Savannah Guthrie ‘fires’ Sheriff Chris Nanos from the missing mother case

The sheriff also made matters worse for the family when veteran journalist Ashleigh Banfield reported that Nancy’s son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, was “possibly the prime suspect” in her disappearance, according to an “impeccable” source she had.

Until then, it was reported that Nancy’s daughter, Cioni’s wife, Annie, had brought her mother home from dinner at the couple’s house on January 31 and was the last person to see her.

After Banfield’s report, Nanos told The New York Times that Cioni had driven Nancy to her house, detailing how he had watched to make sure she was safely inside. That made Cioni the last person his mother-in-law saw before her abduction hours later.

Nanos later walked back his comments on the publication, refusing to say who the last person to see Nancy alive was, only saying it was a “family member” who dropped her off before she disappeared.

Bandfield stayed true to her reporting, saying on February 13, “Nothing has changed” about Cioni’s alleged suspect status.