Human bones found near Nancy Guthrie’s home — but police make a quick ruling
Cops in Tucson, Arizona, rushed to investigate human remains that a streamer discovered in a wash less than five miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home Thursday – but they appear to be at least 50 years old, possibly even “prehistoric.”
The bone was discovered by a livestreamer searching the area for the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, with the area quickly being cordoned off by police.
It was soon confirmed the bone was human – but officials said it they appeared to be far older than 84-year-old Nancy, who hasn’t been seen since vanishing from her home in February.
“This will be a prehistoric anthropological investigation,” Tucson Police Department told KVOA, confirming there was no criminal investigation into the remains.
Numerous Native American artifacts have been previously discovered in the area where the bone was discovered.
The find comes just over three months since Nancy was last seen on Feb. 1, and after countless hours-worth of searches from law enforcement, who have combed the desert terrain for any sign of her.
But so far, all searches have been completely fruitless.
The bone was just the latest discovery which cast the integrity of the investigation into doubt, however.
Numerous items that searchers apparently failed to recover were found scattered across the Tucson area by bystanders – some of which included rubber gloves that were similar to ones Nancy’s suspected kidnapper was seen wearing on security footage from her home.
Some official searchers were even reportedly stripping their own gloves off and leaving them on the ground as they went, potentially contaminating and complicating their own efforts.
FBI Director Kash Patel has even lamented the investigation’s errors, blaming Pima Count Sheriff Chris Nanos for blocking the feds from helping in the crucial days after Nancy vanished.
“For four days we were kept out of the investigation,” Patel told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday.
Sheriff Nanos’ office has denied such allegations, however, insisting his department began working closely with the FBI from the outset.
