Nancy Guthrie Likely Met Grim Fate After ‘No Longer of Value,’ Cold Case Detective Suggests
Detective Shares Chilling Theory Nancy Guthrie May Have Been ‘Disposed Of’ After Becoming ‘No Longer of Value’
It has been nearly three months since Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Catalina Foothills. While there have been numerous conspiracy theories surrounding to the case, an expert recently speculated that the kidnappers may have disposed of Nancy’s body. He suggested that the kidnappers may have underestimated how frail the octogenarian was before taking her away from her Tucson home.
Authorities have previously released videos and photos of a masked individual who was seen ripping off a doorbell camera and breaking into her home. Despite potential evidence, the authorities have not been able to identify the suspect or make any arrests.
While speaking with News Nation’s Brian Entin for his latest video on YouTube, Brian Martin, an Indiana detective who specializes in cold cases, shared his views on the case.
Brian Entin speaks with cold case detective about Nancy Guthrie case.
He stated that the kidnappers’ plan may have fallen apart if the 84-year-old had experienced any health emergency, considering she was wearing a pacemaker at the time of abduction. He said, “It just scares me to think that somebody maybe took Miss Guthrie, and she had some sort of medical event when it was happening, because obviously it’d be an incredibly stressful situation and very taxing on somebody.”
According to Radar Online, Guthrie’s pacemaker stopped syncing with her Apple Watch around 2 am, the morning she was kidnapped. It remains unclear whether the medical device has remained active. Nonetheless, the detective believes that Guthrie’s unexpected medical condition may have put the kidnappers’ plan “sideways.”
He mused, “What really bothers me is if they underestimated Miss Guthrie’s health and thought, ‘Well, we’ll take her, this will be easy. We'll hold on to her at an unknown location for a day or two. We’ll get some money out of this, and we’ll leave her in a Walmart parking lot.”
Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker disconnects from her Apple watch.
“And what they had to do is … it sounds horrible…. They had to dispose of Miss Guthrie because she was no longer of value to them in that monetary gain that they’re hoping to get,” the detective further added while speaking with Entin.
In addition, according to Page Six, former FBI agent Jason Pack proposed that Guthrie’s daughter, Savannah Guthrie, may also have added pressure on the captors. He explained that usually, kidnappers in cases like these expect the attention to fade, the family to split out of the spotlight, and people eventually forget it. However, the situation is different in Guthrie’s case.
Savannah Guthrie returns to work months after her mother's disappearance.
“Savannah has a national platform, and she shows up on it every single day. Every time a viewer sees her face, they think about her mother,” he noted. Pack remarked that as the attention on the case mounts, the “pressure on the people responsible goes up.”
He suggested adding a reward of more than one million dollars and fully involving the FBI, the mounting pressure would close in with little room for escape. The ex-FBI agent also requested the neighbors of the octogenarian to check their cameras and contact the authorities with any information.