The officer overseeing the search for Nancy Guthrie — the 84-year-old mother of 'Today' show anchor Savannah Guthrie — has been branded a 'vindictive bully' and an 'egocentric individual' by his own former superior in a public rebuke. Rick Kastigar, who served as Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos's direct supervisor for 37 years, appeared on the 23 March episode of 'Brian Entin Investigates', a YouTube programme hosted by correspondent Brian Entin, where he discussed his concerns about the investigation's direction.
Kastigar was direct in his assessment, recounting how colleagues had approached him with warnings about Nanos long before the case thrust the sheriff into the national spotlight. 'What I was told is he's a bully by many people who would come to me and personally relate, "Look, Rick, the guy works for you. He's patronising you, but he's a bully to all of his subordinates,"' Kastigar told Entin. He added that it was only after Nanos became sheriff — and Kastigar served as his second-in-command — that he personally witnessed the conduct described to him. 'And then I became strongly aware of the type of egocentric individual he is, how vindictive he is, and how vain he is,' he said.
