Hey everyone. I'm Ashley Bantfield. This is Drop Dead Serious. Thanks so much for being here.

Quick subscribe, please. It's so helpful. I appreciate it. Oh, yes, I have new hair today.

It may be temporary. I would love to hear what you think. I know that sounds crazy, but whenever I have new hair, I get so many comments.

And the last time I was wearing straight hair, people really liked it.

So, okay, this is just a temporary thing for now, but we'll see, according to what you say.

So let me tell you, today is March the 4th, 2026.

It is day 32 in the Nancy Guthrie investigation.

And I wanted to tell you about something that I've been sort of sitting on for a while.

It is this criminal network that's operating in the United States. And they are growing,

and they are in every state, including yours. And these guys are real pains in the asses.

Typically, they're very burglary, but it doesn't mean that they haven't been violent in the past.

And when we look at the Nancy Guthrie story and we cannot figure out what the F happened,

I had this long conversation with a retired FBI special agent who had a lot to say about this criminal organization. He also has led the

evidence response team in one of the major cities in the United States. So he'll be on in a minute

to tell you a little bit about this organization. And then you can compare notes and see if you

think that this organization applies to all the things that we've learned about in the Nancy Guthrie case. And then once you hear from him and you learn about this

criminal organization, I then have Tracy Walder, who is also retired FBI and also CIA. And by the

way, we were both in Afghanistan right around the same time. And we just learned that. We just learned that together, you know, back in the day, we were kind of in the same spot right around the same time. She's going to weigh in on whether she thinks the Guthrie investigation should be thinking more about this group or not. So that's all coming in just a minute. But today,

there are a few things to tell you about. Not a lot, though. Not a lot. And here's why I think there's

not a lot. For starters, that damn parking enforcement is still up. I talked to Brian Anton today.

He said it's still up there, which makes it hell in a handbasket for anybody to do any coverage. Not to say that they're not. In fact, I do have reporting from outside of Nancy Guthrie's home that was action there today. But of course, as you saw, this massive parking perimeter that goes for blocks and blocks and makes it very, very long, dusty walk through the desert to get to Nancy Guthrie's

home. And then, of course, you're stuck there in the middle of the desert, in the searing heat,

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