Nancy Guthrie case: Chris Nanos provides update on circumstances of her blood being found in Tucson home, ‘coming to light…’
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos Information about bloodstains found in the missing woman’s possessions may soon be released, a DNA analysis in the Nancy Guthrie case reportedly said. Nanos told PEOPLE that forensic departments, particularly those doing DNA analysis, are getting closer to determining whose blood was found.
“I know we have unknown DNA and don’t know who the contributors or depositors were, but I think they’re getting closer to finding out who it was,” he said.
Nanos also pushed back against suggestions that Guthrie’s case has become a “cold case.” He said the matter only became a cold case after the lab told them they couldn’t identify the blood evidence.
“When the lab tells us, ‘Hey, there’s nothing we can do,’ then maybe we have a problem… We have a cold case… but right now, the lab is not telling us that,” he said.
Blood found outside Nancy Guthrie’s home
Video released days after Nancy disappeared shows what appears to be There was blood outside her house. A video posted by NewsNation on February 3 showed visible blood stains outside Nancy’s home in Arizona. Black blood stains could be seen on the brown tiles leading to the door.
The Los Angeles Times also reported that authorities found blood in Nancy’s home.
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A retired FBI agent previously claimed that drops of blood found on Nancy’s porch and driveway suggested she may not have left the home on foot.
“So, let’s say the pattern of blood is concentrated here, but the sphere is so big, it’s round, and you’ll see a gap in one foot or the other foot or something,” Maureen O’Connell explained at the time. “It doesn’t look like there are any gaps.”
According to this theory, Nancy was upright and may have been unconscious when she was removed from the bed. Tucson house.
“It looked to me like she was wrapped in something and they were carrying her out,” O’Connell said.
