Bitcoin Ransom Demand in Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping

The anonymous person who has been emailing TMZ about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie is demanding one Bitcoin for a hidden phone that allegedly contains video evidence of the kidnappers, the outlet reported Friday.

TMZ said it verified the email came from the same sender who previously sent messages, citing the same old Bitcoin address and alias. The new email shared a different Bitcoin address and mocked the FBI's theory that the sender might be a woman.

"I am not the idiot who recently called in a tip about her burial site in Mexico," the email said.

The sender claimed there are two kidnappers, reiterating an earlier assertion that more than one person was involved.

"I have a phone stashed in a secure location guaranteeing both the information it stores and the safety of the phone," the email said. "What it contains is my definition of delivering them on a silver platter, a short video of the main guy with Nancy, the day that was probably her last, pictures of both involved, names and addresses, and age."

The phone is in a "location easy to access if you know where it is," the sender added. The password would be provided for one Bitcoin.

TMZ said it asked the sender to provide a screenshot of Nancy to verify the claim and forwarded the email to the FBI.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, is the mother of "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie. She disappeared from her Texas home in July. Days after investigators concluded that a ransom note claiming she had died came from her abductors, TMZ received the latest email.

Bitcoin, a pseudonymous cryptocurrency, is frequently demanded in ransom cases.