Nancy Guthrie is as dead as Dillinger.

There is absolutely no question in my mind that Nancy Guthrie is dead.

Her pacemaker went offline. That is not a minor glitch. That is a giant flashing neon sign that something catastrophic happened. Either she died before she was taken from her home, or she died shortly after. An 84 year-old woman with a serious heart condition is not built for a violent abduction, restraint, or man-handling. This is not Hollywood. This is biology.

Meanwhile, law enforcement is publicly pretending she might still be alive. Why you ask?

Because hope is useful. Not for the family, but for the police.

If they Pretend the victim is alive and in immediate danger, they can push their way into places they normally would need a warrant to search. Suddenly, an otherwise illegal search becomes emergency action. In law, we call that exigent circumstances. Convenient, isn’t it?

They also keep the family clinging to false hope, which is its own form of torture. While everyone is praying for miracles, the extortionists come crawling out of the woodwork, demanding money, even though they have no Nancy, no involvement, and no clue. Just greed and opportunity.

This investigation has become a full-scale train wreck.

Leaks, some accidental, some clearly intentional, have poisoned the process. Command decisions have turned this into a circus, forcing detectives to waste time chasing thousands of worthless tips that never should have been solicited in the first place.

And now of course, serious disagreements between the Sheriff and the FBI has surfaced. This is not a clean operation.

It is chaos dressed up as professionalism.

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