Savannah Reveals Never-Before-Heard Piece of Evidence from Nancy’s Abduction That Officially Rules Out 1 Popular Conspiracy About the Case
Savannah Guthrie’s new Today show interview has given the public a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes of the Nancy Guthrie case that we hadn’t had before. Guthrie spoke candidly about the moment she found out, how she and her family have been doing, and her pain at thinking her public persona might have been the reason for the kidnapping.
But she also provided details about what happened the night her mom went missing. And one of the things Guthrie revealed clearly ruled out one of the most popular conspiracy theories about the case: that the kidnapper of kidnappers forced their way into Nancy Guthrie’s house.
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Instead, Savannah revealed that the doors were open, with a back door “propped open,” that there was blood on the front doorstep, and that the ring camera was yanked off. That paints a very different picture than the suggestions that Nancy was asleep and that forced entry was involved in the kidnapping.
Randy Sutton, a retired Las Vegas police lieutenant who has been in Tucson since the beginning of the investigation, talked to Fox News Digital about the confirmation, explaining that the “propped open” door is a critical detail.
“That’s an interesting piece of evidence that we had not heard before,” he said.
Savannah Guthrie also said that her mother was taken in the middle of the night, without shoes and without her medication, as she discussed the video she and her siblings released pleading for her mother’s return. “It’s how is it possible that we are having to make video speaking to a kidnapper who took an 84-year-old woman,” she said. “In the dead of night. In her pajamas, with no shoes, without her medicine. This little person. And to beg for mercy.”
The retired police officer pushed back on any speculation that the scene was staged, too. “The question is, was the scene staged? … I don’t believe there’s anything that points to the scene being staged,” he said.
Guthrie added that the family immediately jumped to kidnapping for ransom. “Even on the phone. When I called him, he knew. And he said, ‘I think she’s been kidnapped for ransom,’” she said about her brother.
For Sutton, it’s normal to jump to that conclusion. “It’s not something outside the realm of possibility,” he said, explaining that there’s no one “typical” kidnapping scenario.
He also wasn’t very sure about Savannah’s comments about the ransom notes. “I believe the two notes that we received that we responded to — I tend to believe those are real,” she said. But Sutton isn’t convinced.
“Kidnappings for ransom are very, very rare,” he said. “They didn’t go through the family. They went through media outlets. That is not the norm,” Sutton added.
“The fact that there was no back-and-forth. … I question whether any of these ransom demands were real,” he also said.
Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona home in the early hours of February 1. Police have canvassed the area, released video and photo surveillance of a suspect, and reportedly recovered DNA from the scene. Despite that, no suspect has been identified, and no motive has been disclosed to the public. The reward for information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is up to $1 million.
