I’m also along the lines of “exotic twist”. This whole situation it utterly crazy!
In my humble opinion, “untraceable” is being overstated here. You are right that Bitcoin can obscure identity at the surface level, but real-world ransom payments still involve intermediaries and behavioural signals that can and do lead to identification. Bitcoin isn’t truly anonymous; it’s pseudonymous. Identifies aren’t visible on-chain, but wallets can often be linked to real people over time through behavioural patterns, exchange touchpoints, metadata, and post-event analysis. This is why law enforcement frequently identifies parties later, even if not immediately.
oh Lisa Frank....that's a whole other ball of wax....thank you! i found it. That was quite the rabbit hole to go down, that man is deeply upwellI ended up on his youtube page lol. If it ends up having anything to do with that Lisa Frank factory I think you found the guy lol
He did not instill confidence. I felt he talked too much and put his own personal spin on things. He gave too many interviews, which I don’t think helped. When he said that he had no idea that the family recorded and aired a plea to the kidnapers until his wife showed him on Facebook, well… I would have preferred no comment. It made me feel that he was not in the loop, and therefore, should not be doing interviews.
or mine maps, just speculating?
$650k home purchased in Mar 2025. $140k home sold in Jun 2025. I don't know what they owed to their mortgage company to close out that loan. Plus, there are realtor and closing costs. If nothing else, they needed this $300k in the bank well before they closed in March. They had to get it from some place. Maybe, they saved that money. Maybe, they borrowed it from the NG with the promise to pay her back as soon as their house sold.
Yes it would be impossible to analyze the RN for personality clues, educational level, gender, etc.
I don't think any of us can truly imagine being in this situation. It is very different actually to having actually lost a parent where it is completely certain you will never meet that person again and so the concept of putting a financial price on doing so is fantasy (apologies, I am atheist if this offends anybody). In this situation, NG is very possibly still alive and so I can only imagine the impossible decisions that are happening right now.
Its tricky. My dad died and a few months before that his attorney died and the practice was closed. All the old copies of the will were in storage boxes in the dead attorneys warehouse and my sister an attorney presented a new will whereby I, the oldest daughter was cut out. I hired my own attorney they said looked like first page of will was removed and replaced but long battle ahead in court. These things with family and money get crazy REAL quick. My sister and my dad's secretary worked together to edit his will he had saved on his computer. Scanned in signed by his former attorney. I didn't have the money or heart for the court battle while grieving my dad and raising kids, so I just went my own way empty handed. So I dont put anything past anyone!!!
Personally, I think it hasn't been handled well from the beginning. But, as this is an active investigation, he has done the right thing by not discussing this. The FBI won't be responding to anything.
Holy **** I just watched!!!
ARCO. small but significant difference.
Big banks will lend against her assets in a heartbeat, if her insurance isn't already paying. She has way more than 40 million unless she has been keeping all her earnings under her mattress for the past 20 years. It is probably mostly invested in the stock market, which is up 1000% since 2009. Her net worth could easily surpass $100 million.
