Investigators searching for Nancy Guthrie may have been checking her septic tank for clues that were flushed down the toilet, a former law enforcement member suggested.
Three investigators were spotted searching the tank in the backyard of Nancy’s home in Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday afternoon, as the search for “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mom entered its eighth day.
“A lot of people forget that having a septic tank means waste water doesn’t go into a city sewer, it goes into the tank,” former SWAT team captain Josh Schirard told the Daily Mail.
“So, somebody may have flushed something thinking that would get rid of it, but instead it would actually just be deposited in the septic tank. It is a possibility that [investigators] are now trying to make sure that there’s nothing in there that could indicate any kind of guilt,” he continued.
Despite the week-long investigation involving the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI, there are still no suspects nor persons of interest identified in Nancy’s disappearance.
