by Patricia McCarthy
The still ongoing horror the Guthrie family is enduring, the newly released video of the person who approached her front door at nearly 2:00 a.m. has broken the case wide open.
For days, law enforcement’s interest in Savannah Guthrie’s sister and her husband has been obvious but downplayed by the 24/7 new coverage but not a single news pundit dares to suggest any members of the family are suspects.
Maybe they are not, maybe they are.
The investigators into Mrs. Guthrie’s disappearance clearly know more than is being revealed to the hungry-for-news media who are being ever so careful, afraid to reveal anything that might result in a lawsuit.
Sound outrageous, doesn’t it? It may be. Time will tell.
How could a Guthrie family member be involved in a kidnaping plot for money? Who knows? One has to weep for Savannah Guthrie if in fact her sister’s husband is the root of their family’s nightmare.
Let us all hope that theory is debunked, that the snatching of Mrs. Guthrie is not a targeted crime but a random home invasion by a dumb criminal who thought the home was vacant and was surprised by Nancy Guthrie’s presence in the home.
Are the ransom notes a scam?
Perhaps. But, if that report is legit, what has been revealed so far tells the sadder story. Is this all about money, wanton greed or an unpaid debt? Those who thought it may be about Savannah Guthrie’s reporting or wealth just might be completely wrong.
The question for those of us who have dealt with, cared for elderly parents, one has to ask: Why on earth was this woman, 84 years old with numerous health problems – heart, blood pressure and the inability to walk fifty yards without aid, living alone in a rural, thoroughly isolated home by herself? It is easy to conclude that she was an independent lady who believed herself capable of caring for herself in any situation that might arise but most adult children of parents in their eighties know better.
They may be fiercely independent but their wishful thinking, at the right time, health issues considered, must be ignored. There are numerous clever ways to lure parents of advanced age to safer living without robbing them of their sense of autonomy.
By all reports, Nancy Guthrie was not in any way mentally deficient, but did have health issues that required daily medication. She had a pacemaker and an Apple watch which probably made her family feel she was protected.
But she was not. Rural living, solitude, and dark nights so that one can see the stars is a lovely goal at any age, but Nancy Guthrie should not have been so isolated.
Her family is likely realizing this fact in their grief, whatever the outcome of this nightmare they are having to endure.
But it is a lesson for us all, old and young. When young, we of course feel invulnerable. We get old and, if fortunate to be healthy, we still think we are impervious to adversity.
But there always comes a point when we probably need to be monitored, watched over, without losing our sense of self; if we are lucky we reach this stage in our nineties. This can be done, is done, and has been done throughout the millennia in most cultures.
It should still be so.
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