1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update Breaking crime News Now. I'm Drew Nelson. 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: There's been activity tied to a bitcoin wallet connected to 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: whoever abducted Nancy Guthrie. The transaction comes from the bitcoin 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: address found and the ransom note sent to TV station KOLD, 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: identical to the address shared in other ransom notes. KPHO 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: was first to report with the outlet withholding the amount 7 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: of the transaction. This comes just hours after the FBI 8 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: released new surveillance video in the continuing search for Guthrie. 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: The video shows a masked individual at the front door 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: of Guthrie's Tucson area home during the early morning hours 11 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: of February first. Investigators say the person appears to be armed. 12 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: The black and white images and video clips show someone 13 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: wearing a ski mask, gloves, sneakers, and a backpack. A 14 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 1: handgun appears to be holstered at the person's waist. In 15 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: several frames, the individual is seen facing the doorbell camera. 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: In one video, the person raises a gloved hand to 17 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: block the lens. In another, they bend down, pull foliage 18 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: from the yard and attempt to drape it over the 19 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,559 Speaker 1: cameraon to block its view. FBI director Cash Pattel says 20 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: the footage had long been believed to be unavailable. He 21 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: says it was recovered after days of technical work with 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: private sector partners using residual data stored in back end systems. 23 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: Law enforcement sources say Guthrie's family was shown the images 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: before they were released publicly. Within minutes of their release, 25 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: Nancy's daughter, longtime co anchor of NBC's Today, Savannah Guthrie, 26 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: shared the images on social media. She writes, quote, we 27 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: believe she is still alive. Bring her home. In a 28 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: second post, she added, quote someone out there recognizes this person. 29 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: Authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was taken from her home sometime 30 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: after one forty seven in the morning on February first. 31 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: That's when her doorbell camera disconnected. Roughly twenty five minutes later, 32 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: software detected motion at the home, but nobody was recorded. 33 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: At exactly two twenty eight am, Guthrie's pacemaker lost contact 34 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: with its mother monitoring app on her phone. Investigators later 35 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: found the phone inside the house. Investigators say that sequence 36 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: strongly suggests she was removed from the home around that time. 37 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: They also observed blood on the stoop when they responded 38 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: Guthrie was last seen the night before, after having dinner 39 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: with her daughter Annie. She was dropped off at her 40 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: home just before ten pm. Family members and investigators have 41 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: said she was mentally sharp, but had limited mobility and 42 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: required daily medication. Authorities have warned that missing that medication 43 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: could be life threatening. Days into the investigation, multiple news 44 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: outlets received messages claiming Guthrie had been kidnapped, one note 45 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: demanding six million dollars in bitcoin, threatening her life if 46 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: the deadline passed. It did pass Monday evening. The FBI 47 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: says it is not aware of any continued communication between 48 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: the Guthrie family and anyone claiming to be responsible. Investigators 49 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: say no suspect or a person of interest has been identified. 50 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 1: The Pima County Sheriff's office leading the investigation says there 51 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: are no scheduled press briefings both the case remains active. 52 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: Deputies and FBI agents have been canvassing neighborhoods near Guthrie's 53 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: home and near her daughter Annie's home, looking for surveillance 54 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: video and witnesses. White House officials confirm President Trump has 55 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: been briefed on the case and has reviewed the newly 56 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: released images. The White House says the President is urging 57 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: anyone with information to contact authorities as the search moves 58 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: deeper into its second week. The FBI says it is 59 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: operating a twenty four hour command post in Tucson and 60 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: has deployed additional personnel to assist local investigators. A fifty 61 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: thousand dollars reward remains in effect for information leading to 62 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: Nancy Guthrie's recovery or the arrest and conviction of anyone 63 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: involved in her disappearance. Anyone with information has urged to 64 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: contact the FBI at eight hundred call FBI or tips 65 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: dot FBI dot gov. For more on the disappearance of 66 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: Nancy Guthrie. Joined Crime Stories with Nancy Grace six pm 67 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: Eastern on Sirius Exemp Triumph Channel one to eleven and 68 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: streaming exclusively on Fire one for the first twenty four hours. 69 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this. A former Massachusetts 70 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: police officer is accused by several women of using information 71 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: gathered during official police calls to send unsolicited flirtatious messages. 72 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: The new accusations follow the resignation of former Lowell police 73 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: officer Dylan de Silva. He resigned in November after multiple 74 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: sources tied him to an alleged sexual relationship with a 75 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: seventeen year old girl he met while responding to a 76 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: call involving a mental health crisis. Two women have now 77 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: come forward. They are sisters in law. Both say they 78 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: provided their names and private phone numbers during routine police 79 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: business in late twenty twenty four. Days or weeks later, 80 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: each says she received unsolicited text messages from a man 81 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: identifying himself as Officer to Silva. According to WFXT. Alex 82 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: Kelley says the contact escalated after a man she identifies 83 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: as Da Silva responded to a call at her home 84 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: and collected her information, and then. 85 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 2: He started sending photos like he started sending pictures of himself. 86 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: Kelly later learned her sister in law, Jen, had a 87 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: similar experience. Jen says her only interaction with Lowell Police 88 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: came through a nine to one one call made days 89 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: before the messages began. 90 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 2: They asked me for my name and my phone number, 91 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,559 Speaker 2: and that would be the only way a Lowell police 92 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 2: officer would get my telephone number. 93 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: Both women say they only realized the overlap after seeing 94 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: coverage of Da Silva's resignation. I saw a story and 95 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: I thought that was crazy because I had a similar 96 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: situation where I had to call the police. 97 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 2: And then just like a few days later, I got 98 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: a text message. 99 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: The two compared their phones. 100 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 2: To be related and for both of us to get 101 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: those same MAX messages. I was like, there's no way, Well, 102 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 2: let's just compare numbers like this. We both had the 103 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: same picture that he said. 104 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: Which was weird. Neither woman filed a formal complaint at 105 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: the time. Kelly says she mentioned the texts to a 106 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: Lowell play police officer she knew. In twenty twenty four, 107 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: in an email to WFXT, Deputy Superintendent Mark LeBlanc says 108 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: the alleged contact with these women had not previously been 109 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: reported to command staff and that the department wants to 110 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: speak with them. Calls to the number used to send 111 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: the texts went to voicemail. The Massachusetts Peace Officers Standards 112 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 1: and Training Commission has already suspended to Silver's Law Enforcements certification. 113 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: Lowell Police continue to withhold internal affairs records, body camera video, 114 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: and related police reports, citing privacy law. The Secretary of 115 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: State's office is reviewing whether those records can be released 116 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: in redacted form. For the latest crime and justice news, 117 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,679 Speaker 1: follow crime Alert early update on your favorite podcast app 118 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:47,679 Speaker 1: with this crime alert. I'm Drew Nelson.