Murder charge filed more than 3 years after Scottsdale woman disappeared - KTAR News
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A murder charge filed three years after Nancy Guthrie vanished — and newly released ransom notes raise the question of whether they helped or hindered the case.
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Theory Briefing
- Nancy Guthrie disappeared in Scottsdale and no body has been publicly confirmed, yet Arizona authorities have now filed a murder charge.
- Ransom notes in the case were held by authorities and only recently released, suggesting they played a key role in building the delayed prosecution.
- A three-year gap between disappearance and murder charge points to how hard it is to prove homicide without physical remains.