Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos The recent public disclosure of the Nancy Guthrie case explains why no arrests have been made months after the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother. In an interview with KOLD-TV, Nanos defended what he called a “tedious” process.
“It’s not like a detective goes out and talks to someone and we can arrest him,” Nanos said. “This is a very sensitive case, but what really causes the case to drag on is that we do rely on the labs.” “When you look at these labs and the work they do, you see there’s a science there, and science has rules that it has to follow. Even if it’s not… DNA, they’ll tell you, is not an exact science — it’s over 99 percent accurate. So it’s pretty close, but you still have to follow the rules.”
Nanos previously acknowledged in an interview with People that the Guthrie couple must be “frustrated” by the lack of answers. However, he seems convinced that answers will come.
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“My team, I’ve always said, they’re going to fix this,” he said. “I believe that absolutely 100 percent. … When you have the best minds in the country working on problems, I think they’re going to solve them. It’s just going to take a while.”
Savannah Guthrie becomes ‘depressed’
A report from Rob Shuter’s Naughty But Nice Substack claims Savannah have Becoming “increasingly frustrated” as the official investigation proceeds.
More than a hundred days after Nancy’s disappearance, Nancy’s family no longer has any personal contact with Nanos. He previously claimed that all communications with Savannah and her siblings Anne and Karen were through other investigators working on the case. Nanos told PEOPLE that he has not been in contact with the family “personally” and that they have been communicating with local police detectives and FBI agents.
“It’s very frustrating for Savannah,” an insider told Naughty But Nice. “She expected urgent and direct communication. Instead, she felt the investigation became distant and procedural.”
The report also claimed Savannah hires private detective Searching for her missing mother. “Savannah is doing whatever it takes to keep the search going,” a source said on May 26. “She refuses to rely solely on law enforcement.”
