A former United States Surgeon General and 34-year veteran of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department has said the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has been irreversibly damaged.
The remarks represent the strongest public criticism yet from within Tucson’s law enforcement community. This comes as Savannah Guthrie’s mother has been missing for 56 days, with no identified suspects or clear motive.
“Once it has been corrupted, that’s the end of it,” said Dr. Richard Carmona, who served as the nation’s 17th Surgeon General and spent three decades with the Pima County sheriff’s department, including commanding its SWAT team. “You cannot reconstitute a crime scene.” It comes after a bombshell Nancy Guthrie update as a person fled the neighborhood within days of the kidnapping…