TMZ founder Harvey Levin said the outlet isn’t any longer publicly revealing latest notes from a one who claims to have details about Nancy Guthrie’s suspected abduction.
In recent weeks, TMZ has reported receiving 4 notes requesting one Bitcoin (price around $68,000) from a person who purports to know and is willing to share the identity of the one who allegedly took Nancy, 84. The newest note was received on Monday, February 16.
During a Tuesday, February 17, interview on Fox News’ Hannity, Levin, 75, explained why TMZ will now not share whether it has heard from the supposed informant.
“As for the one who wrote the note, we decided that we’re not going to say if he’s sent us any more letters,” Levin said. “If we are saying we got a letter today, and tomorrow you ask me, and I say we got a letter tomorrow, after which the subsequent day we are saying we’re not gonna discuss it, it suggestions off the kidnapper. We’re essentially saying, ‘Well, that’s the day he gave us the knowledge.’”
Levin continued, “We’re just not going to say anything. He can, if he wishes, give us the knowledge, and as we promised, we’ll pass it on to the FBI. Then there’s a record that he supplied that information.”
On Monday, TMZ reported receiving a fourth note from the mystery sender, who alleged, “I do know what I saw 5 days ago south of the border and I used to be told to shut up so I do know who he’s and that was definitely Nancy with them.”
The person didn’t discover themselves publicly due to a previous criminal charge for burglary, the outlet said.
TMZ shared a public plea with the person, encouraging them to share the knowledge that they’ve, writing, “We’ll immediately forward the knowledge to the FBI. If it results in finding Nancy and/or the abductors, you then have a public record that you simply are the one responsible, thus ensuring you’ll get the reward. The FBI is aware we’re making this overture.”
During Tuesday’s Hannity appearance, Levin also said that his publication has been in regular contact with the FBI because the investigation into Nancy’s disappearance continues into its third week.
The TMZ founder told Fox’s Sean Hannity that the FBI has been liaising with the outlet over not only the notes from the person claiming to have details about Nancy’s alleged kidnapper but in addition an unverified ransom note received by the outlet in early February.
TMZ and native Tucson, Arizona, outlets KOLD and KGUN reported receiving ransom notes demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars for Nancy’s secure return in the times after her February 1 disappearance. Neither the FBI nor the Pima County Sheriff’s Department have verified the authenticity of the alleged ransom notes.
“I’ll let you know, the FBI could be very all for each the ransom letter and these demand letters, particularly today,” Levin said on Tuesday. “There was loads of communication between us and the FBI. They’re really all for this.”
Nancy, the mom of Today show cohost Savannah Guthrie, was first reported missing after she didn’t attend a virtual Sunday church service. She was last seen at her home within the Catalina Foothills, north of Tucson, on the evening of January 31, when she was dropped off at home by Savannah’s sister, Annie Guthrie, following a family dinner.