Courts and Crime
Today Show host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother was abducted on Jan. 31
A man from Hawthorne, California, pleaded guilty on Thursday to sending a fake ransom note to the family of Nancy Guthrie amid a desperate search for the 84-year-old woman.
In his plea, Derrick Callella, 42, admitted that he called and sent text messages to a missing person’s family on Feb. 4, 2026, regarding a bitcoin transfer. He also said that he intended to harass the family by seeking information about the investigation into the missing person’s disappearance, per a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.
Guthrie, the mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, was abducted on Jan. 31. from her Tucson, Arizona, home. Nancy is believed to have been taken from her home against her will, as the FBI released photos of a masked assailant approaching her front door in the middle of the night. Police have detained several persons of interest but have not charged anyone.
