Nancy Guthrie Update: Car Driver’s Careless Mistake Could Lead to Arrest
What To Know
- Retired detective Jon Buehler suggested that car tracking and digital search records could help identify suspects in the ongoing Nancy Guthrie case.
- Buehler theorized that a local tradesperson may have targeted Nancy due to her connection to Savannah Guthrie.
- He expressed optimism that the case could still be solved.
As the Nancy Guthrie investigation enters its fifth month with no updates on suspects, a retired detective has spoken about how a careless mistake made by the perpetrator could lead to the case being solved.
Retired Modesto Police Department detective Jon Buehler, who worked on the Laci Peterson case, recently spoke with NewsNation’s Brian Entin, who has been closely following the Nancy case from the start. Buehler suggested the case could still be cracked, noting that newer cars have tracking capabilities.
“If somebody ever plugged her address into a Google search for a Google Maps or whatever, if they did a reverse keyword search on that because those records are maintained for a period of time, to see any random person that would have typed in her address that had a reason to do it and then you’d contact that person and find out why did you put that address,” he explained.
Nancy, the 84-year-old mother of Today‘s Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since February 1, when police believe she was abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Investigators have released doorbell camera footage of a masked suspect and sent DNA for testing at the FBI lab in Quantico, but no suspects have been named.
Buehler pointed out that car tracking could eliminate or target those with legitimate reasons for traveling to Nancy’s address, such as delivery drivers. Like other criminal experts, he theorized that a local tradesperson or service worker could have been behind the alleged abduction once they realized Nancy was related to a wealthy television personality.
“Any tradespeople that maybe were doing plumbing repair or electrical repair, anybody who was delivering furniture, anything that came up where somebody could see her as a source of ransom because of the connection with Savannah and Savannah’s notoriety,” Buehler said.
The retired cop remained hopeful that the case could be solved, even if it might take a long time. “We had a random murder that went 11 years unsolved, and it was only because the one person that could give us the information was afraid to come forward, and it took 11 years for them to get over that fear,” he shared.
He also said the investigators might already have a tip that could break the case; it’s just a matter of timing. “When tips come in on a case like Nancy Guthrie’s, they’re prioritized as best they can, but you still don’t know for sure if they’re prioritized correctly,” he stated. “And so there might be something in there that we’re waiting on, that could break it wide open.”
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News of Nancy Guthrie is turning into click bait. Write something substantial or when there’s something new. Everyday is getting exhausting. Write about missing children for a change.
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When is the inept Pima county sheriff blame the abduction on space aliens?
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Every missing persons case is equally important. It depends that maybe some evidence they dont want to discuss with the public thats why its sometimes not mentioned .or no update °
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Something has been eating at me in regards of this case. Why is there no mention of her daughters ex husband ? Just check him out. I know it is a long shot but that is what keeps bothering me. I hope and pray for the family and for Nancy.
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Someone I know suspects him. He was in politics at one time. And no better way to get back at j
Savannah.
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This investigation has been bungled from the get-go. I hope Nancy will still be found
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I’ve work for Walmart’s Spark delivery service for 18 months. As part of my “online application” I had to agree to a background check which I believed covered criminal & DMV. Additionally, I agreed I would not share my account. However, many drivers in my area shop & load items with 1 or more additional people that have not been vetted properly. Spark delivery is for individuals not groups by virtue of a strict contract to participate. I’ve feared all these delivery services to Mrs Guthrie’s home may indeed have had “extra passenger(s)” at various times that cannot be identified by authorities that may be interviewing. In my opinion, the empty threats of being deactivated from the Spark platform due to the ever rising “bringing passenger(s) to work” is putting customers in harms way. Mrs G like all of us may have had her deliveries accepted by someone(s) with less than genuine intentions and a legit background check if it had been done vs an “uprising of additional passengers under a cloak of invisibility” would have flushed them out never reaching if 1 or more ever had her front door and/or the inside of her home nor ours to case her place or ours. Please immediately DEACTIVATE drivers with extra passengers across all delivery platforms for the health, safety, and welfare of all !
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Did they ever interview the Uber driver who picked her up to go to her daughter’s house that afternoon? I never heard it mentioned. I can picture a casual conversation on the trip that involved her mentioning her daughter and an opportunity for a quick buck began to take root.
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The FBI has all the info about service workers in the area and the names of the persons who vacated their rental days before Mrs Guthrie was abducted, which is across from her house. The perpetrator (s)were watching her every move. The PCSD, however, never even took the front porch doormat!!
That mat contained forensic dirt, shrubbery from the criminals hand, and possible DNA?
The Sociopath(s), who abducted Mrs Guthrie will be caught, not if- but when!!!
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Yes they interviewed the Uber driver early on and found him not guilty of anything.
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There was ransom asked for several times!!
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Watch the older movie "Proof of Life" with Meg Ryan. Great movie!!!
All Kidnappers want money and provide proof of life. That is the motive.
This may have been the plan, but I feel as though Mrs.Guthrie could not hang on due to shock, trauma, and health issues. Therefore, no proof of life. Cons and crooks were trying to cash in as well.
The real sociopath (s), will be caught!!
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No kidding Sunday!!! I think he’s a few cookies short of a dozen!!!
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What would she want to that for? Her children grew up there, her church family is there and her doctors. People who are older do not like to move.
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I got a weird vibe when I heard the daughter speak. Sorry it happens to me sometimes.
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Maybe you’re right ! Her son was politically connected . Maybe he was notified of a plan to her kidnapping and the FBI helped protect her.
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NANCY GUTHRIE I THINK COULD OF STAGED HER OWN ABDUCTION GOT INTO 🇲🇽 MEXICO AND EITHER IS LIVING IN MEXICO OR GOT A PASSPORT AND KNEW SOMEBODY WITH A SMALL JET AND FLEW BACK TO AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺. THERE WAS NEVER ANY RANSOM ASKED BY THE KIDNAPPERS. THE FBI LABS DON'T HAVE ANY DNA ON THE SUBJECT AND EITHER THAT SUBJECT IS FROM OUTSIDE THE USA OR DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE DNA DATABASE IN THE USA. P
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Bad cop
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I doubt that.
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What have you been smoking??
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