# What Is Genetic Genealogy Doing to Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapper Right Now?

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Podcast: [Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-killers-live-daily-true-crime-news-breakdowns-5650841)
Published: 2026-05-28T11:00:00+00:00
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The DNA recovered from Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home is at the FBI lab in Quantico. Genetic genealogy is reportedly being run. And the person who allegedly took this eighty-four-year-old woman from her home months ago has no way of knowing when that process will produce a name — only that it eventually can. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott brings more than three decades of forensic mental health experience to Hidden Killers Live for a deep psychological analysis of the person at the center of this case. Not the evidence. Not the investigation. The mind. Scott explains the difference between facing traditional investigative pressure — a tip, a witness, a mistake you can anticipate — and facing a technology that is working toward you on an invisible timeline. She examines what months of post-crime silence do to someone’s ability to function, how the near-miss psychology of watching your own name potentially sit in a tip line without consequence changes behavior going forward, and whether the alleged involvement of a co-conspirator creates stability or a ticking clock of mutual fear. A retired detective has said the suspect’s name is likely already somewhere in the more than fifty thousand tips submitted. Scott breaks down what that reality — being in the system but not yet found — does to a guilty mind. Footer Links: Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod Disclaimer: This pu…

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