{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Nancy Guthrie's Ransom Hoaxer Got THIS Punishment ","description":"Nancy Guthrie's disappearance is still unsolved after six months, but a separate case tied to it just wrapped up in court. A California man admitted to sending the Guthrie family fake bitcoin ransom demands during the active search for her — and the punishment he received has former investigators furious.\nHis charge was pled down to harassment, which caps out at two years federally. The sentence: five years of probation, with both counts running together instead of stacked on top of each other. Retired FBI special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer called the outcome a travesty, warning it sets a precedent that could encourage the flood of copycat notes still coming in — a batch investigators are calling the TMZ Twelve, which the FBI has reportedly signaled are likely fake.\nTwo other notes are being handled very differently by investigators. One is considered the real ransom demand — four million dollars, an escalating threat, and a final threat against Nancy's life. The other is an apology letter, sent only to local television stations, expressing remorse and calling her death accidental. Both of those, according to reporting, trace back to the same IP address, giving agents one of their only real leads.\nThen there's Porch Guy — a person connected to the case who hasn't been identified publicly or taken into custody, even though tools like highway checkpoints have worked in comparable investigations before.\nWe go through the sentence, the notes, and why six months in, this case still doesn't have the answers everyone expected by now.\nFull episode is up now — link below.\nSocial Links & Legal Footer\nJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/\nWant to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1\nInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/\nTik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod\nX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod\n\nThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.\nHashtags\n#NancyGuthrie #RansomHoax #HiddenKillers #TMZTwelve #Bitcoin #FBIInvestigation #TulsaOklahoma #PorchGuy #TrueCrimePodcast #UnsolvedMystery","author_name":"Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5040505-hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43736219/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}