more than six weeks later Nancy Guthrie A former FBI agent who disappeared from her Tucson home is explaining why the investigation may be in trouble.
Savannah Guthrie’s mother, 84-year-old Nancy, was reported missing on February 1, and despite a 45-day search, no major lead or suspect has been found, and authorities have yet to confirm where she may be.
Why investigate in depth
Former FBI agent Steve Moore explained in a recent interview with Brian Entin of Brian Entin Investigations that investigators may now be looking back at previous steps to examine things they may not have focused on before.
Some neighbors questioned why certain leads, such as contractors working nearby, were only being investigated now. Moore said this is actually a normal part of the investigation.
“Obviously, that means they’re going back. I’ve used this analogy with you before. Say you can’t find your car keys and you walk through the house or apartment looking for where you normally put them,” Moore explained.
“They’re not there. And then you have to go back, you have to go back, you have to double back, you have to say, ‘Hey, what pants am I wearing?'” or “Where’s my wallet?” or whatever, like that, and then you get to the second level. “
“When you get down to the third or fourth level, these are things you wouldn’t normally check, but you might start pulling cushions off the bed or the couch and things like that. You’re going to sink deeper and deeper.”
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What does “pull up the cushion” mean?
Moore said investigators usually start with the most obvious places to find clues first. Only when those don’t work do they start examining less obvious possibilities.
“So people ask, why doesn’t the FBI do all this? Because a normal search will find your keys in about 20 seconds,” he said.
“The secondary search will find them in about 2-5 minutes. If you start by taking apart the sofa and sofa cushions in the living room, you will never get to the bedroom where the keys are.”
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Speaking about the case, he added that investigators are now in a deeper stage.
“So they’re obviously now to the point where they’re pulling up cushions on the couch, which I think would explain the fact that they’re not actually on the second day, although I totally understand why it seems that way.”
“If everything else, all the normal searches don’t work, they’ll be where they are.”
Even after 45 days, the case is still confusing. Police have not identified any suspects. The investigation remains ongoing as authorities continue to search for answers.
Meanwhile, Savannah Guthrie and her family are offering a $1 million reward to anyone with information that can help “bring her home.” Officials said the investigation is ongoing as the search for Nancy continues.
