A former lieutenant with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department says Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance had possible cartel ties.
A former Pima County Sheriff’s Department lieutenant says it’s possible Nancy Guthrie is missing There were possible cartel ties. Fox News reporter Michael Ruiz shared a video on X, in which the former lieutenant shared his insight into the case.
A man live streams near the home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of US journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who disappeared from her home in Tucson, US on February 9, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble (REUTERS)When a Fox News reporter asked the former lieutenant if “hitting a cartel at the wrong address” might be a possibility in Nancy’s case, he replied, “It’s a possibility. I think it would be more remote.”
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“I’ve responded to a lot of home invasions in my career, and there are homes that have been hit, basically the wrong home, the wrong people will be living there, where they’ve recently moved in, and there’s been a problem with the people who lived there before who did the home invasion or were, you know, taken care of. In this case, if they’ve been in a car for a long time, it’s probably not lived in a car. It doesn’t mean that, like I said, Tucson is pretty notorious for home invasions,” the former lieutenant added.
He added, “We have it because of our borders and it happens and sometimes the wrong house is hit.”
Latest update on the caseThe Pima County Sheriff’s Department has revealed that no suspects have been identified in the case, even as the ‘Today’ show host. Savannah Guthrie’s mother Still missing after the ransom deadline has passed. “Investigators have not identified any suspects, persons of interest or vehicles connected to Nancy Guthrie,” the department said. Wrote in X.
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D Ransom payment deadline Nancy’s safe return is passed in return. The purported ransom note for Nancy listed a deadline of Monday at 5pm Arizona time or 7pm Eastern for payment in cryptocurrency. An earlier deadline set for Thursday has already passed.
Savannah is calling on the public to help her in a new video Posted on Instagram Monday afternoon, admitting that the family is “in a moment of despair.” “We believe our mother is still out there,” he said. “He was taken away, and we don’t know where.”
Savannah asked the entire country to report anything suspicious that they believe may be connected to her mother’s disappearance.
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