Insider Reveals The Biggest Mistakes Made In Nancy Guthrie Investigation: 'They Should Have Handled It Differently'
A law enforcement insider is disclosing mistakes made during the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
In an interview with NewsNation, the anonymous insider claimed problems arose from the outset when 84-year-old Nancy was reported missing in Tucson, Arizona, on February 1. “Speaking with some people that actually know the intimate knowledge of this investigation have told me that there was an immediate rush to judgment on what was happening at that scene, and it was that Nancy had somehow wandered off,” the insider claimed.
“And so they rushed to that judgment, stayed with that judgment, and then ran the investigation as if this was a search and rescue issue as opposed to a possible criminal issue.”
Nancy was last seen on January 31, when her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, dropped her off at home after she had dinner at her daughter Annie’s home. Authorities were contacted the following day, but NewsNation’s source claims those on the scene lacked experience.
“From what I understand, the people who were there on the scene were not tenured homicide detectives,” the source said. “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 of the homicide unit.”
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The insider said that the Pima County Sheriff’s Department have no current suspects in the investigation, which is in its third month. “The people I’ve talked to that are still in the know on this investigation tell me that there’s no direct suspect right now. No name on the table,” the source said.
The source noted that morale is “extremely low” as Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos continues to face scrutiny over the investigation, which gained national attention due to Nancy being the daughter of Today host Savannah Guthrie.
“There’s a lot of embarrassment. Especially with the news… conversations that they’ve had with Nanos. His interaction with the media,” the insider said. In response to the “no confidence” vote taken against Sheriff Nanos by the Pima County Deputy’s Organization, the insider said, “This isn’t the first no confidence vote that we’ve done….So now, not only our local community, Arizona in general, but just the nation now sees that we have no faith in Chris Nanos.”
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