Commentator Zack Peter sharply criticized Sheriff Nanos as new developments surfaced in the kidnapping case of Nancy Guthrie. In a video shared to X on February 18, Peter accused the Arizona sheriff of turning the investigation into what he mockingly described as a publicity campaign rather than focusing solely on the case.
Peter further suggested that Sheriff Nanos was prioritizing media appearances over clarity, comparing his recent interviews to a celebrity promotional circuit.
“Now Sheriff Nanananananos (Sheriff Nanos) is on his celebrity press tour, okay, which is really just his PR reputation, let-me-save-my-own-a** tour at this point. But today he decided he was gonna wake up and he’s Taylor Swift all of a sudden. He’s promoting Life of a Showgirl,” Peter said.
Peter also aimed at the prevailing narrative surrounding Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
He described that the idea regarding her disappearance presently was that “some old lady snatcher” had abducted Guthrie and kept her “in a bunker for the last 18 days.”
Further criticizing Sheriff Nanos’ media strategy in Guthrie’s ongoing case, Peter argued that the sheriff’s decision to conduct multiple exclusive sit-down interviews had only deepened confusion.
He said it was “so bonkers” that Sheriff Nanos opted for one-on-one appearances instead of holding a formal press conference, which Peter believed would have been “so much more efficient.”
“It’s so bonkers to me because he did all of these sit-down one-on-one interviews instead of doing a press conference that to me would be so much more efficient because he keeps contradicting himself in every single sit-down exclusive that he does with every single news agency that’ll give him camera time,” Peter added
What else did Zack Peter say about Sheriff Nanos’ latest interviews in Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping case?
During the aforementioned video, Zack Peter revisited law enforcement’s handling of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, focusing particularly on public remarks made by Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.
In the video, Peter first introduced a clip from Sheriff Nanos’ interview with 12News, noting that when it came to addressing the alleged kidnapper, viewers should listen closely to what the sheriff had to say.
The clip showed Nanos expressing confidence that investigators were closing in on answers and issuing a direct warning to the person responsible.
“If you were the guy, if you were that monster, you should be worried. You should let her go. Just let her go,” he said in the video clip
When pressed by the reporter about the progress of the case and whether authorities were making headway, or “getting closer,” the sheriff responded with cautious optimism.
“I think we are,” Nanos said in the video.
The video then cut back to Peter, who reacted skeptically to the sheriff’s warning. He questioned whether such a public statement would have any real impact on a suspect.
“Ooh, I’m shaking. Like, is that supposed to intimidate him?” Peter exclaimed .
He went on to suggest that the alleged perpetrator was unlikely to feel threatened by the remarks, speculating that the person could be “at home eating pizza” or “probably in another country by now.”
He also cast doubt on whether authorities were truly making progress, saying that no one really knew if investigators were “actually onto him” and describing the situation as “insane.”
Peter then referenced another media appearance by Sheriff Nanos, this time an interview with ABC Arizona, in which the sheriff addressed public criticism surrounding the investigation. According to Peter, in this second interview clip, Nanos appeared to downplay detractors, acknowledging that criticism was inevitable.
“You’re going to have the haters, right? Haters are going to hate. That’s okay,” Nanos said in the clip.
As the clip ended and the video cut back to Zack Peter, the commentator sharply criticized the sheriff’s remark, arguing that the phrasing sounded dismissive and unprofessional, given the gravity of the case.
“Haters are going to hate? Is that really what we’re at? What are you, 12 years old? You don’t even have your uniform on, your badge on, or anything. You have your Nordstrom Rack finest. And it’s just like, it’s so insane to me that his priority is on giving these half-assed interviews to the news agencies rather than finding this lady,” Peter said.
He further accused the sheriff of attempting to mislead the public about the status of the investigation, claiming officials were trying to “gaslight” people “into thinking” that Nancy Guthrie was alive and “still out there.”
While Peter stopped short of stating whether he believed Nancy Guthrie was alive or dead, he pointed out that “18 days” had passed since her disappearance.
He stressed that Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old, required regular “medication” and was living with “multiple health conditions”, including a “heart condition” that required a “pacemaker”. Given those circumstances, Peter suggested it seemed unlikely that Sheriff Nanos’ claim could be accurate.
As per the latest report from NBC News, more than two weeks have passed in the search for Nancy Guthrie, and approximately 400 investigators are still actively working the case. According to two officials who briefed on the investigation, stated that authorities have found no evidence suggesting that Nancy Guthrie was taken across the U.S.–Mexico border.
Edited by Shayari Roy