Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer says Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping case may share a link with a separate Arizona kidnapping arrest involving two California teens and a cryptocurrency demand. Nancy Guthrie has now been missing for weeks. Under these circumstances, every new detail has started to raise questions.
Ex-FBI agents says Nancy Guthrie case may have links to arrest of California teens in Arizona
Coffindaffer posted on X (formerly Twitter) about a billboard she says someone spotted in Woodland Hills, California, related to the search for Guthrie, and questioned why it would appear in California at all. She wrote, “What? Glad the FBI is paying for billboards, but why in California?”
The former FBI official drew a link between Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping and a case out of Scottsdale, Arizona, reported by Fox 10 Phoenix, where two teens from California allegedly dressed as delivery drivers and assaulted two adults; a case that ended in the teens’ arrest. The outlet reported that investigators believed the motive was an attempt to obtain a ransom in cryptocurrency, with the teens claiming they acted under the direction of people known as “Red” and “8.”
Coffindaffer suggested investigators will want to rule out any overlap between that case and Guthrie’s disappearance. She said, “Anyway, those boys were bumblers, but these cases have similarities and I have no doubt the FBI is making sure that Red and 8 have no connection to Nancy or funding other kidnapping attempts.”
Additionally, she argued, “I assure you that while everyone is camped out at Nancy’s, the real case investigation is occurring elsewhere.”
As of today, Nancy Guthrie remains missing following her suspected abduction from her Tucson-area home on February 1. The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department continue to investigate, while the Guthrie family has offered a $1 million reward, and the FBI has offered up to $100,000.
Anyone with information can contact the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900.
