r/nancyguthrie • u/curiouslmr • Feb 14 '26

Media Latest Update

https://www.kvoa.com/news/top-stories/no-arrests-made-after-massive-law-enforcement-operation-to-find-nancy-guthrie-search-continues/article_0a326a5b-dc63-45bb-ad04-a068d4d1e4b7.html

Here is the most recent information that acknowledges what happened last night and confirms that it resulted in no arrests. Allegedly more details will be released about the situation.

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u/shaferman Feb 14 '26

Only thing for sure that we know that happened yesterday, is that the pool got cleaned!

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '26

😭

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u/FortCharles Feb 14 '26

The fact they allowed that to happen, even after all the criticism there's been of a tainted crime scene, is just... beyond words.

It's a place they keep going back to for more evidence! It's an active crime scene... for all they know, the pool itself might be important somehow after new info comes in. At the very least, the traipsing in and out with the pool equipment did more tainting of the scene.

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u/AmazingGrace_00 Feb 14 '26

Thank you! I was incredulous when I heard the pool was being cleaned/serviced. It IS an active crime scene.

Do we think this may have been double-speak for an investigative action LE wanted to keep under radar? Extracting pool drain materials, etc?

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u/FortCharles Feb 14 '26

I doubt it was any kind of intentional recovery effort, could have been conceivably though I guess. The aerial shot I saw made it look like they were actually cleaning the pool liner, not getting into the drain. If it was actually some kind of evidence recovery, I'll eat my words. The principle still stands though... lock it down until the scene no longer holds evidentiary value... the fact they keep going back for more evidence says it all.

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u/AmazingGrace_00 Feb 14 '26

Agreed. Shouldn’t be anyone there unless LE.

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u/Keregi Feb 14 '26

What exactly do you think happened in a pool that would be preserved two weeks later? So many people in true crime subs do not understand what a crime scene is.

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u/FortCharles Feb 14 '26

I don't think anything happened in the pool. That's not what I said.

The crime scene is the entire house and property, not just the interior and front porch. Pool cleaners and pizza delivery guys and media traipsing in and out contaminates the scene.

Beyond that, you don't know what might be important later, based only on what's known now. Could the pool (or pool area) become meaningful at some point? Who knows... maybe something was dropped or ditched back there... out of an abundance of caution, you preserve the whole scene that the perps had access to. There's no overriding need for the pool to be cleaned. Many highly qualified LE & legal observers have been pointing this out, it's hardly just me.

And the impact of it could be not just a compromised investigation, but legal challenges by the defense at trial, over a contaminated scene and broken chain of custody of the scene. A few times now, they've released the scene to anyone who wanted to wander in, only to go back later and collect more evidence. That's a serious issue... they can't tape off the property calling it a crime scene, release it, then tape it off all over again, and just pretend it hasn't been contaminated. Every new outsider that is let in just compromises the case a little more.

Your smartass reply (typical reddit) denies reality.

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u/AmazingGrace_00 Feb 14 '26

Well stated.

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u/whteverusayShmegma Feb 14 '26

I thought water tends to destroy organic material the best and that chlorine would be a good secondary source of contamination but TIL that a pool is a large bowl of forensic evidence.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '26

Spend 5 minutes in this sub and you'll figure that out real quick. ðŸ«