Ashleigh Banfield appears to be onto something in the matter of the recent Nancy Guthrie disappearance, and the thing she appears to be onto is the possible involvement of Rolo Tomassi….sorry, Tomasso Cioni, Nancy’s son-in-law and the husband of Annie Guthrie, the older, shorter, dark-haired sister of TODAY‘s Samantha Guthrie.
Annie and Tomasso also live in Tuscon, about four miles from Nancy’s home. They reportedly went to dinner with Nancy last Saturday night and then dropped her off, shortly before her home was invaded and she was abducted. Blood drops were found inside the home and just outside the front door.
Yesterday the Tuscon cops were all over Annie and Tomasso’s place, reportedly grilling them hard for a couple of hours. The cops also towed and impounded their vehicle and who knows what else? The walls are closing in, and if this bizarre caper is reminding anyone of anything, it is surely Joel and Ethan Coen‘s Fargo**.
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stated that he studies “lizards.” Also that he plays electric bass (as opposed to an old-fashioned stand-up bass?), makes homemade pasta and writes “when I get the chance.” HE lowdown: A person who claims to write “when they get a chance” is obviously not a writer — he’s a dabbler, a doodler, a dreamer, a mental wanderer. HE is guessing that Tomasso Cioni’s life is a leaking rubber raft upon heaving seas.
Best guess: Real-life Tuscon counterparts of the characters played by Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare in Fargo may be the culprits here. Guys who know or have at least conversed with Cioni. Perhaps Cioni worked out the kidnapping with them in advance or maybe they did it on their own after listening to Cioni talk about his mother-in-law, etc. But the two security cameras in Nancy’s home were smashed, which suggests they were told to do so by someone with inside knowledge.
** Full disclosure: I stole the Fargo analogy from Sasha Stone.