Nancy Guthrie, Nanos, and Kelsey Fitzsimmons: Legal and Investigative Breakdown
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
True Crime Today examines the legal and investigative dimensions of two active cases that, together, raise pressing questions about institutional accountability in American law enforcement.
On the Nancy Guthrie investigation: Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing from her Catalina Foothills, Arizona home since February 1, 2026. The FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department are conducting a joint investigation. No arrest has been made. No suspect has been publicly identified. DNA recovered from the scene has produced no CODIS matches. Investigators have been requesting footage from January 11, several weeks prior to the disappearance, though the significance has not been publicly confirmed. The lead official — Sheriff Chris Nanos — is simultaneously subject to a unanimous deputies union no-confidence vote, a Board of Supervisors compliance directive with review scheduled for April 7, and an active recall effort requiring 122,000-plus signatures by July 10. These proceedings follow the emergence of undisclosed disciplinary records from Nanos' El Paso PD tenure that directly contradict sworn testimony he provided. Retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke provides professional assessment of Nanos' documented behavioral record and the case's current investigative conditions.
On the Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial: Former North Andover, Massachusetts officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons faced a single count of assault with a dangerous weapon before Essex Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Karp. She has pleaded not guilty. The incident occurred June 30, 2025, when fellow officer Patrick Noonan shot Fitzsimmons during a restraining order service at her home. The prosecution alleges she aimed the weapon at Noonan; the defense contends she was in mental health crisis and raised it only to her own temple. Trial testimony has concluded. Closing arguments are complete. Verdict is pending.
Both cases examined in full.
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| 1:02.2 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brewski and Robin Dree. |
| 1:09.2 | All right. We got a lot to get through today and it's's your questions, and we got answers, again, because we're Radio Shack. We bought the rights to it, and we're also selling AA batteries right back over here in case you need any. They're really overpriced, and they're not going to last you very long, but the Radio Shack. Anyway, we are here. We're going to break down the latest in the Nancy Guthrie case. |
| 1:30.5 | It's becoming about the Sheriff Nanos case. |
| 1:33.2 | It's like two separate things at this point, but all intertwined. |
| 1:36.9 | So leave us your questions in the comment section for that, and we're going to try and |
| 1:40.6 | answer them live here during this discussion. |
| 1:45.4 | And we'll also, of course, continue the conversation off the year after the fact. |
| 1:49.4 | And we're also going to be talking about the ladies in the Kelsey Fitzsimmons case. |
| 1:52.4 | Let's start out with Nancy Guthrie. |
| 1:54.4 | You've been sending in the questions, not about the suspect, not about the evidence, |
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