Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson under deeply suspicious circumstances, and as the investigation continues a new question is emerging: could organized burglary crews known as South American Theft Groups, or SATG, be connected to cases like this one, targeting wealthy homes through surveillance, digital research, and carefully planned break-ins? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down what investigators know about these sophisticated theft rings and whether their tactics could offer clues in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. She is joined by former CIA officer and FBI special agent Tracy Walder and retired FBI special agent Tom McAfee, who explain how these organized crews operate, how they select their targets, and what law enforcement looks for when determining whether a burglary ring could be tied to something far more serious.

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, has now entered a critical new phase as investigators focus on the power of forensic DNA and genetic genealogy to identify the mysterious intruder caught on camera outside her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson. 31 days after Nancy vanished, law enforcement sources say there are still no active leads strong enough to secure a new warrant, but experts say the DNA trail left behind in the home could still lead investigators directly to the person responsible. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh is joined by former Texas Ranger Brandon Bess, now a private investigator with PPI Security in Houston, who explains the real-world detective work behind genetic genealogy, from tracking family trees to knocking on doors and collecting DNA that can finally identify a suspect.
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It is Day 30 in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, and investigators have now searched a specific set of cell tower coordinates in the Arizona desert looking for a body. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by Dr. Tracy Sargent. Dr. Tracy Sargent has a PhD in Psychology with an emphasis in criminal justice. She specializes in missing person cases, behavioral analysis, criminal profiling, and victimology. She is a forensic criminologist, crime scene analyst, law enforcement officer, canine handler, and public safety trainer. Dr. Sargent explains what “high probability areas” mean in a real search, why search teams start at ground zero and work outward, and what it can indicate when law enforcement narrows its focus to a specific location in remote desert terrain. 
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Are police keeping evidence that they shouldn’t be? As the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie stretches on, new questions are surfacing about how evidence is being handled, what investigators are choosing to disclose, and whether critical information in the case of the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie is being held back from the public. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh is joined by former homicide detective, director of The Cold Case Foundation, and host of the Interview Room, Chris McDonough, to break down the investigative strategy, the evidence that has been confirmed, what may still be in police custody, and whether the pace of this search signals a tactical shift or something more concerning.
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On Day 26 of the Nancy Guthrie missing investigation, shocking new footage shows a mystery car caught on camera at a precise and highly significant time, raising urgent new questions about what really happened the night she vanished. The exact timestamp of the surveillance video now carries enormous weight, especially in light of pacemaker data that could narrow Nancy Guthrie’s timeline down to the minute. Why was that vehicle there at that exact moment, and how does the medical device information intersect with what cameras captured? Adding another layer to the Nancy Guthrie missing case, a senior law enforcement source confirms that a police plane tracked the Range Rover linked to the SWAT raid two weeks earlier. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by retired FBI Special Agent and host of the podcast Best Case Worst Case, Maureen O’Connell, who analyzes how these developments could reshape the investigation.
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