Nancy Guthrie Was ‘Bleeding Pretty Badly’ Forensic Expert Tells Megyn Kelly
What To Know
- Forensic expert Amy Santoro stated that blood spatter evidence indicates Nancy Guthrie was “bleeding pretty badly” when she was abducted.
- The 84-year-old mom of ‘Today’s Savannah Guthrie has been missing since January 31.
- Experts agree the source of the bleeding could be from various injuries, but the exact nature of Nancy’s injuries remain undetermined.
A forensic scientist believes that evidence shows Nancy Guthrie was “bleeding pretty badly” when she was presumably abducted from her Tucson, Arizona home in the early hours of February 1.
Appearing on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show earlier this week, forensic expert Amy Santoro told the former Fox News host that the blood spatter found at the front of Nancy’s property suggested she was losing blood at a rapid pace.
“What I can tell is that the blood is falling from a height, probably more than two feet,” Santoro said, per the Daily Express U.S. “Whether that’s from her hand, her arm, her face, I don’t think we can tell. But I think it’s an indication that she is bleeding very quickly.”
Nancy, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since January 31, when police believe she was abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Since then, investigators have released doorbell camera footage of a masked suspect and shared a description of the potential abductor. Crime scene photos also show blood on Nancy’s front porch and driveway.
“There’s so much blood out there that I don’t think you would see that distribution of blood with a slower bleed,” Santoro added. “I think it shows that she really [was] bleeding pretty badly.”
As for whether the blood indicates what kind of wound Nancy might have had, Santoro said, “I don’t think we can say. I don’t want to speculate on the severity of injury, other than to say, it’s fair to assume that there’s some sort of quickly bleeding source.”
She said that could have been “a tear on her arm,” noting Nancy’s “thin skin,” which is typical in older people. “If she receives some sort of blunt force trauma to the face, she gets hit in the face, that could cause it,” she continued. “We often see blood dripping like this from a bleeding nose. But it really could be anything.”
Earlier this month, retired FBI special agent Maureen O’Connell told Brian Entin Investigates that the pattern of the blood suggested that Nancy was carried out of her home.
“There don’t appear to be any voids [in the blood spatter],” O’Connell said, noting that, in her mind, “[Nancy’s] wrapped up in something and they’re carrying her out. The shape of the blood droplets… they’re all round and the sphere is intact. That means it went straight down. It wasn’t moving at speed.”
Fellow retired FBI agent Jim Clemente wasn’t so sure, adding that, if Nancy was wrapped up, “She wasn’t wrapped up well.”
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why is anyone in law enforcement talking to Brunhilda?
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J
I believe that Nancy died during the abduction. That is why there was never a ransom demand. Once Nancy was gone she was of no use to the abducter. I'm sure that he would of disposed of her and try to distance himself as far from the case as possible. He would actually have a head start on investigators. They were still hoping and looking for a live Nancy. The perpetrator was already long on the run.
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I think sheriff Nanos has done a really poor job in this whole case and made truly many mistakes from day one. I believe someone knew Nancy Guthrie, or knew the family. The fact that someone knew how to disarm the cameras in the exact order they needed to be in and knew that her phone was connected to her pacemaker, and the pacemaker obviously connected to the cameras tells me that someone knew her or someone who knew her information or knew the family and they are afraid now of getting caught so they are not showing proof of life. They’re not asking anymore ransoms I am so sorry for the Guthrie family to go through this I have contacted the governor of Arizona the governor of Wisconsin CNBC news to keep the story going. Someone knows where she is. That person obviously doesn’t seem to care about the $1.2 million because they know that they are gonna be known to the Guthrie family. I don’t know who it is I just feel it and knew right from the beginning that the sheriff didn’t handle this properly and should’ve had the dogs all over this place and the FBI immediately and the CBI. . I am so sorry for the Guthrie family. I pray every day that they find Nancy one way or another and if the FBI take the lead course on this and doesn’t consider this a homicide with nobody, but to keep looking and get the dogs out there someone knows something and I agree with Savannah. Someone knows something and they’re afraid to come forward because I think they’re known to the Guthrie family.