FBI Arrests L.A. Man Who Allegedly Despatched Nancy Guthrie Household Bitcoin Texts

Lastly, an arrest within the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping, but it surely’s not one in every of her captors … it is a man the feds declare despatched textual content messages to Nancy’s household asking them about bitcoin … and the FBI says they do not imagine the man has any connection to the ransom notice.

In response to new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, the feds say a Los Angeles man named Derrick Callella texted Nancy’s daughter Annie and her son-in-law Tommaso Cioni, “Did you get the bitcoin have been [sic] ready on our finish for the transaction.”

The FBI says the texts have been despatched Wednesday, shortly after ‘TODAY’ anchor Savannah Guthrie uploaded a video of her siblings making a plea to Nancy’s captors. Within the video, Savannah talked about the ransom notice, begged for proof of life and stated they have been prepared to speak.

TMZ was despatched a ransom notice on Tuesday that demanded hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in bitcoin in change for Nancy’s secure return and set two deadlines … we forwarded the notice to legislation enforcement and now the FBI is divulging sure particulars from the notice.

To be clear … within the felony grievance in opposition to Callella, the FBI says the textual content messages he allegedly despatched Nancy’s household have NOT been linked to the ransom demand.

The feds say Callella used a digital telephone quantity to ship the textual content messages … the FBI says the quantity he used was registered to an electronic mail account utilizing his first and final identify, and information indicated the digital telephone quantity was accessed from an IP tackle related together with his California residence.

Callella, based on the FBI, admitted to sending the 2 textual content messages and advised investigators he pulled household info from a cyber web site and had been following the Guthrie kidnapping within the media.

The feds say Callella advised them he despatched the texts to see if the household would reply … and the FBI says information reveals that he additionally referred to as a Guthrie member of the family 3 minutes after sending the texts and that the decision lasted 9 seconds.