straight dope, fellas. The TODAY show and every well-paid, well-connected person in big media is taking a special interest in this case so if you fuck up, you know what.”