Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino offered three scenarios of what may have happened to Nancy Guthrie.
NBC’s Savannah Guthrie‘s mother has been missing more than a week leaving little clues for investigators in Arizona.
Bongino appeared on “Hannity” Monday to relay his thoughts.
“The first [possibility] would be, obviously, it’s a kidnapping. That was an intended kidnapping for a ransom payment…” he said.
“The second possibility would be this was just a crime that went awry,” he continued. “Someone was at the house, maybe it was a burglary, maybe something went bad, and you’ve got some bad actors committing another crime unrelated — in other words, requesting a ransom for something you didn’t do just to take advantage of a situation like this.”
The third possibility is that her disappearance may not have been a kidnapping, but the result of a medical emergency or another non-criminal event that was later misunderstood or misrepresented.
Bongino said this theory is raised by the absence of digital, forensic and surveillance indicators, noting that when investigators are unable to locate someone within the first few days of a case, it can suggest either sophisticated perpetrators or that “the story you’ve been told, or you may have believed may not be the story.”
Bongino would not day what theory he favored. He said the lack of DNA, license plate hits, cellphone activity or social media data raises serious questions about the initial narrative.
Bongino said legitimate ransom kidnappings usually involve quick communication and early proof of life. This has not happened in Guthrie’s case.
