Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Another woman vanished from her own property under deeply suspicious circumstances, and the case bears disturbing similarities to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. In this episode, Ashleigh Banfield examines the 2018 murder of Nancy Woodrum in Paso Robles, California, a case involving blood evidence, a growing list of suspects, and a killer hiding in plain sight, with Clint Cole, retired detective with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, known for his work in the Cold Case/Unsolved Unit and for helping solve major cases including Kristin Smart and Nancy Woodrum. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the eerie parallels between the Nancy Woodrum case and Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

The FBI is investigating a suspicious internet outage in Nancy Guthrie’s neighborhood around the time of her disappearance. Was a WiFi jammer used? New reporting suggests there may have been a mysterious internet blackout in the neighborhood overnight, when Nancy Guthrie vanished, raising new questions about whether security cameras or home surveillance systems could have been affected. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh is joined by digital forensics expert Jake Green, who explains how an internet blackout, Wi Fi disruption, or signal interference could impact doorbell cameras and digital evidence.

In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by an extraordinary panel of experts including Spencer Coursen, former U.S. Army Ranger and Special Deputy U.S. Marshal; Jim Clemente, retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and former New York State prosecutor; Tracy Walder, former CIA officer and FBI Special Agent; Matt Murphy, former senior homicide prosecutor in the Orange County, California District Attorney’s Office and author of The Book of Murder; Maureen O’Connell, retired FBI Special Agent; Dr. Casey Jordan, criminologist, behavioral analyst, and lawyer; Douglas McGregor, geographic profiler and forensic intelligence analyst with Iris Investigative Strategies; and Paul Holes, the legendary former cold case investigator from the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office known for helping solve the Golden State Killer case. The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, has now reached Day 33, and the mystery surrounding what happened inside her Catalina Foothills home continues to deepen as investigators search for answers and the public races to understand the growing list of possibilities.

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson under deeply suspicious circumstances, and as the investigation continues a new question is emerging: could organized burglary crews known as South American Theft Groups, or SATG, be connected to cases like this one, targeting wealthy homes through surveillance, digital research, and carefully planned break-ins? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down what investigators know about these sophisticated theft rings and whether their tactics could offer clues in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. She is joined by former CIA officer and FBI special agent Tracy Walder and retired FBI special agent Tom McAfee, who explain how these organized crews operate, how they select their targets, and what law enforcement looks for when determining whether a burglary ring could be tied to something far more serious.

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, has now entered a critical new phase as investigators focus on the power of forensic DNA and genetic genealogy to identify the mysterious intruder caught on camera outside her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson. 31 days after Nancy vanished, law enforcement sources say there are still no active leads strong enough to secure a new warrant, but experts say the DNA trail left behind in the home could still lead investigators directly to the person responsible. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh is joined by former Texas Ranger Brandon Bess, now a private investigator with PPI Security in Houston, who explains the real-world detective work behind genetic genealogy, from tracking family trees to knocking on doors and collecting DNA that can finally identify a suspect.
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