The Pima County Sheriff’s Office has been thrust into the spotlight in recent weeks as the search for “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie, continues. However, it seems they are set to be featured even more so than they are now.
A new 10-episode limited series titled “Desert Law” premiered on A&E in January, with new episodes airing Wednesdays at 10 p.m.
Sheriff Chris Nanos does not appear in the show, which was his decision, but he “coordinates with producers Twenty Twenty given that his officers and detectives are the featured stars,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The outlet further adds that the episodes were filmed in 2025.
Sheriff Chris Nanos Detailed Potential New Lead In Nancy Guthrie Investigation
When speaking with NBC News on Tuesday, February 17, Nanos revealed that there is a potential clue in the video of the suspect on Nancy’s porch that could help identify the suspect. Specifically, the suspect appears to be wearing a ring underneath the pair of black gloves.
“I look at the same photo you look at and I get — I see it,” Nanos said. “I’m going to give that to my team. They’ll look at that. They’ll analyze it and we’ll see. Maybe, maybe it is.”
The suspect also appears to be wearing a gun holder on his belt.
“We know he had a gun. We know he had a holster that had some pretty unique characteristics,” Nanos continued. “We can’t quite identify it yet, but that’s being worked on. So naturally, we go to our gun shops everywhere and say: ‘Have you seen this guy? Can you help us identify this weapon? Can you help us identify this holster?’”
Sheriff Chris Nanos Issues Warning To Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapper
During an interview on the Today Show, Nanos sent a very strong warning to Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers, even though the DNA evidence from a glove near her home did not have any matches in Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). And that’s because there is still other DNA evidence that was found.
“We believe that we may have some DNA there that may be our suspect, but we won’t know that until that DNA is separated, sorted out, maybe admitted to CODIS, maybe through genetic genealogy,” Nanos said. “Now we start with genealogy and some of the partial DNA we have at the home. To me, that’s more critical than any glove I found two miles away.”
