EXCLUSIVE: Shocking Twists in Savannah Guthrie’s Kidnapping Ordeal Reveal Alarming Police Failures
Ever wonder if some cops are just secretly auditioning for a slapstick comedy? Because — honestly — the Pima County deputies might’ve taken that route when they bungled the investigation into the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, mom to Today host Savannah Guthrie. Picture this: a crime scene tape tossed up, yanked down, then tossed back up again as if they were playing some bizarre game of police tape peek-a-boo right outside Nancy’s Tucson home. The aftermath? Evidence so compromised, experts are raising red flags that justice might slip right through the cracks. And believe me, when the FBI is dragged into the picture days late, and local law enforcement leadership is caught more at basketball games than at pressuring the bad guys, you can’t help but ask—how deep does this comedy of errors really go? Buckle up, it’s a wild—and frustrating—ride into the depths of one of Arizona’s most embarrassing law enforcement fiascos.
Law enforcement sources said police barricade tape surrounding 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie‘s home just north of Tucson was put up, taken down and then put up again days later – before finally being removed for good.
Evidence Compromised, Experts Warn
Chicago cop turned Hollywood private eye Paul Huebl told RadarOnline.com, “These guys were really negligent, and it could make evidence admission very difficult at trial.
“And they were extremely slow to ask for outside help from the FBI. That could have made a big difference during the early hours of the case.”
When asked on Feb. 5 about the alleged crime scene foul-up, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, a 40-year department veteran, responded: “I’ll let the court worry about it.”
But that wasn’t his only mistake, critics said.
FBI Called in Too Late
Accounts have emerged alleging that Nanos didn’t get an available search plane equipped with high-resolution thermal imaging cameras into the air for three crucial hours on the day she vanished because weeks earlier, he’d butted heads with the only deputy capable of flying the Cessna and had reassigned the officer to street patrol.
“That’s, unfortunately, characteristic of what’s happened to this entire department across the board under Nanos’ leadership,” said one fed-up Pima County Sheriff’s deputy under the protection of anonymity.
“The most veteran investigator in homicide right now has three years’ experience in that department because he keeps bullying people out.”
Ex-Lieutenant Blasts Department Leadership
Nanos was also criticized for taking in a University of Arizona basketball game on Feb. 7 – the same day Savannah and her siblings, Annie and Camron, publicly pleaded for their mom’s return.
Hours after the FBI shared photos of a masked man creeping outside Nancy’s home, a delivery driver was briefly detained, questioned and released – and has proclaimed he’s innocent.
But critics are calling the move another misstep in the heart-wrenching case.
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