Speculation about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has intensified, with multiple YouTube videos mentioning her son-in-law’s name. Tommaso Scioni and claimed he was involved. But a retired FBI agent has now refuted those claims, pointing to official statements from law enforcement.
Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer spoke about the issue on X, saying a YouTube account has been posting content “that suggests Tommaso Cioni is responsible for what happened to Nancy.” She clarified that she was not referring to commentator @TVAshleigh.
The account attracted “hundreds of views and hundreds of comments voicing support for Tommaso’s guilt,” according to Coffendaver, with videos outlining an alleged scheme in “extreme detail.”
What do the authorities say?
this Pima County Sheriff’s Office Coffendaver noted that the company has publicly “unequivocally denied that the Guthrie siblings and their spouses were involved.” She said such a statement would not be made lightly during a joint investigation.
“I have never seen a statement like the one below made on a joint case without FBI support,” she wrote. She added that in 28 years of working on joint cases, she had never encountered a situation where a local commander working with the FBI “lied about something of this magnitude.”
Nancy GuthrieThe 84-year-old was reportedly kidnapped from her home in the Tucson area in the early morning hours of February 1. The case remains an active investigation and the FBI is assisting local authorities.
No suspects have been named yet.
Warning about online accusations
Coffendaver also pointed to a recent defamation case involving false accusations in another high-profile investigation, suggesting that content creators who make unsubstantiated claims could face legal exposure.
“The accounts I’m referring to don’t seem to care at all about their exposure,” she wrote, adding that if the claims were false, she hoped the family would “go after them with all their might.”
Authorities have not yet presented any evidence implicating Sione, and investigators continue to urge the public to rely on the latest verified information as the case progresses.
