In a significant disclosure, an FBI profiler has revealed that blood evidence found on the front porch of Nancy Guthrie's house in the Catalina Foothills suggests that she fought back against her attacker.
The 84‑year‑old mother ofTodayco‑anchorSavannah Guthriehas been missing for weeks after her abduction from her Tucson, Arizona home on 1 February.
Authorities have confirmed that the blood found outside the front door of Nancy's house belonged to her. Police have released a few details publicly as the case drawsnational attention in the United Statesbecause of Savannah Guthrie's profile and the haunting circumstances in which an elderly woman was apparently taken from her home overnight, with no named suspect and no confirmed trace of her since.
On a recent episode ofBrian Entin Investigates, retired FBI supervisory special agent and profiler Jim Clemente walked viewers through what he believes unfolded on Nancy's porch.
Speaking to NewsNation's senior national correspondent Brian Entin, Clemente focused on thebloodstain patternthat has become one of the few tangible clues in a case otherwise dominated by silence and speculation.
Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her Tucson home on the evening of 31 January. Some time between that night and the morning of 1 February, investigators say, she was abducted. There were no immediate arrests, no publicised suspects, and no recovered vehicle linked to an abduction. Her daughter, Savannah, later announced a $1 million reward in an effort to shake loose new leads. So far, that extraordinary sum has not produced a breakthrough.
Clemente, who is not part of the official investigation, is careful to frame his conclusions as professional opinion rather than fact. Yet his reading of the blood on the front porch is stark.
'I believe that she was threatened, she was controlled by, most likely, the gun that the offender had at his waist or his crotch area,' he told Entin. In his reconstruction, the attacker forced Nancy from inside the house towards the front door at gunpoint.
The key moment, as he sees it, came when Nancy realised that she was about to be taken out of her home. For any victim, Clemente said, being moved from the initial location is a critical and ominous turning point because it usually means the offender is seeking more privacy and control.
At that point, he believes, Nancy fought.
Source: International Business Times UK
