Nancy Guthrie Blood Splatter Pattern Reveals Chilling Detail About How She Was Abducted: ‘He Hurt Her’
The investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is already in its sixth week, and right now, we still know very little about what happened. Police have released surveillance video and photos, and DNA has been recovered, but no match has yet been made, and no suspects have been identified.
Now, every little detail is being scrutinized. And one detail that hasn’t gotten as much attention has been the blood splatter pattern found on Nancy’s home. Retired special agent Maureen O’Connell told NewNation’s Brian Entin there’s a big clue there that Nancy Guthrie probably didn’t walk out of her home.
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“I doubt that she walked out because there were no voids,” she said. “So, let’s say the pattern of the blood is concentrated here, but the sphere is this big, it’s round, you would have a void here from one foot or from another foot or from something,” she explained. “There don’t appear to be any voids.”
According to O’Connell, that means the most likely scenario is that she didn’t walk out by herself. “In my mind, she’s wrapped up in something and they’re carrying her out,” she said.
Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s mom, was reported missing on February 1. When police arrived at her house, they found blood on the front door, on the porch, and on the driveway, which reports indicate could signal there was a struggle.
A forensic pathologist who examined the crime scene photos said she was likely bleeding when she was taken. “The nature of the blood spots with little pale centers or donut shapes is typical for drops that come from the nose or mouth, because they’re mixed with air,” Dr. Michael Baden explained to Fox News, per RadarOnline.
“These are not innocent droplets. From the shape, number of droplets, and the place of the droplets outside the house on the porch, they are entirely consistent and indicative of occurring during an abduction,” he added.
Andrew Bringuel, another retired FBI agent who now operates a private security consulting firm, said that in his opinion, there was no initial intent to harm Guthrie. “Without knowing if anything of [value] was indeed stolen, my opinion is the subject’s intent was to kidnap Mrs. Guthrie but something went wrong, violence took place, and she was injured but not killed,” he explained in an interview with Newsweek. “If his intent was to murder her, he could have done so with the weapon on his person. He clearly wasn’t against the use of violence as the evidence suggests he caused an injury to Mrs. Guthrie.”
“If she resisted, he hurt her – how badly in her compromised state may have led to tragic consequences the subject didn’t plan,” he added.
After Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, several ransom letters were sent to the Guthrie family and media outlets, but details weren’t made public. “I am curious why the police have not released the communications between the ‘subject(s)’ and the media/police,” Bringuel said of the ransom notes. “This may be to protect the integrity of the case, it may be because they do not believe they are legitimate, it may be to protect the victim, or some other strategic reason.”
The reward for information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is up to $1 million.
