Major update in case of missing 84-year-old man Nancy Retired FBI agent Guthrie claims investigators are closing in on the mysterious “porch guy” featured in the case.
Retired agent says FBI is hunting ‘porch guy’
Retired FBI Special Agent Maureen O’Connell retired in 2016 after 25 years with the FBI. She said federal investigators appear to be closing in on the man seen on the porch in the Nancy Guthrie case.
O’Connell revealed that her sources told her that the FBI was very close to arresting the man on the porch, she said in an interview. Megyn Kelly Interview.
“I think they’re getting close to solving the case now, that’s what my sources are telling me,” she revealed. “Things are happening.”
Mekin asked O’Connell to explain in detail why she said they were about to make an arrest. “I think they’re approaching people on the porch,” she replied. “When they find the person on the porch, the floodgates open.”
When asked about her “level of confidence in this,” O’Connell gave a “75 percent” answer.
O’Connell said authorities are now getting closer, and “one of the reasons it’s taken so long is… from day one… literally everything you do is geared toward trial and prosecution,” she explained.
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“If you’re going to have the best defense attorneys in the world working on this case, whoever takes the case, you have to assume that several chunks of your evidence are going to be thrown out. You have to put together a case in such a way that it can withstand losing some of that evidence, depending on how you obtained it or how likely it is that they’re going to be thrown out.”
“So, I think they’re just looking at a lot of other evidence that further supports them, but I think we’re getting closer. I actually do think they’re getting closer,” she added.
What we know about ransom notes
A series of ransom notes sent to the media following the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie are believed to be from the real kidnapper, a new report shows.
Nancytoday show anchor mom Savannah Guthrie Disappeared on February 1st. Several messages were sent to news organizations shortly after her disappearance. CBS News reported Monday that authorities believed the notes were genuine, according to sources familiar with the investigation. Sources said the messages were sent by the same person or group using the same numerical IP address.
One of the messages claimed Nancy was dead and “buried in nature,” ABC News reported.
In addition, the messages were sent to Arizona television stations as well as several other news outlets.
The first note claimed Nancy was “safe but cared for” and demanded $4 million in Bitcoin in exchange for her release, Air Mail reported.
However, a second piece of news was disturbing, stating that Nancy, who had a severe heart condition that required daily medication, had died.
