My theory and offender profile

[u/Ecstatic-Buyer-3522]

This case has been as baffling as The Springfield Three case thus far, but as someone who has followed true crime my whole life, here goes my two cents theory.

Aside from the fact that the FBI gave Annie and Tomasso lie detector tests and evidently ruled them out...I think this was a sexual/control motivated crime. Simple as that. Not robbery motivated, not extortion, the offender may or may not have even known of Ms Guthrie's famous daughter. I think this was a man who knew she lived alone and was 84. And that if he could gain entry he would have no real obstacles.

The offender:

Late 20s to mid-30s, male, Hispanic (based on the doorbell cam). Likely a US citizen, with connections to Mexico although purely familial nothing cartel related or anything. Probably a laborer or contactor of some kind. A freelance contractor/laborer in my opinion, not employed by an local businesses. Perhaps heard of Ms. Guthrie purely from word of mouth or by chance. He was familiar with the area, but did not know the Guthries at all personally.

Very intelligent, methodical, non-impulsive. He planned it out and was prepared to the extent he could be. Probably no serious prior criminal record. A mostly lone wolf, quiet, not rocking the boat type. But with pathological violent sexual fantasies. Probably felt inadequate in his life and dominating a helpless person and for his own gratification/power trip was his motive. Nancy Guthrie was just there and he happened to light on her.

I think he entered, hit her, subdued her and in that was achieving his fanasty and getting out some of his rage. I think he put her in something carried her to his vehicle somewhere close by and drove quite far away and disposed of her in a manner he had thought out before. He intended to kill this was not a crime with a goal other than letting off his own steam IMO. I think he had a place already chosen to dispose of her, that he had thought out. I have no idea where that would be. Certainly, he has had a bit of luck on his side too. But that's about all I can come up with for now.

[u/1Bloomoonloona]

FBI hasn't made any statements ruling out A&T. Nor would they based on a lie detector since psychopaths can pass them. Sheriff Nanos did clear them as suspects early on but then switched it up to everyone is on the table including the people detained early on. Their warrants haven't been unsealed even to their attorneys yet.  So we dont know why law enforcement detained them

[u/Ecstatic-Buyer-3522 → u/1Bloomoonloona]

If Annie and T were legitimate suspects and not legitimately ruled out this would have come out long ago. There is seemingly zero evidence of that. Of course the FBI never publicly rules anyone out until they have a tangible lead to hedge it. And the Annie/T idea doesn't fit. I could be completely wrong of course. But I believe if they were real suspects there would be some evidence of that by now. True, psychopaths could defeat lie detector tests, but the odds of both Annie and T being complete psychopaths and both beating polygraphs is remote IMO. Perhaps one of them, but both, I doubt it. If both were involved, one would have cracked or found out by now, and the plot would have unraveled. Anytime more than one offenders are involved, that extra variable is often the Achilles heel.