Savannah Guthrie sat across from Hoda Kotb, fighting through tears, and said something that changes how you hear every detail in this case: she believes two of the ransom notes her family received are real. Not all of them — she acknowledged most were fraudulent. But the two her family responded to, the ones containing specific references to her mother's Apple Watch and a damaged floodlight at the home, she believes came from whoever took Nancy. Here's where it gets complicated. The FBI's own lead agent publicly stated those details were available information. The Bitcoin wallet listed in the ransom demand has never recorded a single transaction. Both payment deadlines passed with no consequence. The family pleaded on camera for proof of life and got silence. And a California man named Derrick Callella was arrested on federal charges for sending fake ransom texts to the family after watching the case on television. This week's look back at the most gripping stories in true crime also turns the lens on the man running this investigation. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is facing a crisis that has nothing to do with the Guthrie case — and everything to do with it. According to reporting by the Arizona Republic and AZPM, records from his time with the El Paso Police Department show he was suspended eight times between the late 1970s and 1982, accumulating 37 days of suspension for offenses including excessive force, illegal gambling, habitual tardiness, and insubordination — before resigning in lieu of termination. His own deputies say none of that was disclosed when he came to Pima County more than four decades ago. They voted 241 to zero to demand his resignation. Not a single deputy voted to keep him. The Board of Supervisors has unanimously invoked a territorial-era statute to compel him to answer questions under oath, with removal as the consequence for non-compliance. One supervisor publicly called his career "based on fraud." A recall campaign is active. And separately, one of his own deputies was arrested on an unrelated kidnapping charge. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer examines what happens to a kidnapping investigation when the institution running it is in freefall — and whether the ransom evidence points where Savannah believes it does. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #SheriffNanos #PimaCounty #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #RansomNotes #FBIInvestigation #MissingPerson #BringNancyHome