A former New York Police Department hostage negotiator is offering a stark assessment of what may have happened to Nancy Guthrie, and his analysis suggests a carefully coordinated crime rather than a spontaneous act.

Wallace Zeins, who spent years handling abductions and high-risk negotiations, says the circumstances strongly indicate that more than one person was involved in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance from her Tucson, Arizona home late Saturday night.

Nancy, 84, was last seen on Saturday evening, January 31, after having dinner with her daughter Annie. She was dropped off at her home around 9:30 p.m. Family members grew concerned the next morning when she failed to attend church, something relatives say she never missed. By midday Sunday, she was officially reported missing.

Authorities have been clear on one point: Nancy did not leave voluntarily. Chris Nanos, the Pima County sheriff, has publicly ruled out dementia or confusion.
“She is as sharp as a tack,” Nanos said. “Her family wants everybody to know this is not somebody that just wandered off.”