Troubling New Details Revealed in Nancy Guthrie Investigation

Key Points:

• The investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping may have been compromised by inexperienced homicide detectives, internal friction with the FBI, and early family control of the crime scene, according to Sgt. Aaron Cross, president of the Pima County Deputies Organization.
• Guthrie, mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her Tucson home on February 1, with a masked man captured on door camera footage believed to be the kidnapper.
• Cross criticized the assignment of a newly promoted sergeant with no homicide experience to lead the case and noted that the detectives involved had limited experience, which is unusual for such a serious investigation.
• Despite animosity toward the FBI within the sheriff’s office, the federal agency provided crucial door camera footage, described by Cross as the best evidence so far in the case.
• Cross expressed frustration with the sheriff’s office leadership, accusing them of trying to solve the case passively and acknowledging no significant new progress has been made publicly.