Following Nancy Guthrie’s abduction from her home in Tucson, Arizona, the 84-year-old has not been seen since. Unfortunately, it appears as if law enforcement are yet to make a breakthrough in the case that can either help locate the victim or identify the suspect in what they are treating as a kidnapping case.
While the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI have been able to gather some evidence, including DNA samples, they are seemingly not any closer to tracking down the person responsible for taking Nancy Guthrie, who was seen in surveillance footage captured at her residence.
Now, a former sheriff has confirmed that the suspect likely has multiple accomplices.
Former Sheriff Kurt Dabb Says Suspect Likely Had Help in Kidnapping Nancy Guthrie
GettyIn an interview with RadarOnline.com, former Pima County sheriff Kurt Dabb explained that he believes the suspect in the case almost certainly had some help. The retired law enforcement officer went on to say that the deliberate planning and execution of the crime suggests that the suspect likely had a number of accomplices.
“I believe there are anywhere between two to four accomplices,” Dabb said. “The logistics of something of this magnitude is too much for one person to handle, in my professional opinion, based on the facts as I know them right now.”
According to Dabb, the amount of work needed to carry out this sort of kidnapping successfully is difficult to do alone and multiple people could have helped the suspect plan and carry out the crime.
He added, “It’s more than likely the home was canvassed prior, either by the kidnapper himself or an accomplice. Whether or not they knew a camera was there was a culmination of their reconnoiter.”
Expert Says ‘Unforgiving’ Terrain is Hampering Search in Nancy Guthrie Case
Crime reporter and cold case investigator Sheryl McCollum recently explained that the harsh environment around Nancy Guthrie’s home is making it difficult for law enforcement to carry out extensive searches in the area. This is making it more challenging to gather evidence and locate the victim.
“I mean, the plants can cut you,” McCollum said while appearing on NewsNation’s ‘Jesse Weber Live.’ “There are rattlesnakes. There are bobcats. There are mountain lions. There are black bears. The ground is so hard, it’s like cement. There’s just rocks everywhere. And then you’ve got extreme heat.”
“I think when I looked at the just, it is vast and there’s a lot of danger there,” she continued. “But canines would have a limited time they could work. That’s the first thing that I thought about. It’s not like you can take these dogs out there for half a day. They wouldn’t be able to do it. But I think somebody, if they were to ride out in this desert, they could easily dispose of evidence and then get gone. They wouldn’t have to be out of the car more than 30 seconds.”
She added, “We need boots on the ground. We need somebody to notice something small, maybe a bedroom slipper, maybe jewelry. We need somebody there on the ground looking, not up in a helicopter.”
