NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!The United Cajun Navy, a nationally known volunteer search and rescue group, is offering to revise its planned search for Nancy Guthrie and make any changes necessary to win the approval of local authorities.Meanwhile, an independent journalist has launched a petition imploring Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos to give the group his blessing. Josh Gill, a UCN incident commander who was in Tucson, Arizona in February, but unable start his search, said, “We want permission from lead agency.” “I don’t believe there would be any harm. I think it would bring closure to the family, the community and the nation. “FBI RECEIVES DNA FROM HAIR SAMPLE FOR NANCY GUTHRIE CASE: SOURCESGill presented the plan to the Sheriff’s Department in the days following Guthrie’s suspected kidnapping in the early morning hours of February 1, just hours after she returned from dinner at the daughter’s house nearby. Guthrie’s daughter Savannah Guthrie is the co-host of “Today”. According to the 41-page plan, the UCN will have no independent authority and will operate under the sheriff command. “I am open to working with law enforcement on a new plan. “Fragments from surveillance video show a man in a mask at her front entrance, where blood was found the next morning. Her back door had been propped open. No valuables were taken. The family paid a ransom in the early stages of the investigation but Guthrie was not returned. “Let’s work with the sheriff’s office to do what’s right.” He suggested searching the desert outside of town, many drainage channels known as “washes”, abandoned structures, and a series “remote-access areas”. Like what you’re reading? Find out more on the TRUE CRIME HUBAccording to the plan if volunteers find any evidence, they will not handle it but report it to the Sheriff’s Department.UCN has submitted plans similar to this for other searches around the country. She told Fox News Digital that she lost her vulnerable grandmother two years ago and Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance touched her heart. “Knowing someone took advantage of an elderly lady who was a loving woman is really disturbing.”
