Nancy Guthrie‘s past social media activities have raised eyebrows amid her mysterious disappearance that happened more than a month ago.
The missing 84-year-old once claimed in a post thaThird piece pending if availablet her social media account had been “hacked” and was looking for ways to get it all sorted out.
This comes after journalist Brian Entin slammed the FBI for “wasting” time looking into a claim made by Nancy’s worried neighbor, who said that some people posing as FBI agents visited her sister and asked suspicious questions.
Nancy Guthrie Complained On Facebook About Being ‘Hacked’
An old Facebook post that was shared by Nancy Guthrie has resurfaced, showing the missing matriarch complaining that her account had been “hacked” for a second time.
According to The Mirror, in the August 26, 2021, post, she wrote, “This is the second time I’ve been hacked in FB MESSENGER. HOW DO I FIX IT?”
A friend then offered her a solution by suggesting she change her Facebook password. Nancy was an active user of the platform, often using it to share photos of her children and grandchildren.
She also seemed to have taken a liking to baking as she shared photos of her pie and a pineapple upside-down cake. The missing grandmother was also active politically as she seemingly shared content depicting anti-Trump and anti-ICE rhetoric.
Her last post on the popular social media platform came on January 27, less than a week before she was abducted from her Tucson home in the dead of night.
Journalist Slams FBI For ‘Wasting’ Time Before Investigating Claim Made By The 84-Year-Old’s Neighbor About Fake Agents
The search for Nancy has now crossed the 6-week mark, yet investigators have yet to make an arrest, nor have they come up with a viable lead.
NewsNation journalist Brian Entin criticized the FBI for “wasting” time investigating one of Nancy’s neighbors who spoke up about an uncomfortable encounter her sister had with some people claiming to be FBI.
The neighbor told Entin that her sister was worried she’d been duped by the “man and woman” after she let them in, only for them to start asking questions like “if she had a pacemaker” and also wanting to check her garage before leaving. The neighbor’s sister then called 911, after which the FBI and the sheriff’s office turned up at her house.
“They ended up spending four hours there, taking fingerprints, they DNA swabbed her, and said, ‘We don’t believe these were real FBI agents,'” Entin explained.
He added, “And this was right in the beginning, just days after Nancy went missing. I’m surprised I hadn’t heard about this until now, but it was a four-hour ordeal. They leave, she goes to bed frightened, thinking, ‘Oh my god, I let these people in my house.'”
The Sheriff Believes Nancy Guthrie Was ‘Targeted’
Authorities have not officially confirmed a link between Nancy’s “hacked” social media account, but Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said that they believe she was “targeted,” while also warning that the abductor could “absolutely” strike again.
“Criminal minds are criminal minds,” he told NBC’s Liz Kreutz in a recently aired interview.
“We believe we know why he did this, and we believe that it was targeted, but we’re not 100% sure of that,” Nanos continued. “So it’d be silly to tell people, ‘Don’t worry about it. You’re not his target.’ You could be.”
The Arizona officer then shared his hopes that the “mixed” DNA they found would lead them to “somebody” very soon.
Retired FBI Agent Offers Tips On What Law Enforcement Can Do To Ease Their Investigation
Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer also raised an alarm that Nancy’s abductor could “strike again,” as she drew a similarity between the case and the gruesome murders of 4 Idaho students in 2022.
She called it a “big issue” as Nancy hasn’t been seen or heard from till now, despite law enforcement already receiving thousands of tips.
“Not trying to raise hysteria, just saying that protecting the community seems to be lost in the hubbub,” Coffindaffer noted about Nancy’s neighborhood.
She suggested that law enforcement “needs to have a brief presser just to let the public know if there are any more details they can offer so the public can assist in terms of a vehicle/time parameters/any other important days to be aware of.”
Coffindaffer made sure to note how the “public is one of LE’s best tools when it comes to solving who took Nancy.”
The Nancy Guthrie Kidnapper’s Digital Blackout Could Help Crack The Case
Heather Barnhart, a forensic expert, spoke to Fox News Digital about the suspected kidnapper’s digital “blackout” could help solve the case of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, noting that the “loudest evidence can be the lack of evidence.”
Barnhart, one of the experts who probed Bryan Kohberger’s phone and helped solve the Idaho Student Murders, used the convicted killer’s case to explain why it’s impossible to completely go off the grid nowadays.
“[Killer Bryan] Kohberger literally created bookends around the crime by turning off his device,” Barnhart stated. “So in addition to all the clearing and other things that he prepped for to erase his digital footprint, the fact that right before the murder, his phone was turned off, and then within like 40 minutes or so after it was turned back on, kind of gave us that tunnel to look down here.”
Barnhart further explained that small clues like the suspect’s phone being switched off, movements, or tower pings can give investigators a clue.
“If the person prepped, they wouldn’t ping that tower, but if they went ahead of time and scoped it out or planned, they would have,” Barnhart said. “And then you can also look for entry and exit. And then proximity pings, because eventually you’re going to turn your phone back on.”