India, June 23 -- Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer has proposed hiring CertiK to help find Nancy Guthrie with over four months having elapsed since she was reported missing. The 84-year-old was reported missing by her family on February 1 and authorities believe she was taken from her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson, Arizona, the night before.

CertiK is a blockchain security firm, which recently noted in a report that "The 84-year-old mother of journalist Savannah Guthrie was kidnapped as part of a $6 million bitcoin ransom demand, illustrating the documented trend of proxy target selection already identified in our 2025 report."

While the Pima County Sheriff's Department, which is lead on the case, has junked the wrench attac...