‘Today’ show host, Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy’s disappearance case has became more complex. While investigators are searching for the 84-year-old, they received a ransom note asking for money. But before everyone could conclude that Nancy was close to be found, the investigators caught hold of the unrelated man who tried to profit from the whole case. According to a federal complaint in Arizona, the man has been identified as Derrick Callella, who sent harassing text messages to members of the Guthrie family on February 4, 2026, asking for bitcoin. Here’s everything you might want to know about him.
Who Is Derrick Callella?
According to the investigators, Derrick Callella, 42, is not linked to Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping case. But he came into the spotlight after he tried to make use of the Guthrie family’s distress to earn some money with a fake ransom note. However, he was arrested after law enforcement traced the number used in the messages to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) account registered to an email address in his name. Eventually, an emergency data disclosure revealed that the number was linked to an IP address from Callella’s California residence. Later, when Derrick Callella was read his Miranda rights, he admitted that he sent those texts to Savannah Guthrie’s family.
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