Nancy Guthrie update: Experts list two areas where potential killers might have disposed of bodies, “buried in woods…”

“Even considering the suspicious circumstances of this case… the most common disposal area for ‘bodyless’ murders is in the water. The second is what I would call, kind of buried in the woods or left in the woods,” DiBiase told Brian Entin, NewsNationclarifying that he was referring to outdoor activities in general.

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“To me, there are two reasons why not doing a search would be problematic,” DiBiase said. “One, because you ignored the opportunity to find the body, which is crucial. But two, when you go to trial, you want to be able to say to the jury, this is all the searches we did, we established that she couldn’t have walked away on her own, she couldn’t have escaped, she couldn’t have killed herself. Any of those things.” Because you don’t know unless you do a very thorough search and you’re able to say to the jury, ‘We can rule out other possibilities for what happened, and all that’s left is that this person was present the night she disappeared, when she seemed to be missing, and that’s the only logical thing to do. ‘”

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Investigators have not publicly disclosed plans for further large-scale searches. However, DiBiase believes continued efforts could help find answers and future prosecutions.