India, March 10 -- Amid the search for Nancy Guthrie, a former FBI agent has claimed that a key detail left 'Today' show host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother "even more vulnerable" to an attack. Ex-FBI special agents Maureen O'Connell and Jim Clemente made the remarks during a Sunday, March 8 episode of Brian Entin Investigates.

They discussed the potential role of elder abuse in Nancy's disappearance. At one point, Clemente observed, "I think she also had hearing issues and pretty powerful hearing aids that she probably removed at night. Which makes her even more vulnerable."

O'Connell speculated, "I think also, the altercation, quote unquote, could have happened if she obviously had her hearing aids out, and they [the suspects] ...