New reports attributing Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance to a burglary gone wrong were disputed by a law enforcement source Sunday, as investigators pushed back on what they say is not the leading theory in the case.
The source said the latest theory behind the missing 84-year-old’s disappearance is not currently the prevailing view among investigators.
«This is not the working theory inside the unit,» the source said before pushing back further on the burglary narrative, noting that nighttime residential burglaries are uncommon.
«Nighttime residential burglaries are so ridiculously rare. Crazy rare,» the source said, before highlighting how «commercial building burglaries» happen at night and «residential during the day.»
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Investigators searching the grounds of Nancy Guthrie's property in the Catalina Foothills.
A law enforcement source quickly threw cold water on reports attributing Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance to a burglary gone wrong.
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The source also questioned whether Guthrie’s home would have been a likely burglary target.
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«We don’t have any indication that [Guthrie] really kept anything valuable there and if this was a burglary gone wrong, they don’t take the victim with them usually,» the source said.
«I guess anything is possible but my gut says it’s something else entirely.»
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos also addressed the new report by a local Arizona TV news reporter which claimed an inside source said investigators now believe the case was a «burglary gone wrong.»