Disturbing new details have emerged about how the suspect allegedly pried open the back doors to Nancy Guthrie’s home.
Savannah Guthrie previously said in her first interview with Hoda Kotb that Nancy’s back doors were propped open, leading many to believe that this was how the abductor gained entry to the home.
In the latest episode of “Drop Dead Serious,” Ashleigh Banfield revealed how the suspect managed to open the doors.
“I learned that there are two doors on that back door to the left of the patio sofa, the one you can’t see. It enters the kitchen,” Banfield cited a law enforcement source. “That door goes into the kitchen, and there are two doors. One is the screen door, and one is the inside door. And those were the doors, plural, that were left open.”
Nancy Guthrie Update: Suspect Used Flower Pots to Open Doors
Banfield also revealed that the suspect reportedly used Nancy Guthrie’s flower pots to force open the back doors.
“Another detail that really floored me was that the perpetrator used Nancy’s flower pots to do this,” Banfield added, citing a law enforcement source. “He took her beautiful flower pots that I can only imagine she spent time nurturing and making beautiful for her back patio, and he used them for his evil plot.”
Banfield said Nancyâs abductor used a flower pot to prop open the screen door, though it remains unclear whether the inner door was opened the same way or had been left unlocked.
Back Gate Also Propped Open
A source also told Banfield that aside from Nancy Guthrie’s back doors, the suspect propped open her back gate as well.
“He also took Nancy’s beautiful flower pots, and he propped open the back gate,” Banfield added. “What’s so fascinating about this is why you prop them open? What was the reason that you needed those things to stay open? The back gate and her back kitchen doors, screen door, and heavy door. Why did you need them to stay open?”
Banfield speculated that the suspect may have originally intended to exit via the back doors, but Nancy’s limited mobility may have forced them to use the front door instead. She also suggested that the back doors could have served as a quick escape route if the plan didn’t go as planned.
Meanwhile, former SWAT commander with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, Bob Krygier, weighed in on why the suspect chose to take Nancy out the front.
“If I were doing it, I would probably go out the front,” Krygier explained. “The backyard, that’s easy to get through. But once you get beyond that back wall, you’re looking at, you know, just a desert area. A lot of rocks, a lot of brush, a lot of cactus, things that are going to make you fall down if you’re not familiar with it. It’s definitely a much more difficult route to go.”
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