đŽ BREAKING: Body Found in Phoenix Canal â Is It Nancy Guthrie? Sheriff Responds LIVE - News
đŽ BREAKING: Body Found in Phoenix Canal â Is It Nancy Guthrie? Sheriff Responds LIVE
The discovery of a womanâs body along the Grand Canal in Phoenix on March 6 is a grim reminder of the âambiguous lossâ the Guthrie family has been forced to navigate for 35 days. While social media algorithms immediately churned out panicked connections, the reality on the ground is a study in calculated, cold investigative distance. This discovery hasnât broken the case; it has merely highlighted the horrifying scale of the uncertainty.
The Pima County Sheriffâs Department (PCSD) has been careful to state they have not been âadvisedâ of a connection. This is the ultimate bureaucratic shield. It allows them to remain technically accurate while the public remains in a state of suspended grief. If this is Nancyâan 84-year-old woman who literally cannot walk more than 50 yards without assistanceâthe logistics suggest a level of pre-planned, multi-person coordination that investigators have been downplaying for weeks.
The Phoenix Shift: Efficiency or Evasion?
The FBIâs recent move of its command post from Tucson to Phoenix was sold as a pivot toward âdigital forensicsâ and âfinancial records.â Itâs a convenient narrative that frames the drawdown in Tucson as a sign of progress rather than a retreat from a cold trail. But Phoenix is the transit artery of the Southwest. If a suspect moved a victim 120 miles from the Catalina Foothills to a Phoenix canal, they did so right through the heart of the most surveilled corridors in Arizona.
[Map of the 120-mile route between Tucson and the Grand Canal Trail, Phoenix]
The hypocrisy of the investigationâs current state is found in the âhigh-techâ theories now being floated. FBI agents have been returning to the Guthrie neighborhood to ask residents about internet glitches and Wi-Fi outages on the night of January 31. Speculation about âWi-Fi jammersâ is the new investigative darling, yet the actual footage from the front porch was remarkably clear. It suggests a suspect who may have used a simple handheld radioâa low-tech solution to defeat high-tech surveillance. The investigators are looking for a cyber-criminal while the âporch monsterâ may have just been a well-prepared opportunist.
The Forensic Stagnation
The âscienceâ that was supposed to solve this case is currently a series of dead ends.
The Gloves: The black gloves found two miles from the homeâonce touted as a major leadâhave been traced back to a local restaurant worker. They are a forensic distraction that ate up weeks of time.
The DNA: The sample at the lab in Florida remains a âmixture,â a technical hurdle that has prevented a CODIS hit for over a month.
The Reward: The family has increased the reward to $1.2 million, even offering to pay in cash. The fact that $1.2 million hasnât turned a single âaccompliceâ or neighbor into a whistleblower is perhaps the most damning indictment of how little we actually know.
The Waiting Game
The Grand Canal discovery is being treated with âcareful attention,â but the medical examinerâs process isnât built for the speed of a 24-hour news cycle. While the FBI has Nancyâs DNA, dental records, and even her pacemaker serial number, the silence following the discovery is its own kind of torture for Savannah, Annie, and the rest of the family.
The suspect thought that a 25-liter Ozark Trail backpack and a pair of gloves would make them invisible. They were wrong. But if the investigators didnât move fast enough to secure the Walmart parking lot footage or the route data from the hundreds of license plate readers between Tucson and Phoenix, the âdigital trailâ they are now chasing in a Phoenix office might already be overwritten.
The Grand Canal is not a remote wasteland; itâs a public trail in a populated city. If Nancy Guthrie was brought there, she was moved by someone who knew exactly how to navigate the blind spots of the law.
Trump Warns Iran of âTotal Obliterationâ if They Try To Harm Him HH
President Donald Trump warned Iran that continued assassination threats made by leaders in Tehran would be met with the country getting âblown upâ and âtotal obliteration.â
âWell, they shouldnât be doing it but Iâve left notification,â Trump said. âAnything ever happens, weâre going to blow the whole â the whole countryâs going to get blown up.â
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Biden-era Intelligence officials briefed Trump about the alleged threats against him during his presidential campaign in 2024. Former Attorney General Merrick Garland said the plot was retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani by the U.S. in 2020, during Trumpâs first administration.
Despite being briefed by his administration, Trump on Tuesday said President Biden âshould have said somethingâ on the matter, adding that presidents should defend each other on such matters.
âBut I have very firm instructions,â Trump continued. âAnything happens, theyâre going to wipe them off the face of this earth.â
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Trump also spoke about the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran in Geneva.
âWhat are you expecting from these Iran talks in Geneva?â a reporter asked Trump aboard Air Force One.
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âSo, Iâll be involved in those talks indirectly, and theyâll be very important. Weâll see what can happen. Typically, Iranâs a very tough negotiator; theyâre good negotiators â or bad negotiators. I would say theyâre bad negotiators because we could have had a deal instead of sending the B2s to knock out their nuclear potential. We had to send the B2s. I hope theyâre going to be more reasonable. They want to make a deal,â Trump said.
âHave you been told that a deal is next to impossible?â the reporter followed up.
Trump replied, âNo. I think they want to make a deal. I donât think they want the consequences of not making a deal. They want to make a deal.â
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Trump previously said that he instructed officials to destroy Iran if they killed him.
The president said this after signing an executive order right after taking office that gave him all the tools he needed to talk to Iranâs government and put as much pressure on Tehran as possible.
âThey havenât done that and that would be a terrible thing for them to do,â Trump said at the time. âNot because of me â if they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end. Iâve left instructions, if they do it, they get obliterated, there wonât be anything left. And, they shouldnât be able to do it.â
Trump warned last week that the United States could send additional warships toward Iran if ongoing diplomatic negotiations fail to produce a deal, signaling that military pressure could increase as talks over Tehranâs nuclear program stall.
In remarks to Axios, Trump said the administration is considering deploying a second aircraft carrier strike group to the region in addition to the USS Abraham Lincoln and 9 additional warships already positioned near Iran, though he expressed hope that a diplomatic agreement can still be reached.
âEither we will make a deal or we will have to do something very tough like last time,â the president told Axios on Tuesday, a reference to the bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites in June.
âLast time they didnât believe I would do it. They overplayed their hand,â Trump added. âWe have an armada that is heading there and another one might be going.â
The president emphasized that the United States is seeking to persuade Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions, halt the development of its ballistic missile program, and end support for militant proxy groups. Iranian officials have so far resisted expanding negotiations beyond nuclear-related issues.
He described the nuclear issue as a âmatter of courseâ part of any negotiation, but also insisted that an agreement with Iran must also address Tehranâs ballistic missile stockpiles, per Axios.
Trump said the US âcan make a great deal with Iran,â and Tehran âvery much wants to make a deal.â
Trumpâs comments came ahead of a planned visit to Washington, D.C. by Benjamin Netanyahu, who is expected to press for a tougher U.S. stance and broader terms for any Iran deal that would include constraints on Tehranâs missile capabilities and regional activities.
Before heading to DC, the Israeli leader previewed some of what he and Trump were going to discuss.
âI will present to the president our understanding of the principles of the negotiations (with Iran) â the essential principles that are important not only to Israel â but to everyone who wants peace and security in the Middle East,â Netanyahu told reporters, per the New York Post.
The administration has already bolstered its military presence in the Middle East, with multiple warships and aircraft deployed as a means of deterrence and leverage.
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