Overview
- Michael Hupy, a Wisconsin attorney and president of Crime Stoppers Milwaukee, is funding a $100,000 reward through Tucson’s 88-CRIME and urging witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers instead of the sheriff or the FBI.
- Hupy argues Crime Stoppers protects informants by issuing code numbers, keeping no identifying records, and operating outside public-records laws, which he says makes people more likely to share what they know.
- He criticized the Pima County Sheriff’s Department’s early work at the Guthrie home, saying deputies released the scene too quickly, while Sheriff Chris Nanos has defended his team and rejected claims of mistakes.
- Nancy Guthrie, 84, vanished from her Tucson home on February 1 after a thin trail of blood, propped-open doors, and a missing doorbell camera were found, and the FBI later recovered video showing a masked, armed man at her door.
- Separate rewards remain active, including $100,000 from the FBI and up to $1 million from the Guthrie family, and the case has no identified suspect, which Hupy says heightens the need for anonymous tips that could break the stalemate.