Do authorities have the name of suspect Nancy Guthrie? Deputy who solved Tucson’s ‘Prime Time Rapist’ case speaks out

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A retired Pima County deputy said he believes investigators Nancy Guthrie Case Already have a suspect’s name. Robbie Mayer, a former Pima County Sheriff’s Department detective who solved Tucson’s infamous “Prime Time Rapist” case in 1986, went public with the Guthrie case, Tucson News 4 reported.

Issues related to Sheriff Chris Nanos' employment history, including the Nancy Guthrie case, management of the Pima County Sheriff's Department and interactions with federal immigration officials, were discussed during a Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting at the Pima County Administration Building in Tucson on May 12, 2026. Pima County seals were issued that day. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble (REUTERS)
Issues related to Sheriff Chris Nanos’ employment history, including the Nancy Guthrie case, management of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and interactions with federal immigration officials, were discussed during a Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting at the Pima County Administration Building in Tucson on May 12, 2026. Pima County seals were issued that day. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble (REUTERS)

The primetime rapist is a man named Brian Larriva, who is believed to be responsible for the break-in Tucson Burglary them. He is accused of sexually assaulting female residents between 1983 and 1986.

When police surrounded Lariva’s home, he committed suicide. Like the Lariva case, investigators reportedly have tens of thousands of leads in Nancy’s case.

“We ended up getting over 4,000 leads,” Mayer recalled of Prime Time Rapist. “One of the detectives has Lariva’s name as a clue, but he hasn’t found it yet because he has so many clues ahead of him.”

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He said of Nancy’s case, “I believe the suspect’s name is among those 50,000. The question is whether they recognize it when they see it. A case like this is like being in a rocky field and what you’re looking for is under a rock. You just have to keep turning.”

Meyer speculated that Nancy’s case involved more than one person who was part of a theft ring that was active in Phoenix two years ago and targeted the elderly. However, he acknowledged that much remains unknown.

“This case is very unique. Most of the time we try to find patterns. But in this case we couldn’t,” he said. “These people were prepared, no hair or DNA left. Look at what the person was wearing. They had their phones turned off.”

“This is a very high-level investigation and I think the FBI is going to crack this case,” he added.

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Months after Nancy’s disappearance, no suspects have been identified. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos According to reports, when providing DNA analysis of the case, relevant information Whose blood was found? The missing woman’s fortune could soon be revealed. Nanos told PEOPLE that forensic departments, particularly those doing DNA analysis, are getting closer to determining whose blood was found.

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“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.

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