Pima Country Sheriff Ninos Butting Heads in Nancy Guthrie Case

  

It was a question I kept asking.  The public was shown two photos of the masked man at Nancy Guthrie’s door.  Were they taken on the same day, same time, or different days, different times?

But now it comes out that, according to a source, the images were taken at a different time, leading to headlines in major outlets that Nancy’s abductors or killers had visited before the Feb. 1 date she is thought to have been taken. 

So the drama takes a new turn. Sheriff Ninos doesn’t exactly lie about it but says the information doesn’t come from his department nor from the FBI. Of course ti didn’t.  But that is not the same things as saying the report is false.

Where it did come from?  First report came from ABC, referring to an unnamed but supposedly reliable source.  With regard to this case alone, I’m quite sure ABC has a reliable source. I don’t think they would have published if there was a risk the report would be discredited later.

Here is a copy of the Sheriff’s statement to media:  "There is no date or time stamp associated with these images. Therefore, any suggestion that the photographs were taken on different days is purely speculative."

SAMANTHA GUTHRIE: A MOTHER MISSING

 

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The widespread interest in the case of the missing celebrity mother stems from the unlikelihood of the crime.  You have an 84 year old female crime victim in a scene that makes no sense. 

What would make sense is a simple and easy robbery, in spite of the security cameras stationed around the house.  In that case, the robbers would just wear hoods and be gone. 

  Nancy Guthrie’s house would be an easy target for thieves. The obvious question to ask yourself is that, if robbery were the motive, then why is Mrs. Guthrie missing? 

Another thought that must be entertained, no matter how ridiculous, is that Nancy is being held for ransom.  Kidnappers who expected any sort or ransom would have to be the dumbest criminals in the world.

It’s been stated that the woman can’t walk 50 yards unaided. Moreover she needs medications and, according to investigators, could die without them.

For that matter,   Pima County Sheriff may be speaking in code to whomever has Mrs. Guthrie.  An abduction could easily turn fatal and result in additional murder charges in addition to others.

Summ security camera footage abounds. More video could come from other home security systems in the area.  Mrs. Guthrie’s cellphone and wallet were left at the home, addressing any notions that she’d left home of her own accord.

 Yesterday, the language used by investigators was that the home was in disarray. Today the sheriff went a little farther in telling news reporters he was waiting for lab results before he could answer certain questions.  Lab results were mentioned because it’s being widely reported  there was blood DNA at the home.   I’m guessing but fairly sure investigators can already tell whose waiting to ascertain whose blood it was or whose blood it wasn’t. 

As in all criminal cases, police know far more than they can say.  I wish I could be more hopeful of a positive outcome.