New Theory in Nancy Guthrie Case Suggests More Than One Person Was Involved

As the mystery surrounding Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance continues, multiple experts have warned that there may be more than one person involved in her kidnapping. Guthrie, 84, was last seen by her family on the night of January 31.

The following morning, she was reported missing after she was unusually absent from a church service. As the investigation began, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released footage of a masked suspect interfering with the doorbell camera outside Nancy Guthrie’s home.

However, multiple experts have asserted that the case is too complex for a suspect to act alone. Former detectives believe that the masked individual was not the only person involved in the kidnapping, and instead, a team of kidnappers may have carried out the crime.

A few days ago, Kurt Dabb, a retired Pima County homicide detective, stated that two to four individuals could have been involved in Nancy Guthrie's abduction. Dabb said in an interview with Parade, “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 added.

Dabb further pointed out that a team of suspects may have recced Nancy Guthrie's house before her kidnapping.

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

The theory is supported by the fact that investigators believe the suspect could have visited Nancy Guthrie's neighborhood on January 11, three weeks before her disappearance. While the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Office are probing the case from different angles, including a possible burglary gone wrong, Dabb is certain that it was a kidnapping.

“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. Another expert came up with the multiple kidnappers theory after Savannah Guthrie’s Today show interview.

In the interview, which aired on March 26 and 27, Savannah Guthrie revealed the back door of Nancy Guthrie's home was propped open at the time of her disappearance. Michael J. Alcazar, an ex-New York Police Department detective, used this information to deduce that multiple kidnappers might have taken Nancy Guthrie away.

“He's leaving that door open because somebody else is following behind him, potentially,” Alcazar said during an appearance on Joel Waldman’s Surviving The Survivor podcast. “I think maybe he's working with other people, might have been the first person at the door and just leaving it open for his team,” Alcazar continued.

However, neither the FBI nor the Pima County Sheriff’s Office has officially announced how many people were involved in Nancy Guthrie's abduction. Investigators are currently searching for suspects, and no arrests have been made so far.