Savannah Reportedly Made ‘Deliberate’ Move to Find Nancy on Her Own as Officials Reportedly ‘Go Dark’ on the Investigation
It’s hard to blame Savannah Guthrie and her family if they’re feeling any level of frustration at the fact that the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping has been ongoing for almost two months with no real leads. Sure, there’s surveillance footage and video, but no motive has been announced, and no suspect has been identified. And though police must do their job, the anxiety and worry of a loved one is understandable.
And Page Six is reportedly that Guthrie’s latest social media post was a “deliberate” tactic meant to reach the kidnappers because authorities are not giving the family much information on the investigation.
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“It was aimed directly at residents of Tucson and southern Arizona,” former FBI Agent Jason Pack told the outlet.
“The family chose a local television station, not a national platform. That is not an accident,” Pack said. “NBC and its platforms would likely have aired it if asked. They targeted their own neighborhood. That tells you they believe someone local has information, or more likely, someone local has not checked their cameras yet because they assumed somebody else already did.”
Guthrie’s statement was released to “hyper-local” station KVOA, which Pack called a “deliberate” move.
“Law enforcement has not held a press conference in over a month, and it had been nearly three weeks since the family last made any public appeal before Saturday night,” Pack explained. “When investigators go dark and the media moves on, tip volume likely drops. That is just the nature of it,” he added.
However, he warned that law enforcement going quiet doesn’t mean nothing is happening behind closed doors. “Weeks of search warrant returns, subpoena responses, lab work, and digital forensics are likely being worked and plotted against a timeline right now,” Pack said. “The public does not see that work. It happens behind closed doors, and it takes time.
“Investigators are said to be pursuing genetic genealogy options and checking commercial DNA databases beyond the national system, but nothing official has come back. That process is slow. It has also broken cases far colder than this one.”
But the Guthrie family’s statement is still important in reaching those in the community, he said. “Agents and deputies on that special task force should go back, ask to collect the footage directly, and review it themselves, even when a resident says there is nothing on it,” he said. “The resident does not know what nothing looks like to a trained investigator. Sometimes the most important frame in an investigation is the one the homeowner already dismissed.”
The Guthrie family’s statement said, “Someone knows something. It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant. We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11.”
“We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case – please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance,” the statement went on to add.
