The man leading the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance sat in a sworn deposition in December 2025 — six weeks before she vanished — and told an attorney under oath that he had never been suspended in forty years of law enforcement. Employment records obtained by the Arizona Republic say otherwise.

This week on Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski breaks down the full documented record of Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos — and what it means for an investigation that remains unsolved with no arrest and no named suspect.

The El Paso file is specific. Eight suspensions. Thirty-seven days without pay. A robbery suspect named Carlos Urias who was allegedly kicked in the head during an arrest and ended up in the intensive care unit — Nanos received a 15-day suspension. Allegations of insubordination, excessive force, off-duty gambling. A forced resignation in 1982 that Nanos listed on his résumé as service that continued until 1984. His department called the date discrepancies clerical errors. Nanos told a reporter asking questions about it "good luck with your hit piece."

The institutional response since the records surfaced has been swift and significant. The Pima County deputies' union — 300 of Nanos' own officers — passed a unanimous no-confidence vote and called for his immediate resignation. The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to compel sworn reports from Nanos under oath, with non-compliance potentially resulting in his removal from office. Supervisor Matt Heinz called Nanos' 42-year record "based on fraud."

Every statement Nanos has made about the Guthrie investigation — about the crime scene, the FBI, the ransom, the public safety risk — must now be weighed against a documented record of misrepresentation and a deposition that the records directly contradict. Tony addresses the full scope of what that means for finding Nancy Guthrie.

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