Today’s statement from the Pima County sheriff is a direct response to so-called “armchair detectives” who have wildly – and sometimes irresponsibly – speculated about suspects in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. “The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple,” Sheriff Chris Nanos said Monday, suggesting that claims to the contrary risk revictimizing the family members. Now that the point has been made publicly, that the family members are not suspects, “let’s hope this puts an end to the reckless and malicious nonsense,” a longtime friend of Savannah Guthrie’s remarked to CNN. There has been a yawning gap between what traditional news outlets have been saying about the Nancy Guthrie investigation and what new-media influencers have been saying. A television journalist prepares to go live outside of Nancy Guthrie's residence in Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday.

Source: CNN February 16, 2026 21:03 UTC