Sheriff’s ‘Nancy Has Been Located’ Update Sparks Major Reaction: ‘Thank God She Was Found But…’
The Nancy Guthrie investigation has been going on for long enough at this point that everyone’s a little sensitive to news coming out of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. From what we know, police have yet to identify a suspect, but DNA evidence is being processed, and police say they are pretty clear on motive, even if it hasn’t been disclosed. So, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that something could happen soon.
Which is why people reacted so strongly to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department’s April 16 post on X, which read: “Update: Nancy has been located.”
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If the news had been that Nancy Guthrie had indeed been found, there would have been no problem. But the update was about another missing person, 82-year-old Nancy Radakovich, who had been reported missing earlier during the day. The post also included the missing person flyer with all the information, but considering the expectations, it’s easy to see why people got confused.
And after confusion came anger. “Are you kidding? So unprofessional! You couldn’t list the last name?” one person wrote. Someone else wrote “Ok now you’re all just being a**holes on purpose. Thank god she was found but COME ON. Can you be anymore tone deaf???” and yet another person added, “Cleary you deliberately didn’t use the last name. Why would you do that? Really makes you look like a piece of s**t.”
Everyone agreed that the post was, at best, deliberately misleading. “I am glad this lady is found don’t get me wrong but these scum bags know what they did with this post,” someone wrote. Another commenter added, “Could you be more tone deaf? Nancy has been located? You are just toying with us at this point.”
Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped by what police believe was a masked assailant sometime between the night of January 31 and the early hours of February 1. Police released surveillance video and photos of a masked suspect, but to this date, no one has been identified. Police also recovered DNA from the scene, but it has not been matched to anyone as of yet.
That DNA evidence is now in the hands of the FBI. “There is no new DNA evidence in the Nancy Guthrie case. The FBI requested this material over two months ago,” an FBI official said recently. “The Pima County Sheriff’s Office sent it to a private lab in Florida. Eleven weeks later, that lab has now transferred an original hair sample to the FBI Laboratory for testing. We remain fully committed to this investigation.”
An expert on analyzing criminal behavior patterns Dr. Gary Brucato, said during a recent episode of The Interview Room that the statistics suggest Nancy Guthrie won’t be found alive. “My sense is, this woman passed away during whatever it is that was supposed to happen,” Brucato said. He also said that statistics suggest the suspect (or suspects) is probably male, and the motive was probably financial gain.The reward for information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is up to $1 million.
