Add The New York Post on Google A California man pleaded guilty after sending a bogus ransom note to the anxious family of missing Nancy Guthrie.
Derrick Callella, 42, pleaded guilty to two felonies on Thursday, KOLD reported.
Derrick Callella pleaded guilty to sending one of the many bogus ransom notes claiming to have the missing Nancy Guthrie. KOLD 13 News Police still have few clues as to the status of Nancy Guthrie or the identities of her kidnappers. Instagram/savannahguthrie His sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 10. The outlet reported that he will receive 10 years probation.
Callella, from Hawthorn, messaged Guthrie’s daughter Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni about the ailing 84-year-old shortly after she vanished in February, according to the complaint filed in Arizona federal court..
“Did you get the bitcoin were [sic] waiting on our end for the transaction,” his message, sent to both Annie and Cioni, read.
Approximately three minutes after sending the texts, data obtained by authorities showed Callella also made a nine-second call to an unidentified family member of Nancy Guthrie, according to the court docs, which didn’t name the relative he allegedly called.
