Ashleigh Banfield is standing by her claim that Savannah Guthrie’s brother-in-law “may be the prime suspect” in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie — even after the local Arizona sheriff on the case said there are zero suspects, calling the reporting “reckless.”
Banfield told the Status newsletter on Thursday that she is sticking to her reporting, which cited just one unnamed law enforcement source and aired on her podcast, despite repeated public denials from Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.
“We don’t have anybody here listed as a suspect,” Nanos said at a press conference Thursday, stressing that investigators also have no persons of interest.
Ashleigh Banfield is standing by her claim on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie — even after the local Arizona sheriff said there are zero suspects and branded the reporting “reckless.”Ashleigh Banfield x Drop Dead Serious
While he declined to rule anyone out — a standard investigative posture — he warned that naming a suspect without evidence could damage both the case and innocent people.
“Nobody’s eliminated, but we just really don’t have enough to say, ‘This is our suspect, this is our guy, we know — or our gal.’ We don’t know that,” he said.
“And it’s really kind of reckless to report that someone is a suspect when they could very well be a victim.”
