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Federal investigators deposited small sums of cryptocurrency into a Bitcoin wallet tied to a purported ransom demand in the Nancy Guthrie investigation, confirming the bureau's first known active probe of the case's financial threads.
A federal law enforcement source told Fox News that a second ransom note — believed to have been sent to media outlets — indicated the 84-year-old Arizona woman had died after her abduction and was "buried with nature," a claim that sits in direct conflict with what TMZ's Harvey Levin said his outlet received.
Conflicting Notes, Diverging Accounts Levin, in a video posted to TMZ's YouTube on Monday, said the ransom note sent to his outlet made no mention of Guthrie's death or any apology from her captors.
"It does say that she's scared but OK," Levin said, adding the note contained no reference to her dying or to the kidnappers expressing remorse.
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