A prominent legal analyst weighed in on the ongoing disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, explaining why she believes the missing woman’s relatives are unlikely to be responsible as investigators continue searching for answers.

As the search for Nancy Guthrie continues, a well-known legal analyst is weighing in on one of the questions that has lingered since the 84-year-old disappeared. While chatting about the case, Nancy Grace explained why she does not believe Guthrie’s family is involved, pointing to details that have emerged publicly as investigators work to determine exactly what happened.

There has been a great deal of speculation online about who might be behind Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, despite Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos clearing the immediate family and their spouses.

“For one reason, and one reason only, I do not believe the Guthrie family is responsible, because although it was many years ago that I first met Savannah Guthrie, she is, I’d like to assure you, not a fake TV person,” Grace told Newsweek at the Variety True Crime Summit during the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.

Grace then pointed to the day that Savannah, her sister, Annie Guthrie, and Annie’s husband, Tommaso Cioni, were arm-in-arm as they approached the makeshift memorial outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home.

“[Savannah’s] real. She is real, just like she is on TV. She’s super-smart. She’s a trained lawyer,” Grace continued. “She walked up to that flower memorial with her arm around her brother-in-law and I just do not believe, I find it impossible to believe that Savannah would do that if she suspected he was involved.

”Nancy Guthrie has been missing since Sunday, Feb. 1. In its most recent update, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said it was still analyzing “various forms of evidence in the Nancy Guthrie case, including material from laboratories as well as images and videos captured by cameras.” However, the department also said it had no further comment on the status of that analysis.