Nancy Guthrie case: Retired lieutenant suggests Mexico ties were downplayed to keep feds off case early

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Dave Smith, a retired lieutenant with the Arizona Department of Public Safety, says that due to the distance of just about 60 miles between Tucson and the border, the chance Nancy Guthrie was taken south is a strong possibility. TUCSON, Ariz. — Just a couple of miles from Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson is a desert "wash," a natural drainage ditch, thick with brush so dense that one can barely see the surrounding homes, many of which cost seven figures. That terrain is typical of the region — carved through the city and the rest of Pima County. Outside town, the desert stretches for miles in every direction. That expanse is one of the challenges facing investigators trying to locate Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, said Dave Smith, a retired lieutenant with the Arizona Department of Public Safety and a law enforceme