1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, Breaking crime News Now. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: I'm Jennifer Gould. A high stakes power struggle between local 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 2: and federal authorities has erupted as the search for eighty 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 2: four year old Nancy Guthrie enters its third agonizing week. 5 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 2: Pema County Sheriff Chris Nanos is under fire following bombshell 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: reports that he is actively blocking the FBI from accessing 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: critical physical evidence in the abduction of the Today's Show 8 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: co host's mom. The clash centers on a pair of 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: black gloves and DNA samples recovered from the Guthrie home, 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 2: evidence the FBI demanded be flown to their elite national 11 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: crime lab in Quantago, Virginia. In a defiant move that 12 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 2: has stunned many, Nanos snubbed the FEDS, instead shelling out 13 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: two hundred thousand dollars in taxpayer money to ship the 14 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: samples to a private lab in Florida. An anonymous law 15 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 2: enforcement source blasted that decision, claiming the move quote risks 16 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 2: further slowing a case that grows more urgent by the 17 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 2: minute end quote. Sheriff Nanos, though, fired back, telling TV 18 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 2: station KVOA branding the allegations of a blockade as quote 19 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: not even close to the truth end quote. Nanos argued 20 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 2: that the Florida Lab has worked with his department for 21 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 2: years and is handling some aspects pro bono, claiming the 22 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: FBI eventually agreed that sending all samples to a single 23 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 2: site for marker comparison made sense. Former Secret Service agent 24 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 2: Charles Marino spoke to Fox News and. 25 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: Hopefully he wasn't wearing a double layer of gloves, and 26 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: we're going to get some solid DNA evidence here, either 27 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: directly from the hands or from another part of the body. 28 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 2: The tension comes as the FBI doubles its reward two 29 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: one hundred thousand dollars and releases a chilling new profile 30 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: of the suspect, caught on doorbell camera at two twelve 31 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 2: a m. On February first. The mass predator is described 32 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 2: as a male five foot nine to five ten with 33 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:25,119 Speaker 2: a medium build, carrying a black twenty five Leader Ozark 34 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 2: trail hiker pack and a semi automatic handgun. Experts note 35 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 2: the suspect's outfit appeared cobbled together, utilizing a holster design 36 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:39,119 Speaker 2: for a revolver rather than the semi automatic weapons seen 37 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 2: in the footage. Showing he's most likely an amateur. While 38 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 2: federal agents frantically trace retail records at local tuson Walmart's 39 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,239 Speaker 2: for the backpack another gear. Nano's down played the importance 40 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: of the roadside gloves, noting quote quite a number of 41 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 2: them were found end quote and that their quote true 42 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 2: value remains unproven. More Crime and Justice News. After this, 43 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 2: authorities are now urgently requesting that all residents within a 44 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: two mile radius of the East Skyline Drive and North 45 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 2: Campbell Avenue intersection scour their security camera footage for any 46 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 2: signs of vehicles, pedestrians, or suspicious activity. The request covers 47 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: an expansive window from January first through February second. Retired 48 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: FBI special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer spoke to Inside Edition. 49 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: They want to see if there were any dry runs, 50 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: any site surveys done of Nancy's property before this strike. 51 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 2: This follows the release of a man in Rio Rico 52 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 2: who was questioned after his car and home were searched. 53 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: He was cleared after no links to Nancy were found. 54 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: Adding to the urgency, a new lead has emerged involving 55 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: a man with a goatee lurking near a home six 56 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: and a half miles away, just one week before Nancy vanished. 57 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: This was back on January twenty third. His features mirror 58 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 2: the beard visible beneath the suspects mask in doorbell clips. 59 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 2: Detectives are also grappling with ransom notes sent to media outlets, 60 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 2: including TMZ, with one reportedly snarling quote, I am not 61 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: being taken seriously end quote. Nancy, of course, has been 62 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: missing since February first, and was last seen by family 63 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 2: on the evening of January thirty first. No suspects are 64 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 2: in custody, No persons of interest have been identified, and 65 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 2: Guthrie's whereabouts remain unknown, though her family believes she is 66 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 2: still alive. DNA confirmed blood on her porch as hers 67 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: and her pacemaker, lost cell phone contact. Her vital heart 68 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: medications have also long since runout. Amid the ordeal, Savannah 69 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 2: Guthrie shared a heartbreaking Instagram montage of old home videos 70 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 2: on Thursday, showing a young Nancy with her three children, 71 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 2: captioning it quote, we will never give up on her. 72 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 2: Thank you for your prayers and hope end quote. Again. 73 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 2: The FBI has boosted its reward to one hundred thousand 74 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: dollars for information leading to the location of eighty four 75 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 2: year old Nancy Guthrie and or the arrest and conviction 76 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 2: of anyone involved in her disappearance. Tips can be submitted 77 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: anonymously to one eight hundred, call FBI or tip dot 78 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 2: FBI dot gov. That's gov. For the latest crime and 79 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 2: justice news, follow the Crime Alert hourly update on your 80 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 2: favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm Jennifer g.