It has been six months since and the octogenarian is yet to be found. Towards the start, there was chatter of the Cajun Navy possibly joining the search. However, NewsNation reported that the Pima County Sheriff's Department, who are lead on the case, had a blanket rejection for outside help. Hence, the Cajun Navy did not aid in the search for Nancy Guthrie.
Cajun Navy is an informal, decentralized network of private boat owners and everyday volunteers. They were instrumental in helping find Nolan Wells, the Mississippi teen who had gone missing on July 4. Now, with no breaks being announced to the public in the Nancy Guthrie case, ex-FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer has questioned the decision to reject the Cajun Navy's help.
Coffindaffer wrote in an X post “The United Cajun Navy helped find Nolan…Too bad Sheriff Nanos wouldn't allow the UCN to search for Nancy.”
She then alleged that there was no good reason for Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos to reject the Cajun Navy's help. “Name 1 good reason why Nanos didn't? Unless LE knows where she is at, search,” the ex-FBI agent added.
In the Nolan Wells case, the Cajun Navy found his body on July 6, two days after he went missing. Here's the latest developments in that matter as the family has kept asking questions about the circumstances surrounding Wells' demise.
Wells, a Black teen football player, had gone out with his three white friends to Horn Island off the coast of Mississippi on July 4. He was reported missing on that day and his body was found by the Cajun Navy on July 6. He had washed ashore on Horn Island.
Questions about race have been raised in the matter, though authorities said at the start that they initially did not suspect foul play. The family conducted a private autopsy whose results were inconclusive. The state autopsy results took longer as toxicology reports take time.
However, they have now been finished as well, but the results have not been disclosed to the public. The autopsy results will be presented to the grand jury directly, as agreed on by the state and attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Wells' family interests.
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