# Nancy Guthrie: The Ransom Note Asked for $70K — The Reward Is $1.2 Million

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Podcast: [Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary-5840426)
Published: 2026-06-26T22:00:00+00:00
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The ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie case demanded one Bitcoin, worth roughly seventy thousand dollars at the time. The reward for information about Nancy’s disappearance stands at 1.2 million dollars. If you actually know where Nancy Guthrie is, you don’t demand a fraction of what you could earn legally by providing real information to the FBI. The math only makes sense if you have nothing to trade. That’s the pattern behind every ransom communication in this case. Notes sent to media outlets instead of the family. No proof of life despite the family begging for it. Deadlines that pass without consequence. Derrick Callella was arrested within 24 hours of sending fake ransom texts — he used a VOIP app linked to his own email, texted the family from his California home, and admitted he had no connection to the case. One anonymous sender told TMZ Nancy was dead in one message, then claimed she was alive in Mexico in the next. Same sender. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer called it a campaign of terror and said the senders are chasing a single Bitcoin because they’re lying about having real information. Tony Brueski walks through the evidence and the emotional weight of a theory that feeds on hope. Links: Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod Disclaimer: This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individ…

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