While her family members have officially been cleared as potential suspects, the sheriff in charge of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie is admitting that there has been a struggle when it comes to identifying a person of interest–and a potential motive for abducting the 84-year-old.
Nancy was reported missing on Sunday, February 1, after her family last saw her the night before, when she was dropped off at her home after a dinner with relatives. She was reported missing after failing to attend a church service.
Now, with the search entering a third week, Nancy still nowhere to be seen, and an official suspect not named, many are starting to question the Sheriff’s department and the actions they are taking in the case.
Now, Chris Nanos, who is leading the investigation, has admitted that a lack of motive is a big part of the issue they have encountered.
Speaking to the Daily Mail in a new interview, Nanos admitted that the lack of a clear motivation in Nancy’s disappearance has made investigating the case more difficult.
“And that’s what makes me say this is a kidnapping,” he said.
“The motivation for it is where we get stuck, right? Is it for money? I mean, we had the one demand where they asked for money. But is it really for money, or is it for revenge for something?”
His comments come as he has faced criticism over his handling of the case, specifically regarding where the DNA evidence was sent.
After facing backlash for not using the FBI’s DNA processing labs at Quantico, Nanos defended his actions, stating that he had cleared the issue with the FBI to use the lab he had started with at the beginning of the case.
He later clarified that claims he was hindering things with his request were false, stating that his decision was final.
“Actually, the FBI just wanted to send the one or two they found by the crime scene, closest to it–mile, mil and a half…I said ‘No, why do that? Let’s just send them all to where all the DNA exists, all the profiles and the markers exist,’” he said at the time.
“They agreed, makes sense,” he added.
The case has also been marked by a series of bizarre ransom notes sent to TMZ, where an unnamed person has emailed the news outlet with demands for payment of one single Bitcoin for information about the identity of the alleged kidnapper.
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