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Officials received a ransom note hours after an 84-year-old woman was reported missing from her Arizona home in early February. They responded by sending $152 in Bitcoin rather than the full $4 million demanded.
680news.comOfficials received a ransom note hours after an 84-year-old woman was reported missing from her Arizona home in early February. The note requested $4 million in Bitcoin by Feb. 5 and included accurate details about the woman's clothing and a damaged floodlight at the property.
The smaller payment did not produce additional leads, and the Bitcoin remained untouched. A follow-up message arrived on Feb. 6 from the same IP address. That message stated an apology for the woman's inadvertent death and requested payment for the return of her body.
The woman's family members addressed the ransom note in a public statement the following day, offering to pay for her return. The woman was later acknowledged as likely deceased in a subsequent family statement. The search has now passed the five-month mark.
The War ZoneL3Harris completed a 10-month conversion of a Qatari 747-8i into a VC-25B bridge aircraft. The jet was unveiled at Joint Base Andrews on June 19, 2026, to serve until Boeing delivers the two delayed VC-25Bs.
bloombergquint.comSamsung Electronics Co. reported HBM4 chip sales exceeding $1 billion. The company began global mass production in February and projects revenue above $1.2 billion by the end of June. The chips target next-generation AI accelerators.
nbcnews.comLewis Hawkes, 36, appeared in court Monday facing terrorism-aggravated charges after five men were injured in Friday attacks across Edinburgh. Police assigned counter-terrorism officers to the investigation.