Retired Las Vegas police lieutenant Randy Sutton says early missteps in the Nancy Guthrie case may have had lasting consequences on the investigation.

US television presenter Savannah Guthrie believes her mother was kidnapped and that two ransom notes demanding money were real, but more information is required to find her kidnapper.

“Coming back to New York, I really wanted to come and see everybody. “I just love this beautiful place that we call home.”