The Pima County Sheriff’s Office is conducting polygraph tests today, Fox News reports. This happens in the process of continuous search Nancy Guthrie84-year-old TODAY host mother Savannah Guthrie.
Of course, reports of the test sparked heated debate, whether or not it had anything to do with Guthrie’s investigation.
“It’s unclear who is being tested or whether the activity is related to the alleged kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie,” Fox News’ Michael Ruiz said. wrote News of the test comes just days after Fox News’ Greg Gutfield called for the entire Guthrie family to take polygraph tests. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has since cleared the family, saying they are not suspects. It comes after weeks of online speculation surrounding the son-in-law Tommaso Scioni and wife Anne Guthrie.
However, news of the polygraph test sparked a backlash against Nanos, with many questioning his methods. “Why/how did Chief Nanos clear his family and now take polygraph tests?! The second and fourth ones are ridiculous. Makes sense!” one person wrote. Another source said, “Today it was reported that the Pima County Sheriff’s Office is conducting polygraph tests regarding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.”
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Meanwhile, Fox News said that while authorities have not confirmed whether the polygraph test is relevant to the Guthrie case, they promised an “update” “soon.”
Brian Entin, NewsNation report Polygraph tests were administered to clear people in the Nancy Guthrie case.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos attacked
News of the polygraph test comes amid attacks on Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos. When the FBI was asked whether members of the Guthrie family had been exonerated, they noted that Nanos’ team was leading the investigation.
However, the furor against Nanos comes as independent investigator Steve Fisher claims there may have been a “breakdown” in “crime scene protection” amid reports that an Adult Protective Services investigator left a card on Guthrie’s doorstep on the day she disappeared.
Fisher wrote “Yesterday, the Pima County Sheriff told multiple media outlets that a business card left by an Adult Protective Services investigator was placed on Nancy Guthrie’s door on February 1, the day she was reported missing. Investigators were allowed to walk through the crime scene, which included blood on the ground and possible DNA on the door where the kidnapper reportedly touched it, according to the Sheriff evidence in order to leave a business card behind as a concerned neighbor called the department on Sunday even as law enforcement was on duty.”
He added, “If accurate, this would represent a significant failure in crime scene preservation. It also raises questions about protocol and training, especially since APS investigators are not law enforcement officers,” and continued, “I think the Sheriff is wrong. However, if that statement is accurate, it represents a significant failure in crime scene control, which any defense attorney could exploit.”
Fisher further stated, “Either we were deceived by the Sheriff, or if this is true, then APS failed completely in protecting the crime scene and APS has poor training for investigators to enter active crime scenes.”
