The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI have seemingly returned a car belonging to Nancy Guthrie back to the Guthrie family following her disappearance.
As the investigation into the kidnapping of the 84-year-old mother of broadcaster Savannah Guthrie enters its sixth week, there has still been no major breakthrough in the case — at least as far as the public is aware. But law enforcement has been looking at evidence, and following the abduction of Nancy from her home in Tucson, Arizona, police seized several pieces of property to investigate.
Nancy Guthrie’s Car Returned After Investigation
GettyA car belonging to Nancy seems to have been returned to the family — although other vehicles tied to the investigation remained seized.
Last week, content creator and investigative reporter Jonathan Lee Riches posted footage of what appeared to be Nancy’s car being driven by a member of her family. Also known as JLR, Richies filmed several vehicles being driven near Nancy’s home in Tucson, including her personal blue Subaru.
Riches wrote on X, “Man believed to be Cameron drove out of Nancy Guthrie’s home with her Subaru. Mystery woman in white SUV leaves too.”
The vehicle was originally towed from the residence early on in the investigation as law enforcement looked for clues about what had happened to the victim.
Former FBI Agent Explains Why Annie Guthrie’s Car Hasn’t Been Returned
GettyMeanwhile, a former FBI agent has revealed why other vehicles that were taken into evidence by the FBI have not yet been returned to the family after they were ruled out as being involved in Nancy’s disappearance.
“There’s several reasons. I honestly can’t tell you why they haven’t done that already,” former FBI agent Steve Moore said. “Frequently, you’ll get situations where you keep a vehicle for a long time to where the people are just pushing on you and knocking on your door and saying, ‘Where’s my car?’ But I have not had a problem in eventually getting those things back, especially when they are important to the person who is the owner.”
“It takes manpower to go through all the processes of releasing it back to you, and maybe they are more interested in having that manpower working the cases,” he added.
“Maybe parts of it they don’t want to give back. Maybe they took the carpets out and don’t want to return the carpets,” he suggested. “This is not unusual at all. Say they did take the carpets out or a seat out or anything like that, then they would have sent it to the lab in Washington DC. So what’s happening now is maybe half the car’s in Quantico, Virginia.”
He added, “And it’s not just up to the FBI. The FBI can’t release evidence on a case until the United States Attorney’s Office has authorized the release of evidence that they might potentially want someday for trial.”
