Sheriff running Nancy Guthrie case responds after report reveals unseemly exit from first policing job

The Pima County Sheriff's Department updated Sheriff Chris Nanos' nationalist resume Tuesday aft a section quality study highlighted an mistake successful his enactment past that appeared to glaze implicit an unhappy divided with his archetypal leader successful instrumentality enforcement.

Nanos resigned successful lieu of termination from the El Paso Police Department successful Texas successful 1982, according to nationalist records cited successful the Arizona Republic.

But his resume claimed helium remained determination until joining Pima County arsenic a corrections serviceman successful 1984.

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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos gives an update connected the probe into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her successful Tucson, Arizona, Feb. 5, 2026. (Rebecca Noble/Reuters)

"The Pima County Sheriff's Department precocious identified 2 clerical errors successful Sheriff Chris Nanos' publically posted resume," a section spokesperson told reporters aboriginal Tuesday. "Both day discrepancies were administrative successful quality and were not intended to mislead oregon misrepresent Sheriff Nanos' enactment history."

The connection did not code allegations successful the study that helium near his relation successful El Paso to debar being fired.

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"For clarity, Sheriff Nanos served with the El Paso Police Department from 1976 to 1982," the spokesperson added. "His work with El Paso PD concluded successful 1982, not 1984 arsenic antecedently stated. Additionally, Sheriff Nanos was promoted to the fertile of skipper successful 2007, not 2009."

Nancy Guthrie, 84, has been missing from her Arizona location since Feb. 1, 2026. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is the caput of the investigation. (Don Arnold/WireImage/Getty Images)

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According to the report, Nanos served arsenic a decoy who baited retired cause dealers and would-be muggers. But helium near successful 1982 amid allegations of "insubordination" and "consistent inefficiency."

In six years, helium reportedly spent 37 days suspended — for allegations of excessive usage of force, off-duty gambling and coming to enactment precocious oregon missing shifts altogether.

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Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie. (Instagram/Savannah Guthrie)

Near the extremity of his clip successful El Paso, helium took a 15-day suspension for allegedly sending a suspected robber to the intensive attraction portion aft kicking him successful the caput during an arrest, according to constabulary records included successful the report.

The Republic besides published what it described arsenic an emailed effect to its reporter's questions, attributed to Nanos himself, aft helium reportedly declined to remark connected the error.

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"That’s your ‘urgent’ request? You definite you don’t privation to spell backmost to my precocious schoolhouse and inquire wherefore I got swats from the principal?" it reads. "Good luck with your deed piece."

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaks astatine a quality conference, Feb. 3, 2026, successful Tucson, Arizona, to supply updates successful the Nancy Guthrie case. (Sejal Govindarao/AP Photo)

Nanos is successful complaint of the probe into the suspected abduction of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie.

He's taken vigor implicit his archetypal handling of the transgression scene, purported disputes with the FBI implicit bringing the bureau into the lawsuit and consequent laboratory testing, conflicting statements fixed astatine antithetic points successful the lawsuit and for attending an Arizona Wildcats NCAA crippled portion Guthrie's big children were filming a effect to her imaginable abductor.

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Pima County Sheriffs progressive successful a instrumentality enforcement cognition astatine the intersection of Camino de Michael and East Orange Grove Road successful Tucson, Arizona, connected Feb. 13, 2026. The determination is astir 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie's home. (DWS for Fox News Digital)

She has been missing since Feb. 1. Nanos held 3 quality conferences that week, with the past coming connected Feb. 5. There person been nary held since.

In the second, held connected Feb. 3, helium addressed the value of monolithic media attraction to the case.

"I'm not utilized to everybody hanging connected my words and past trying to clasp maine accountable for what I say," helium told reporters.

More than 5 weeks aft her disappearance, authorities person not publically identified immoderate suspects, persons of involvement oregon immoderate vehicles that could beryllium connected to the crime.

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There is simply a combined reward of much than $1.2 cardinal for accusation that leads to Guthrie's recovery.

Anyone with accusation is asked to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.