in search Nancy Guthriethe anchor mother of ‘Aaj’ show Savannah Guthriemany are wondering what was the motive behind his possible kidnapping. While it’s impossible to say for sure what someone’s motive is until a suspect is identified and arrested, retired NYPD Sergeant Joe Giacalone sheds some light on motives in missing persons cases.
Why was Nancy Guthrie kidnapped? Ex-NYPD sergeant sheds light on possible motives (Savannah Guthrie/Facebook)Speaking about the ransom notes, Giacalone told Parade, “Investigators are going to take these very seriously no matter what. And they have the ability to be able to investigate it as a possible, viable scenario, or they can rule it out as a possible hoax. We’ve already found and arrested one.”
Giacalone was referring to the arrest of Derrick Calella, who admitted to sending a fake ransom request to Nancy’s family.
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Giacalone also revealed what the motive might be if not money.
“We know that the three big things are love, money and drugs, right?” Dr. Giacalone. “Those are the three big motives that people do these things. But in a situation like this, you also have to consider a retribution factor, a cover-up factor, meaning the person found something in the family and now they’re trying to keep it a secret, that kind of thing.”
“Investigators gather and they sit there and they gather, so to speak, and they try to form their hypothesis. And listen, most people are victimized by someone they know, and that’s always the starting point. And then you let the evidence of the facts dictate to you what category it’s going to fall into,” he added.
The Guthrie family agreed to pay the ransomSavannah released a new video message on Instagram on the evening of Saturday, February 6, they said Agreed to pay the ransom For Nancy’s release. She was joined in the video by her siblings Cameron and Annie.
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“We got your message and we understand,” Savannah said in the video. “We now ask you to return our mother to us, so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we can have peace. It is very precious to us and we will pay.”
The suspects have not yet been identified, authorities said. The Pima County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday, Feb. 7, that they “have not identified any suspects, persons of interest or vehicles associated with this case.”
