After 50 days, legendary cold-case detective dives into the Nancy Guthrie case — including the most crucial evidence

New York Post ^ | March 22, 2026 | Jared Downing

[nickcarraway]

As the search for Nancy Guthrie hit its 50th day Sunday, leaving the local sheriff desperate and humiliated, a legendary cold-case detective insisted to The Post that the case is still ripe with potential leads.

“Nancy’s case is still very fresh,” said Brian Martin, the crack detective from Fort Payne, Ind., who helped catch the killer of 8-year-old April Tinsley almost 30 years after her murder.

Martin said he is optimistic that law enforcement will track down the abductor of the 84-year-old mom of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, after Nancy vanished with nary a trace from her home near Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 1.

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[Karl Spooner]

There a lot of these cases on Youtube. Some are really surprised when the cops show up and others seem completely innocent, even when the odds exceed the number a people on the planet.

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[Sacajaweau]

I keep looking at the gloved hand...particularly the finger tips in the glove...they look female...the eyes look female, too. Mustache looks phony.

That connects to my thought of using flowers to cover the cam...that makes me think female, too.

That person is really bundled.....some postures say female, too.

Remember, Nancy is fragile and can't go far. I believe there's someone just out of camera range...i.e., there's at least two people involved. This is NOT a one man/woman job.

I think old nurses aid and dumb a** husband who is a techy.

I'd say there's a third person...in charge of the car.

And two places...one where the nurse is with Nancy and knows and has access to meds...and another place for the two other perps.

[rod5591]

>>Martin said he is optimistic that law enforcement will track down the abductor of the 84-year-old mom of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie,<<

I am not so optimistic.

[MayflowerMadam]

“leaving the local sheriff desperate and humiliated,”

That sheriff’s behavior from Day One was shameful; he should be humiliated. Good and hard.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Martin said he is optimistic that law enforcement will track down the abductor

Has this guy from Indiana ever been out of the US or even near the Mexican border? She lived 60 miles from it, genius, get a clue!

[dfwgator]

[cpdiii]

I suspect the following:

1. Kidnapping for ransom gone wrong.
2. Victim dead due to violence or natural causes due to stress of the kidnapping, heart attack perhaps.
3. Buried in the desert somewhere.

[AuntB]

“Mexican border? She lived 60 miles from it, genius, get a clue!”

No kidding. That old woman was dead the first night and the killer is in Mexico.

[rdcbn1]

This case is going to be hard to crack because Pima County Sheriff Nanos sabotaged the investigation from the gitgo.

The Arizona Democrat Party and it's politicians are completely corrupted by the cartels and the criminal illegal alien organized crime.

It is highly likely that the Guthrie kidnapping was committed by illegal aliens running organized crime operations.

The Democrats simply cannot have the American people who cheerfully employ illegal aliens as landscapers, pool boys, maids, roofers, baby sitters, nannies, repair men, delivery people and a whole hot of people who are in and out of neighborhoods and inside people homes to realize that these people are often under the control of the cartels that trafficked them into the country or are part of criminal organizations that are casing their homes for the kinds of burglary or kidnapping that are an everyday fact of life in the countries that came from

[nickcarraway]

What was the motive?

[nickcarraway]

This case is going to be hard to crack because Pima County Sheriff Nanos sabotaged the investigation from the gitgo.

Why would they deliberately sabotage it?

[MayflowerMadam]

“Why would they deliberately sabotage it?”

Cartel connections.

[blackberry1]

The Cartel

[catnipman]

bullshit clickbait headline: the only “involvement of said “legendary” cold-case detective in the guthrie case is that he said the case is not even close to being cold yet, and that there’s still substantial evidence for more leads, including large amounts of DNA that have yet to be analyzed ...

[Sacajaweau]

Money...

I wonder if there was any sign of drugging Nancy...chloroform.

I think they should have had dogs taking the lead in all this...they had the blood...there may have been a drop 200 or 300 ft. away....or half a mile...

[Sarah Barracuda]

The first call Savannah made was to Mark Kelly, Mark Kelly called the Sheriff who is a die hard commie Dem and told him to make sure the family is NOT investigated..he knew, the brother in law is 100 percent involved, this was about the life insurance policy..give it enough time she will be declared dead and watch who wants to collect the dough

[nickcarraway]

Money how? What she had in her purse?

[Dr. Franklin]

I am not so optimistic.

There are a lot of stupid criminals, but abducting an 84 year old woman for a ransom doesn't sound like a winning proposition. Even if the family wants to pay the ransom, at that age Nancy could just drop dead any day, especially if kept in harsh conditions without meds and medical treatment. They may find the abductor, but hope of finding Nancy Guthrie alive decreases every day.

[Fido969]

Tons of various click stories over the last two months on the Guthrie case - but no results.