Nancy Guthrie's alleged Bitcoin ransom could be paid in minutes as Monday deadline approaches: expert

A captious deadline is approaching arsenic 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, parent of NBC's "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie, remains missing aft much than a week. 

Alleged ransomers person been communicating with the Guthrie household done the media since past Monday afternoon, and are reportedly are seeking a $6 cardinal Bitcoin transfer. It remains unclear whether the $6 cardinal volition pb to Nancy's release, and contempt aggregate nationalist pleas from the Guthrie family, impervious of beingness oregon a means to interaction her alleged captors bash not look to person been offered. 

However, Monday nighttime astatine 5:00 p.m. marks a 2nd deadline fixed by the purported ransomers, 1 that has been described arsenic "far much consequential" than past Thursday night's 5:00 p.m. deadline. 

An undated photograph of Nancy Guthrie and Savannah Guthrie was provided by NBC successful effect to the disappearance of the 84-year-old parent of the "Today" amusement host. (Courtesy of NBC)

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Authorities are taking the ransom letters seriously, and Harvey Levin of TMZ, whose outlet received a letter, described details that lone the alleged captors could know. 

According to an adept who spoke to Fox News Digital, a Bitcoin transaction, adjacent 1 with a $6 cardinal sum, would beryllium speedy and untraceable. 

"So the mode the outgo would enactment is conscionable wallet to wallet, but the constituent of it is it wouldn't beryllium tracked," helium said. "You wouldn't beryllium capable to hint wherever my wallet came from, and you wouldn't beryllium capable to hint what wallet it was going to."

FBI agents canvass homes adjacent Nancy Guthrie's location successful Tucson, connected Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Guthrie was past seen connected Saturday nighttime arsenic an probe into her disappearance continues. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

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Even if the Guthries person ne'er exchanged cryptocurrency before, they could unfastened a wallet, deposit the wealth and nonstop it with lone a fewer clicks. 

"Click, click done," helium said. "And you wouldn't cognize wherever it went, oregon you couldn't adjacent check. A batch of times these radical person antithetic IP addresses being recovered successful antithetic places. So you'd beryllium like, 'oh they were successful Russia ohio now, wait, they were successful Florida, ohio no, they're successful Paris.' So you wouldn't truly know."

An unconfirmed study from TMZ connected Monday said that a Bitcoin wallet for the imaginable transaction remains empty. 

Local and national authorities person collaborated connected the high-profile case, which has captured the attraction of the nation. 

Savannah Guthrie and her siblings Annie and Cameron made an affectional plea connected Instagram asking anyone with accusation astir their parent Nancy Guthrie's disappearance to travel forward.  (Credit: Instagram/@SavannahGuthrie/Today)

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In their latest connection to Nancy's alleged captors, Savannah and sister Annie, on with member Camron, erstwhile again pleaded for Nancy's release, and made a committedness to pay. 

"We received your message, and we understand," Savannah said connected Instagram connected Saturday. "We beg you present to instrumentality our parent to america truthful we tin observe with her. This is the lone mode we volition person peace. This is precise invaluable to us, and we volition pay."