Derrick Callella charged and ID’d as Nancy Guthrie imposter ransom note sender

A California man accused of sending phony ransom texts to Savannah Guthrie’s family about her missing mother has been arrested and charged, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.

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Derrick Callella, who is in his mid-forties, Guthrie’s daughter, Annie, and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni about the missing elderly woman on Wednesday, according to the complaint filed in Arizona federal court.

California man Derrick Callella has been arrested and charged for sending phony ransom texts to Savannah Guthrie’s family about her missing mother, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday. Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images

“Did you get the bitcoin were [sic] waiting on our end for the transaction,” one of his messages allegedly read.

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The family members reported the chilling messages to police, who tracked the number to Callella’s residence in California, the court docs state.