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Neighbor’s Ring Camera May Reveal Vehicles on Route to Nancy Guthrie Crime Scene | Crime Alert 7AM 02.27.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm Nicole Parton.
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  Speaker 1: The FBI has reportedly gathered around ten thousand hours of
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  Speaker 1: video footage as part of the investigation into the disappearance
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  Speaker 1: and potential abduction of Nancy Guthrie, according to an official
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  Speaker 1: statement made on Thursday, The officials highlighted that the process
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  Speaker 1: of collecting, reviewing, and analyzing video is crucial to the
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  Speaker 1: ongoing investigation, which began after the eighty four year old
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  Speaker 1: mother of Today co anchor Savannah Guthrie was reported missing
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  Speaker 1: on February one. Although tools exist to enhance video quality,
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  Speaker 1: each clip must be examined in real time, which adds
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  Speaker 1: to the time required for thorough analysis. The official also
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  Speaker 1: noted that additional canvassing took place last week in the
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  Speaker 1: Arizona neighborhood where Gutthy resides to acquire more footage from
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  Speaker 1: local security camera systems. Among the footage is a ring
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  Speaker 1: camera clip that shows a vehicle circling the area around
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  Speaker 1: two thirty am on the night Guthrie vanished. The Pima
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  Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Office confirmed they are aware of this video,
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  Speaker 1: which was recorded about two and a half miles from
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  Speaker 1: Guthrie's home beyond the two mile radius from which investigators
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  Speaker 1: had sought video evidence. Two weeks ago, the FBI released
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  Speaker 1: a well circulated security video depicting a mask armed individual
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  Speaker 1: with a backpack appearing to interfere with the Google Nest
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  Speaker 1: camera on Guthrie's residence. The authorities have labeled the individual
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  Speaker 1: as a suspect. Their identity remains undisclosed. Pima County Sheriff
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  Speaker 1: Chris Nanos has indicated that investigators suspect Guthrie was abducted
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  Speaker 1: from her Tucson area home, potentially during the night. Her
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  Speaker 1: last known sighting was around nine to forty five pm
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  Speaker 1: on January thirty one, after having dinner with her daughter
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  Speaker 1: at Annie's home. She was reported missing when she did
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  Speaker 1: not arrive at a friend's house for a virtual church service.
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  Speaker 1: On Tuesday. Savannah Guthrie announced that her family is offering
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  Speaker 1: a reward of up to one million dollars for any
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  Speaker 1: information leading to her mother's safe return. Please continue to
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  Speaker 1: pray without ceasing, she implored in the Instagram video. We
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  Speaker 1: still believe in miracles and still hold onto hope that
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  Speaker 1: she can come home. As my sister puts it, we
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  Speaker 1: are stoking the embers of hope. FBI director Cash Patel
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  Speaker 1: noted that the images from the nest camera were retrieved
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  Speaker 1: from residual data in back in systems because Guthrie lacked
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  Speaker 1: a subscription that would save the footage. He stated that
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  Speaker 1: the images were captured on the morning of Guthrie's disappearance,
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  Speaker 1: while two law enforcement sources say that one of the
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  Speaker 1: images released was recorded earlier. The agency has not commented
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  Speaker 1: on any specific dates related to the images, which show
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  Speaker 1: a mask man without a backpack, and the Pima County
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  Speaker 1: Sheriff's Department has termed any claim suggesting a different date
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  Speaker 1: as purely speculative. Authorities are also exploring any potential evidence,
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  Speaker 1: including DNA collected from Guthrie's home and nearby search locations.
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  Speaker 1: Sheriff Chris Nanos mentioned the possibility of utilizing genetic genealogy,
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  Speaker 1: a forensic method that combines advanced DNA analysis with traditional
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  Speaker 1: genealogical research, in the ongoing investigation. More crime in justice
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  Speaker 1: news after this a woman from Indiana has received her
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  Speaker 1: sentence after being found guilty of trafficking a missing teenager
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  Speaker 1: and arranging numerous sexual encounters. As reported by w PTA,
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  Speaker 1: twenty two year old Letitia Granadas was sentenced on Thursday
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  Speaker 1: for her role in the trafficking of a seventeen year
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  Speaker 1: old girl. Grenados, along with her alleged partner Harley Cooley,
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  Speaker 1: orchestrated around twenty sexual meetings between the victim and various men.
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  Speaker 1: It is alleged that Granado's can acted with the girl
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  Speaker 1: through Instagram and took her from Fort Wayne, Indiana. According
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  Speaker 1: to w A and E, the girl was picked up
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  Speaker 1: from her home in Fort Wayne after she indicated to
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  Speaker 1: an Instagram user that she wanted to quote escape her
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  Speaker 1: life and find someone to support her. After picking her up,
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  Speaker 1: Granados and Cooley reportedly discarded the girl's personal phone provided
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  Speaker 1: her with a new, untraceable one. The victim was then
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  Speaker 1: transported to Indianapolis, where several sexual encounters were reportedly arranged,
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  Speaker 1: some involving Granados herself. The trio later returned to Fort
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  Speaker 1: Wayne and checked into a hotel where the victim was
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  Speaker 1: ultimately discovered. Authorities at the scene reported finding suspected fentanyl
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  Speaker 1: and other explicit images and drugs at the hotel. In
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  Speaker 1: her discussions with investigators, the victim revealed that Granados and
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  Speaker 1: Cooley educated her about sex trafficking, including relevant terminology, how
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  Speaker 1: to price out her services, and how to handle financial
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  Speaker 1: transaction with clients. During questioning, Cooley reportedly confessed that Granados
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  Speaker 1: would quote set up plays, a term referring to prostitution
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  Speaker 1: for both the minor and herself, with both women splitting
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  Speaker 1: the earnings. Granado's claim to police that Kooley was the
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  Speaker 1: one who trafficked the girl. Initially, the suspects faced multiple charges,
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  Speaker 1: including child sex trafficking, child exploitation, and two counts of
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  Speaker 1: promoting sex trafficking. Granados ultimately accepted a plea deal, admitting
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  Speaker 1: to guilt on the child sex trafficking charge, which resulted
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  Speaker 1: in a sentence of six years in prison followed by
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  Speaker 1: three years of probation. Cooley is scheduled to stand trial
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  Speaker 1: next week, with a plea change hearing set for Friday.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Nicole Parton