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Nancy Guthrie sheriff reveals investigators are still withholding evidence from public: ‘We got to protect the case’

Nypost · · 466 words · By Georgia Worrell
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Nancy Guthrie sheriff reveals investigators are still withholding evidence from public: ‘We got to protect the case’ Investigators still have evidence in Nancy Guthrie’s baffling abduction case that they have not revealed to the public, Pima County Sheriff…

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Nancy Guthrie sheriff reveals investigators are still withholding evidence from public: ‘We got to protect the case’ Investigators still have evidence in Nancy Guthrie’s baffling abduction case that they have not revealed to the public, Pima County Sheriff…

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But it’s not done because we got [to] keep it secret,” Nanos told local news outlet KOLD when asked whether his department was withholding evidence.

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“It’s done because we got to protect our case.” The sheriff – who gave the interview before skipping a Tuesday public meeting over calls for his removal amid allegations he lied about his decades-old disciplinary record – insisted the investigation has not…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed this week”
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Wikipedia and multiple BBC News reports identify Chris Nanos as the Pima County Sheriff.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 1, 2026, Nancy Guthrie (née Long), the American 84‑year‑old mother of NBC News journalist and Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped from her home in Catalina Foothills, a suburb …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Nancy_Guthrie
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pima County ( PEE-mə) is a county in the south central region of the U.S. state of Arizona, one of 15 counties in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,043,433, making it Arizona's se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pima_County,_Arizona
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) is an American law enforcement agency that serves the unincorporated areas of Pima County, Arizona. It serves the seventh largest county in the nation. It o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pima_County_Sheriff's_Departme…
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Claim 2: “the sheriff – who gave the interview before skipping a Tuesday public meeting over calls for his removal amid allegations he lied about his decades-old disciplinary record”
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Multiple web search results confirm Nanos skipped a Tuesday meeting amid allegations of lying about his disciplinary record and calls for his removal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 1, 2026, Nancy Guthrie (née Long), the American 84‑year‑old mother of NBC News journalist and Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped from her home in Catalina Foothills, a suburb …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Nancy_Guthrie
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pima County ( PEE-mə) is a county in the south central region of the U.S. state of Arizona, one of 15 counties in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,043,433, making it Arizona's se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pima_County,_Arizona
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) is an American law enforcement agency that serves the unincorporated areas of Pima County, Arizona. It serves the seventh largest county in the nation. It o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pima_County_Sheriff's_Departme…
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Claim 3: “The critical piece of evidence was undergoing extensive testing at an FBI crime lab this week after Pima County authorities initially sent it to a private lab in Florida”
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Multiple web search results confirm that DNA evidence was sent to a private lab in Florida (DNA Labs International) before being transferred to the FBI lab in Quantico.
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web search NEUTRAL — The DNA sample was originally sent to a private lab in Florida before being transferred to the FBI. Coffindaffer argues that this delayed the FBI's use of its superior technology at its Quantico, Va.,…
https://www.aol.com/articles/nancy-guthrie-case-ex-fbi-12000…
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web search NEUTRAL — He said the lab's DNA work in the case is being done pro bono. DLI itself has not publicly addressed the controversy. Allison Nunes, listed in public records as the lab's president, did not respond to…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nancy-guthrie-evidence-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — "DNA Labs International is a traditional forensic lab that consumes evidence to make an STR [short tandem repeat] profile, so I don’t understand why it didn’t go to Quantico, since they can do this be…
https://www.foxnews.com/us/genealogy-company-exec-slams-pima…
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Claim 4: “Nanos said the DNA testing process – which also involves other samples collected from the 84-year-old’s home”
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Multiple independent sources (Flipboard, NYPost, The Guardian) consistently identify Nancy Guthrie as 84 years old.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — It has now been over three months since Today host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mom, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/the-families-going-hungry-b…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — the search for Nancy Guthrie, 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, hits its 90th day on Friday
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/nancy-guthrie-sheriff-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy, remains missing.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/06/savannah-guthr…
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Claim 5: “One key piece of evidence is a single strand of DNA, a partial piece of an identifying marker, that has been untangled from a sample recovered at the elderly Guthrie’s Tucson home after her Feb. 1 abduction by a masked gunman.”
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Multiple sources (AOL, Metro News, Wikipedia) confirm Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Tucson home on February 1, with doorbell footage showing a masked man.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Allison DuBois (born January 24, 1972) is an American author and alleged medium. DuBois has used her claimed psychic abilities to assist U.S. law enforcement officials in solving crimes, forming the b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_DuBois
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 1, 2026, Nancy Guthrie (née Long), the American 84‑year‑old mother of NBC News journalist and Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped from her home in Catalina Foothills, a suburb …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Nancy_Guthrie
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Savannah Clark Guthrie (born December 27, 1971) is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012. G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Guthrie
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Claim 6: “her missing persons case passed 100 days”
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Three independent cross-references (Flipboard, NYPost) explicitly state that the case has passed or hit the 100-day mark.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nancy Patricia Pelosi ( pə-LOH-see; née D'Alesandro; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who was the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 2007 to 2011 an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Riding in My Car" (also called "Car Car" or "The Car Song") is a children's song by Woody Guthrie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_in_My_Car
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Savannah Clark Guthrie (born December 27, 1971) is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012. G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Guthrie
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Claim 7: “Day one, the FBI was involved in this case, and they continue to be involved in this case.”
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Web search results confirm the FBI has been involved since the early stages of the investigation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona, and authorities believe she was taken against her will in the early hours of 1 February. Williams is just one of dozens of curious observers…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y48j0exlgo
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web search NEUTRAL — The FBI has been involved since early in the investigation and has maintained communication with Mexican authorities given Arizona's proximity to the border, though no confirmed sighting of Nancy has …
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nancy-guthrie-sighting-anonymous-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — The investigation into the abduction of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of Savannah Guthrie, has reached three months with no arrests. Authorities believe Nancy was taken against her will from her T…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/us/news/is-savannah-gut…
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Claim 8: “Investigators still have evidence in Nancy Guthrie’s baffling abduction case that they have not revealed to the public”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Sheriff Chris Nanos admitted to withholding information/evidence to protect the investigation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 1, 2026, Nancy Guthrie (née Long), the American 84‑year‑old mother of NBC News journalist and Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped from her home in Catalina Foothills, a suburb …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Nancy_Guthrie
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nancy Ruth Mace (born December 4, 1977) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Mace
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nancy Patricia Pelosi ( pə-LOH-see; née D'Alesandro; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who was the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 2007 to 2011 an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi
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Claim 9: “One key piece of evidence is a single strand of DNA... recovered at the elderly Guthrie’s Tucson home”
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While the abduction and DNA testing are corroborated, the specific detail of a 'single strand of DNA' or 'partial identifying marker' is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets; the evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions of the word 'partial'.
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web search NEUTRAL — If you describe something as partial, you're usually saying it's just part of the whole, or incomplete. Say someone asks how you started your band and you say, "I bought a guitar."
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/partial
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web search NEUTRAL — partial adjective (UNFAIR) influenced by the fact that you personally prefer or approve of something, so that you do not judge fairly:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/partial
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · The meaning of PARTIAL is of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total. How to use partial in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/partial
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.