Sheriff defends his officers amid criticism
Nancy Guthrie case
Sheriff under fire hits back at haters
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos does not accept nonsense from people who criticize the way he and his researchers deal with the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping.
On Sunday, Nanos was interviewed by a Daily Mail reporter about the case and at one point their conversation turned to the sheriff’s critics, who criticized him and his detectives for allegedly packing up and leaving the crime scene early.
But Nanos stuck to his guns, insisting that his agents thoroughly investigate Guthrie’s assets and he is confident they did their job well before the FBI stepped in and investigated again.
The sheriff noted, “My deputies were there for almost 20 hours, processing their scene, executing it and bringing in all the evidence.” Nanos then said the FBI came in and “did their thing.”
Nanos also revealed that his brother had died… the day after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped and the national media flew to Tucson, Arizona to cover the huge story.
As everyone knows, 84-year-old Guthrie is the mother of the TODAY presenter Savannah Guthrie – and she was ripped from her Tucson home on February 1.
The FBI recently released photos and video showing the alleged kidnapper on a recorded doorbell camera sneaking around the porch of Guthrie’s house. The alleged intruder was wearing a mask, gloves and a jacket, while also carrying a backpack.
On Sunday, the FBI announced that DNA was present recovered from a glove that appears to match the gloves worn by the alleged perpetrator. The agency plans to run the DNA profile through its CODIS database in hopes of identifying a match linked to a convicted offender.
