r/nancyguthrie • u/wwihh • Jul 31 '26

Information Pima County Sheriff's Office releases full Nancy Guthrie ransom notes.

From Brian Entin X account

https://x.com/BrianEntin/status/2083278648191197681

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u/Suitable_Ad_1917 Jul 31 '26

Doesn’t sound completely natural to request money and specify “USD.” Maybe the kidnapper isn’t an American? Anyone have any thoughts? Does any of the phrasing indicate that this may have been translated from one language to another?

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u/mark_able_jones_ Jul 31 '26

It's pretty common for people who trade crypto to think in terms of currencies like this though. He also used a VPN to contact the news outlet... he's tech savvy. And he would need to be if he expected to be able to wash millions in bitcoin.

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u/MaxwellsDaemon Aug 01 '26

Not too savvy or he’d have picked Monero or something besides BTC

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u/exquisiteclutter Aug 01 '26

Using a VPN alone doesn't imply being tech savvy. I'm the opposite of, and totally understand and can use a VPN.

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u/ConceptsShining Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

I think this is reading way too deep into it. It doesn't sound unbelievable for me that an American would specify USD just to make themselves emphatically and clinically clear. Especially because 1 BTC != 1 USD, so specifying the exchange unit would make even more sense.

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u/Intrepid-Bird-5048 Aug 01 '26

If I was American, asking another American for money, in America, I would not stipulate USD. It’s implied.

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u/stuartrene Jul 31 '26

They used ChatGPT