TMZ founder Harvey Levin on Wednesday said his company has received a third alleged letter in connection with the disappearance of Savannah’s Guthrie’s mother Nancy Guthrie, this one claiming to know the identity of the kidnapper.
Appearing on “America’s Newsroom,” Levin told Bill Hemmer: “An hour and a half ago, we got, kind of a bizarre letter, an email from somebody who says they know who the kidnapper is and that they have tried reaching Savannah’s sister Annie and Savannah’s brother, to no avail.
“And they said they want one Bitcoin sent to a Bitcoin address that we have confirmed is active. It’s a real Bitcoin address, and as they put it, time is more than relevant. So we have no idea whether this is real or not. But they are making a demand.”
BREAKING: Third letter sent to TMZ founder Harvey Levin claims to know who Nancy Guthrie kidnapper is.
HARVEY LEVIN: “An hour and a half ago we got a kind of bizarre letter, an email from somebody who says they know who the kidnapper is, and that they have tried reaching… pic.twitter.com/drEw5u9Kqi
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 11, 2026
“It’s interesting that Bitcoins fluctuate in value, but it’s around $56,000 now, one Bitcoin, which is about the amount that the authorities are offering for information leading to the return of Nancy. So I don’t know if that aligns, but whoever sent this, and they actually give a name and an email address, but whoever sent this is asking for around that amount.”
Levin added: “They’re not saying they’re the kidnapper, they say they know who the kidnapper is.”
Meanwhile, former FBI assistant director Chris Swecker told “The Faulkner Focus” he is “highly skeptical” about that new note.
“I just don’t think anything TMZ has brought forward has panned out. I mean it’s a good vehicle for people to come in and do this, TMZ gets some viewership and it sort of ties up the investigative team trying to run this down. But I sense a scam here,” Swecker said.
“I may be absolutely wrong, I hope I am, I love to think that this is a viable lead but I think it’s one of many hundreds that are coming in through the proper channels, which is the FBI tip line. Bottom line is I’m very skeptical of it.”
Authorities have now released package deliveryman Carlos Palazuelos, who told Matt Finn of Fox News he was questioned in connection to the disappearance of Nancy, 84, but had nothing to do with it.
He called his experience with police “terrifying,” saying, “I felt like I was being kidnapped, bro, because they didn’t tell me anything at the beginning.”
WATCH: The man questioned in relation to the Nancy Guthrie disappearance in Rio Rico, AZ is released. Carlos Palazuelos explains what happened to him. pic.twitter.com/1CUYWaIW6a
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) February 11, 2026
He said he was unsure if he ever had delivered a package to Guthrie’s house, saying it “might have been a possibility.”
He said authorities showed his in-law a picture of someone wearing a mask and “they supposedly looked like my eyes.”
“That’s it. That’s all I know,” he added.
On Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel released new video and still images of an armed man, who was wearing a mask and gloves and carrying a backpack, recorded on Guthrie’s doorbell camera.
New images in the search for Nancy Guthrie:
Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost,… pic.twitter.com/z5WLgPtZpT
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) February 10, 2026
.@FBI has released footage depicting the abduction of Nancy Guthrie. https://t.co/hOokIm9Hru pic.twitter.com/WzSwqOApTs
— Pat Gray Unleashed (@PatUnleashed) February 10, 2026
Additional recovered footage, from the same camera – at the same timeline the morning of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. This footage is just before the original video shared, with the individual approaching Nancy Guthrie’s front door.
1-800-CALL-FBI or https://t.co/h2BxNqSxkh pic.twitter.com/IgMHXWkL5X
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) February 10, 2026
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