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EPISODE · Mar 12, 2026 · 44 MIN

The Nancy Guthrie Case: What Investigators Got Wrong - And the AI That Could Solve It - Pt 2

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What if the technology to solve cold cases already exists — and most law enforcement doesn't know how to use it?In Part 2 of this two-part conversation on Heroes Behind the Badge, Morgan Wright goes beyond the Guthrie case and reveals what's actually changing in cold case investigation.This episode is not about hope or hype. It's not about what AI might do someday. And it's not about replacing investigators.It's about what is already operational — and the uncomfortable gap between what law enforcement knows and what they could know if the right tools were in their hands.We talk about:How a six-month fugitive was located in 36 hours using only open-source dataWhy treating a case like a social media profile changes everythingHow AI-structured prompts are producing 15-page investigative reports in hoursWhy the reward in the Guthrie case may not be what breaks it openThe second-suspect question — and what the ring camera footage doesn't tell usThe $5.7 trillion annual cost of unsolved crime in AmericaHow ordinary citizens can contribute to active cases right nowThe conversation that started in Part 1 with first-principles analysis of the Guthrie case ends here with something bigger: a look at how the entire architecture of cold case investigation is being rebuilt — and how citizens are now part of that system.If you want to understand where investigative technology is actually headed, this is the episode.Learn More or Get Involvedhttps://CitizensBehindtheBadge.orghttps://openunsolved.orgListen to more episodes of Heroes Behind the Badge.Like, Subscribe, and Share to support the men and women who serve behind the badge.

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