Nancy Guthrie Case Takes Dark Turn as Ex-Cop Claims Home Was ‘Canvassed Prior’ to Kidnapping

A former Pima County Sheriff’s Department homicide detective claims that Nancy Guthrie’s abduction was premeditated and likely involved multiple people. The development comes amid speculation that the 84-year-old may have died in Mexico.

Kurt Dabb, a combat infantry veteran of the Gulf War, said the kidnapping was not random but the result of careful planning and coordination, possibly involving “two to four accomplices.”

Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing from her Catalina Foothills home on February 1. Since then, several ransom notes have surfaced, blood was found on her porch, and Ring doorbell footage captured a masked man hours before the incident.

Now, a new theory suggests the evidence may point to multiple suspects.

Dabb said the abductors appeared to have prior knowledge of Guthrie’s home setup, including the camera at the front door.

“It’s more than likely the home was canvassed prior, either by the kidnapper himself or an accomplice,” Dabb told The Parade. “Whether or not they knew a camera was there was a culmination of their reconnoiter.”

He added that the “porch guy” did not act alone.

“I believe there are anywhere between two to four accomplices. The logistics of something of this magnitude is too much for one person to handle in my professional opinion based on the facts as I know them right now,” he said.

The retired detective also pushed back against the idea that the incident was a robbery gone wrong.

“I see nothing different on the video than what is publicly known. That being said, burglars don’t go to burglarize a house with a full backpack. This was a kidnapping,” he said.

“I have never thought this was a robbery gone wrong,” Rogers told Parade exclusively.

He added that there were too many opportunities to target the home when it was empty. “There are a good number of interstate home burglars that are much more careful, case homes, know when the owners are away, and are in and out in minutes. They do not hit residences when it is almost guaranteed someone is home,” the law enforcement expert stated.

Meanwhile, Savannah Guthrie gave her first public interview since the disappearance of her mother.

Discussing the emotional toll of the situation, Savannah revealed she wakes up in the middle of the night and imagines the horrible things her mother might be going through. “And to think of what she went through. I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night,” the teary-eyed anchor stated.