A former United States Surgeon General and 34-year veteran of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department has declared the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance suffered irreversible harm.
“Once it has been corrupted, that’s the end of it,” stated Dr. Richard Carmona, who held the position of the nation’s 17th Surgeon General and dedicated three decades to the Pima County sheriff’s department, including time commanding its SWAT team. “You cannot reconstitute a crime scene.”
These comments mark the sharpest public rebuke yet from within Tucson’s law enforcement circles, emerging as the case enters its 55th day without resolution, lacking identified suspects or established motive. The criticism arrives as Savannah Guthrie broke her silence in her first interview since her mother went missing.
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Central to Carmona’s alarm: Sheriff Chris Nanos publicly declared he personally had “opened” the crime scene at the Catalina Foothills residence where 79 year old Guthrie disappeared on February 1. Nanos subsequently indicated the scene could be “reconstituted,” terminology that sparked immediate skepticism from Carmona…