Nancy Guthrie’s Abductors’ Potential Hiding Spot Exposed as Ex-SWAT Boss Identifies How They ‘Stayed Under the Radar’—’It Would Provide Them a Cover Story’
Questions about what really happened to Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy, still abound. It’s been over a month and a half since her disappearance, and though police have released surveillance photos and video, they have yet to name a suspect or disclose a motive for the kidnapping. In fact, we know very little about what actually happened the night Guthrie disappeared.
But police are looking at all the leads, including an empty house in the neighborhood. Speaking to Parade, retired Pima County SWAT commander Bob Krygier explained that the house could have served as a “home base or staging location” for the suspect or suspects.
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“They could look at [that location] as [a] possible home base or staging location for the suspect(s). It would provide them a cover story to be at those locations at different times,” Krygier said, adding that the home would allow them to stay “a little bit more ‘under the radar’ to see the activity of the neighborhood, to see the comings and goings of people, the timing of things of all the people, [including] Nancy.”
Reports about police looking at this specific vacant property came from NewsNation’s senior investigative reporter Brian Entin, who revealed on an episode of Brian Entin Investigates that the FBI has returned to the neighborhood where Nancy lived to ask more questions.
“Some of the things that they’re talking about is there’s one neighbor that moved out before Nancy disappeared, and they are asking more questions about that situation,” Entin said. “Not to say that that has anything to do with what happened. But that is something the FBI agents are asking about.”
Guthrie has been missing since sometime during the night of January 31 and the morning of February 1. The reward for information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is up to $1 million
Krygier also told Parade that an empty home like the one in the neighborhood “could also be a location to set up surveillance equipment if anyone chose [to do so]. It could be easily stashed in a structure or on the property without anyone knowing.”
He also explained that the FBI focusing on it now is normal. “It is just more follow-up. The investigators continue to follow all the leads and tips that they are getting… new viable leads pop up all the time. Someone in the area could see or hear something and it shakes loose a memory that they just put away as ‘nothing’ at the time.”
Entin also shared that they’re looking at the specific person who moved out of that house, as well. “Some of the things that they’re talking about is there’s one neighbor that moved out before Nancy disappeared, and they are asking more questions about that situation,” he said, per Parade. “Not to say that that has anything to do with what happened. But that is something the FBI agents are asking about.”
Plus, questions are also being asked about “several houses that are under construction” in the area.
“They are asking, specifically, for names of contractors and workers who were working in the neighborhood on those houses, on those construction projects,” he said. “And I’m talking about specifics. They want the names of all the contractors and workers who were working on those houses.”
