James Hamilton

Hamilton criticizes the FBI's decision to pull resources back to Phoenix and says a county sheriff cannot run the case alone.

“Ni allwch chi wneud hynny'n unig fel Sieriff Cymru”

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Hamilton says he would have expected Annie to lead with the blood on the porch rather than the propped door, suggesting the family did not know about it.

“Ni fyddwn i'n arwain â drws wedi cael ei ofyn. Byddwn i'n arwain gyda blwyd”

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Hamilton says scammers routinely invoke God and religious language to manipulate victims' families, and that such phrasing is a red flag.

“Bydd y sgamwyr yn gwneud unrhyw beth ac yn dweud unrhyw beth”

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Hamilton says the reported note details are too generic and that he would need non-public specifics before treating the notes as genuine.

“Byddwn i'n dweud bod llai o bersonalwch yma y byddwn i'n hoffi ei weld”

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Hamilton believes the abduction was carried out by a team and doubts the ransom notes are legitimate.

“I think it's a team. I think it always has been. I don't really believe these ransom notes are legitimate”

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Hamilton believes the TMZ tipster is a fraudster exploiting Harvey Levin for money and publicity.

“he sees Harvey is an easy mark and wants some publicity and wants a little bit of money”

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Hamilton says that in his experience real kidnappers contact the family directly rather than media outlets.

“every kidnapper I ever worked, they called the family. They didn't call TMZ”

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Hamilton agrees with the FBI's decision not to pay the $4 million ransom without proof of life.

“I agree that, you know, they shouldn't have paid the four million without an actual proof of life of Miss Guthrie”

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