As of this writing, Nancy Guthrie has been lacking for greater than 100 days, and police are not any nearer to cracking the case.
The general public has criticized Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos and his crew for his or her lack of stable leads in Nancy’s alleged kidnapping, however Sheriff Nanos informed Individuals in a Could 14 report that “this is rather like every other case. Generally you resolve them inside hours or days. Generally it takes a very long time.”
Elsewhere within the report, Sheriff Nanos confirmed that he’s not “straight speaking” with Nancy’s household, together with Immediately co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, and acknowledged that they have to be “annoyed” with the unanswered questions.
“The general public is annoyed. Even the Guthrie household,” he stated. “Each passing second should really feel like 100 days as a result of they don’t know. What issues is transferring ahead fastidiously so we don’t make errors or falsely accuse someone or make a foul arrest.”
Sheriff Nanos additionally revealed that the FBI leads communication with Savannah and her household within the ongoing seek for Nancy. This follows reviews that Sheriff Nanos initially refused to work with the FBI within the early days of the investigation, which a number of sources claimed might have “hindered the investigation.”
“He’s an individual who holds a grudge and remains to be offended on the FBI for appropriately investigating his workplace in 2016 for misuse of racketeering funds,” Pima County Board of Supervisors member Matt Heinz informed NewsNation. “That investigation was very reliable. You may see his bias towards the FBI in an interview he gave in 2016, the place he acknowledged that the FBI might come to him and he would present them do an investigation.”
Regardless that it was 10 years in the past, Heniz believes Sheriff Nanos nonetheless hasn’t moved on, which has damage Nancy’s investigation. “The relationships matter in all investigations,” Heinz defined. “And the connection with the FBI issues significantly, particularly in tough, high-profile investigations. And never having these relationships can have some penalties.”
