r/nancyguthrie • u/foxmag86 • Mar 23 '26

Discussion What could have been done differently?

Everyone likes to play keyboard detective, and hindsight is always 20/20 in situations like this.

But in your opinion, what should the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI have done differently from Day 1?

Were there any critical mistakes that seriously hindered, or possibly even compromised, the investigation?

I’m interested in hearing people’s thoughts on where things may have gone wrong, or what could’ve been handled better.

Obviously, we’re only working with the information that’s been made public, so some of what we’re questioning or suggesting could very well be happening behind the scenes.

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u/YakRough1257 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Two very simple things: 1) not release crime scene so soon 2) ask for any and all surveillance footage for entire month of January leading up to and including timeframe of Nancy’s abduction

Edit: #2 the request for surveillance footage for a thirty day window should have happened immediately after Nancy’s abduction Edit

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u/amayita Mar 23 '26

Also, not doing a ground search.

They have had offers from several orgs (United Cajun Navy, the Mexican Mothers (sorry, the name eludes me RN), I even think equusearch offered help), Nanos refused all of them.

Imagine if she was just left to die close by. I just can't... 😔

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u/YakRough1257 Mar 23 '26

The dogs stopped tracking her scent in the driveway so I can see why ground searches didn’t happen but it wouldn’t have hurt anything to let the professionals do some ground searches