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How Genetic Genealogy Can SOLVE the Nancy Guthrie Case, with CeCe Moore, Plus Kouri Richins’ Upcoming Murder Trial

MK True Crime

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True Crime, Mktruecrime, News, Daily News

4.6601 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

MK True Crime hosts Phil Holloway and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss the latest developments in the Nancy Guthrie abduction including criticism regarding Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos’ damage control media spiral, questions surrounding whether Nancy could have been taken across the border into Mexico, the ways the FBI could be in contact with Mexican authorities, DNA expert CeCe Moore joins Phil and Ashleigh to discuss how law enforcement is utilizing genetic genealogy in the quest to identify a suspect in the Guthrie case, why a mixed sample containing both the suspect and Nancy’s DNA would be compelling evidence, the possibility that law enforcement could serve private DNA databases like Ancestry.com a search warrant, predictions on how the defense will argue the Kouri Richins case in her upcoming murder trial, and more. Phil Holloway: https://x.com/PhilHollowayEsq Ashleigh Merchant: https://www.criminaldefenseattorneysmarietta.com Cece Moore: https://www.cecemoore.com ARMRA: go to https://tryarmra.com/MEGYN to get 30% off your first subscription order Relief Factor: Find out if Relief Factor can help you live pain-free—try the 3-Week QuickStart for just $19.95 at https://ReliefFactor.com or call 800-4-RELIEF PureTalk: Tired of big wireless prices? Switch to PureTalk for unlimited talk and text for $25/month—dial #250 and say MEGYN KELLY for 50% off your first month. Follow MK True Crime on all social platforms: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@MKTrueCrime X - https://x.com/mktruecrime Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mktruecrime TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mktruecrime

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0:00.0

Welcome to M.K. True Crime. I'm Phil Holloway. I'm a criminal lawyer. I'm a former prosecutor,

0:09.9

and I'm an ex-cop. And most importantly, today, I am back from Tucson, Arizona, where I was on the ground all last week for the Nancy Guthrie investigation.

0:21.7

And so now I'm very pleased to tell you that we have a lot on our docket today.

0:25.7

And we're going to start, of course, with Nancy Guthrie.

0:28.6

And as of the taping of this show today, which is Thursday, February the 19th, Nancy

0:33.7

Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of today's show host, Savannah Guthrie, is still missing.

0:39.7

So the question becomes, could Nancy have been taken across the border to Mexico?

0:45.5

We'll talk about that and we'll share with you what investigators are saying and what they are not saying.

0:51.3

And then later in the show, we have DNA expert, C.C. Moore. She joins us to break down the

0:56.6

investigative genetic genealogy options. Investigators are now exploring in this case.

1:02.6

I'm very pleased and happy to be joined by my co-host today, my friend, Ashley Merchant,

1:07.6

criminal defense lawyer from Atlanta, Georgia, Ashley.

1:17.8

I've got to talk to you now first out of the gate about Sheriff Nannos because there's, you know,

1:19.7

he's been generating a lot of news.

1:27.4

I think every time he says anything to anybody, it's picked apart, whether it's a good thing to say, whether it's a bad thing to say, whether

1:29.3

it's an appropriate thing to say. And one thing that sort of caught my eye, Ashley, is, you know,

1:37.1

the sheriff posing this question. It's almost like he's sort of wondering and speculating.

1:42.7

He's, he stated to Fox 10, he said, you know, is there proof of death?

1:48.5

So let's roll SOT 2, and then we'll talk about that.

1:51.5

Again, the sheriff's belief from day one that Nancy's still here.

1:57.4

You have no proof.

1:58.4

Nobody does that she's not, that she's deceased.

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