Journalists gathered near the home of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, as she went missing in February. Her disappearance set off a national frenzy. Alec Wysopal, a dedicated livestreamer, joined a small group of citizen investigators searching for clues.
Wysopal frequently walked the dusty trails of Tucson looking for signs of Guthrie. Equipped with gaiters to protect against rattlesnakes and using his cellphone to film, he searched the dry riverbank near her home. During one such search, something unusual caught his attention.
“Oh, what is that?”
His viewers, numbering in the thousands, watched as he broadcasted his discovery of what seemed like a bone. Excited, he contacted 911. News of his discovery quickly spread across social media, sparking theories in the true crime community about a potential breakthrough in the quest to find the 84-year-old.
However, when local authorities arrived, the situation took a different turn. A Tucson police spokesman stated, This will be a prehistoric anthropological investigation. This is not a criminal investigation.
The bone found was not relevant to the missing person case, but rather of historical interest.
This incident highlights the potential complications when citizen investigators take matters into their own hands without professional guidance. The bone was not linked to the missing person but holds significance in a prehistoric context.
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