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Nancy Guthrie Investigation: The Contradictions Sheriff Nanos Can't Explain

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews

Tony Brueski

True Crime, News Commentary, News

4.2612 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Admitted releasing the crime scene early — then denied it. Routed DNA evidence to a private Florida lab over the FBI's objection. Searchers contaminated the evidence field with their own discarded gloves. A pacemaker helicopter was delayed because the sheriff demoted the pilot. Pool cleaners were escorted onto the active crime scene on Day 13. Investigators told reporters they don't know who's running the case. A retired FBI behavioral expert lays out every documented failure and contradiction in the Nancy Guthrie investigation and examines what the pattern means for the chances of finding an 84-year-old woman who hasn't had her heart medication in over two weeks. The Othram co-founder whose lab helped ID Bryan Kohberger called the DNA decision "devastating." The FBI's public statement reads like a formal objection. This is the interview that puts it all on the table.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole and Todd Michaels.

0:08.7

Let's talk about the investigation itself. Sheriff Chris Nanos told the Associated Press he made a mistake.

0:15.0

He said this early on, releasing Nancy Guthrie's crime scene too early, then turned around and denied it to Fox News.

0:21.5

Just pretty much contradicting himself allegedly here.

0:24.1

His own search helicopter was grounded for three hours because he demoted the pilot over a personal grudge, allegedly.

0:31.6

His search teams contaminated their own evidence field by now we're learning about discarding gloves in the same

0:38.4

zone where the suspect may have dropped one the co-founder of the forensic genealogy lab that

0:44.8

helped identify brian koburger even called danos evidence handling decision devastating and

0:49.9

investigators inside the case have told reporters they don't know who's in charge and the sheriff

0:55.5

or the FBI uh that's what we've been hearing from all sorts of reporting this person saying that

1:04.0

that person saying this and then everybody contradicting each other and saying nope none of that's true

1:09.3

so everything's at a complete stalemate of what

1:11.8

exactly is going on. But, I mean, walk me through. What the hell do you think is going on here

1:18.2

with Nanos? Because, I mean, at the beginning, he even said flat out, probably should have waited

1:23.7

longer to relinquish Nancy Guthrie's home to her family after his detectives

1:30.6

processed it. And then out, you know, shortly after that to Fox News, to Matt Flynn, rejecting,

1:36.5

was saying that no, we did everything the way that we should have, basically. I'm paraphrasing there.

1:42.6

You can't have it both ways. I mean, again, I don't know what

1:47.1

the hell's happening here. And it's just statements. None of this actually leads to Nancy Guthrie's

1:51.1

being found. But it's, it's chaos and its contradiction from the people who are supposed to be the

1:56.8

grownups and in charge and have their shit together. Sorry.

2:02.4

I'm laughing because the expectation that public has on this is law enforcement

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