The disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of Savannah Guthrie who has been missing since February 1 is raising more and more questions about how the case has been handled. Both the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI are searching for her but nothing has been found yet.
Inexperienced officers at the scene
A law enforcement insider who spoke anonymously to NewsNation journalist Brian Entin has strongly criticized how the department handled the situation. The source, whose identity was hidden in the interview set to air on Katie Pavlich Tonight said the officers who first reached the scene did not have the experience needed.
“The people who were there on the scene were not tenured homicide detectives. They didn't have a lot of experience in homicide at that point to include the supervisor who, from my understanding, never investigated a homicide before being installed as the supervisor to the homicide unit,” the source said.
When Entin asked how the lead supervisor could have no experience in homicide cases, the source suggested that favoritism played a role in such decisions.
“You have decisions made by people that will install friends and people that can do stuff for them, opposed to people that are there under merit and can do the job correctly,” the source responded.
{{/usCountry}}“You have decisions made by people that will install friends and people that can do stuff for them, opposed to people that are there under merit and can do the job correctly,” the source responded.
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Nancy Grace calls for sheriff to resign
Speaking on Sean Hannity’s program, Nancy Grace who is legal commentator and true crime broadcaster was direct in her criticism and told Fox News that, “By destroying the crime scene and by releasing the crime scene too early, they destroyed a lot of evidence,” she said.
She also disagreed with people using softer words to describe what happened. “People called them 'missteps,' that is certainly putting perfume on the pig, isn't it? That's a euphemism, 'missteps' — they're screw-ups. The feds wouldn't have done that,” she said.
Former FBI agent also raises questions
Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer shared her analysis on X after the new report came out. Looking at the timeline, she suggested the incident happened very quickly.
She wrote, “Porch Guy (and maybe others) whisked her out of her bed quickly. Abductor(s) weren't in the house long. He was on the roof cam at 2:12 a.m. Nancy's watch disconnected from the pacemaker at 2:28 a.m.”
She concluded, “This was much more of a rapid extraction than initially believed.”
Coffindaffer also raised several direct questions for Sheriff Chris Nanos and members of the Guthrie family including Camron Guthrie and Annie.