As the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie continues, a former SWAT Commander has shared how one small detail could potentially have prevented the 84-year-old’s presumed abduction.
On the Monday, March 2, episode of the Surviving The Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime podcast, host Joel Waldman spoke with Bob Kyrgie, a retired lieutenant with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, the agency investigating Nancy’s disappearance alongside the FBI.
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