Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos's former chief deputy Rick Kastigar has revealed why ground searches for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie, were sidelined early in the investigation into her February 1 disappearance from her Tucson, Arizona home. Speaking to NewsNation's Brian Entin on day 51 of the hunt, Kastigar, who spent 46 years at the department and once oversaw Nanos, argued that investigators treated the case as a simple elderly wander-off at first. They downplayed the need for urgent sweeps despite evidence of a violent abduction.
Nancy's pacemaker signal cut out around dawn that Sunday, after doorbell footage captured a masked figure in gloves and a holstered gun tampering with her camera. Her blood on the porch pointed to a struggle.
