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- 0:00Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, Breaking crime News Now.
- 0:04Speaker 2: I'm Nicole part and Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have
- 0:07Speaker 2: released a heartfelt message to the community of Tucson, Arizona,
- 0:11Speaker 2: expressing their gratitude for the support during the ongoing search
- 0:15Speaker 2: for their mother, Nancy Guthrie. The statement shared during the
- 0:19Speaker 2: KVOA News for Tucson special titled Bring Her Home The
- 0:24Speaker 2: Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie aired March twenty one, and included
- 0:29Speaker 2: the statement from Savannah fifty four, along with her siblings,
- 0:32Speaker 2: Annie and Cameron, and their spouses. They said, in part,
- 0:36Speaker 2: we are incredibly thankful for the kindness shown by neighbors, friends,
- 0:40Speaker 2: and the Tucson community. We feel like we are all
- 0:43Speaker 2: family now. We firmly believe that the residents of Tucson,
- 0:46Speaker 2: along with the broader Southern Arizona area, hold crucial information
- 0:51Speaker 2: that could lead to a resolution. In this case, someone
- 0:54Speaker 2: out there knows something that could be significant, even if
- 0:58Speaker 2: they don't realize it. We incurridge everyone to reflect on
- 1:01Speaker 2: their memories, especially around January thirty one and the early
- 1:06Speaker 2: hours of February one, as well as the late evening
- 1:09Speaker 2: of January eleven. The statement began. We earnestly ask this
- 1:13Speaker 2: community to renew their efforts on our mom's case. Please
- 1:17Speaker 2: review any camera footage, journal entries, text messages, observations or
- 1:22Speaker 2: conversations that may seem minor but could actually be important.
- 1:27Speaker 2: No detail is insignificant, it might just be the key
- 1:30Speaker 2: we need. The message concludes with a poignant plea for
- 1:34Speaker 2: Nancy's safe return, emphasizing the family's desire to celebrate her life.
- 1:39Speaker 2: We miss our mom deeply. We cannot find peace until
- 1:43Speaker 2: she is home. We are unable to grieve, We only
- 1:45Speaker 2: feel pain and uncertainty. Our so focus is on locating
- 1:49Speaker 2: her and bringing her back. We want to honor her
- 1:52Speaker 2: beautiful and courageous life, but that can only happen once
- 1:56Speaker 2: she is laid to rest. Thank you for your continued prayers.
- 2:00Speaker 2: The statement is signed by the Guthrie family, specifically mentioning
- 2:04Speaker 2: Cameron and Christine, Annie and thomaso and Savannah and Michael.
- 2:08Speaker 2: This latest public appeal from the Guthrie family comes as
- 2:11Speaker 2: the search for Nancy enters its seventh week. The eighty
- 2:15Speaker 2: four year old was last seen on January thirty one,
- 2:18Speaker 2: after being dropped off at her home in Tucson, when
- 2:21Speaker 2: she did not attend a church service. The following day,
- 2:24Speaker 2: the Pima County Sheriff's Department initiated an urgent search for her.
- 2:28Speaker 2: Investigators suspect that Nancy may have been abducted, citing surveillance
- 2:33Speaker 2: footage showing a masked person at her front door. In
- 2:36Speaker 2: an interview with NBC News, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nenos
- 2:40Speaker 2: indicated that investigators believe they have a motive for the kidnapping, saying,
- 2:45Speaker 2: in part, we think we understand the reason behind this
- 2:48Speaker 2: and believe it was a targeted act that were not
- 2:51Speaker 2: entirely certain. From day one, we held strong beliefs about
- 2:55Speaker 2: the transpired events, and those beliefs remain steadfast.
- 3:00Speaker 3: My team had notified me of a missing person. Search
- 3:03Speaker 3: and Rescue was searching the area, and there were some
- 3:06Speaker 3: concerns with what they were seeing at the scene. I
- 3:09Speaker 3: don't even know that I knew it was the Guthrie
- 3:12Speaker 3: family until probably closer to six seven o'clock that even
- 3:17Speaker 3: FBI was plugged in that Sunday Monday morning. We got
- 3:21Speaker 3: a quick briefing they had processed the scene, and we
- 3:28Speaker 3: knew we needed some help.
- 3:29Speaker 2: Anyone with information regarding Nancy's disappearance is encouraged to contact
- 3:33Speaker 2: one eight hundred, call FBI or the Pima County Sheriff's
- 3:37Speaker 2: Department at five two zero three five one four nine
- 3:40Speaker 2: zero zero. The reward now at over a million dollars.
- 3:46Speaker 2: More crime and justice news. After this and now to Missouri,
- 3:54Speaker 2: authorities discovered finanyl hidden within Barbie doll packages sold at
- 3:58Speaker 2: a discount retail. The Independence Police Department was alerted by
- 4:03Speaker 2: security personnel at Cargo Largo regarding a suspicious powder found
- 4:08Speaker 2: in one of the doll packages. Subsequent testing confirmed that
- 4:12Speaker 2: the substance was indeed fitanyl or conclosely with Cargo Largo.
- 4:17Speaker 2: Police identified that five packages containing the contaminated dolls had
- 4:22Speaker 2: been sold. Investigators do not believe that similar contaminated Barbie
- 4:27Speaker 2: dolls are available at other retail locations, and there have
- 4:30Speaker 2: been no reported injuries connected to these specific products. According
- 4:34Speaker 2: to police, a suspect has been arrested in connection with
- 4:38Speaker 2: the incident.
- 4:39Speaker 1: Aaron Gilbert's first date with David Combs is the forty
- 4:42Speaker 1: five minute drive from Anchorage to Girdwood, Alaska, to go
- 4:46Speaker 1: to the Girdwood Forest Fair. When the two are ready
- 4:49Speaker 1: to go home, COM's car won't start. He tells Gilbert
- 4:52Speaker 1: to wait in the car while he tries to find
- 4:54Speaker 1: a jump. When he returns, Gilbert is gone. Come searches
- 4:58Speaker 1: for Gilbert around the fairground until one am. Assuming Aaron
- 5:02Speaker 1: found another way home, he leaves. He calls Gilbert's sister
- 5:06Speaker 1: the next morning, but no one has seen twenty four
- 5:08Speaker 1: year old Aaron. Aaron Gilbert now missing twenty eight years.
- 5:14Speaker 1: If you have info on Aaron Gilbert, please contact Alaska
- 5:18Speaker 1: State Troopers nine zero seven two sixty nine x five
- 5:22Speaker 1: one one.
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- 5:30Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Hartin