Dr. Bethany Marshall

Was she dead or alive at that point?

Was she conscious or unconscious?

What was she thinking?

But certainly at that point, confusion, shock, and disbelief.

It should.

It could Nancy.

There's a very specific strategy to the offering of a larger reward as the case progresses.

You know, Nancy, if you offer a million dollar reward at the beginning, the perp could panic and kill the victim.

So you do not want to do that.

And also you get all these false leads, you know, flooding in, but offering a one or $1.2 million reward

Right now, the Guthrie family is not appealing to morality.

At first, remember, Savannah said, we believe in the goodness of human nature.

They're appealing to the intrinsic motivation of turning in the perpetrator.

Now, they are appealing to the extrinsic motivation, meaning money, Nancy, money.

big money that could change the rest of a person's life, that reduces loyalty.

And you know what, Nancy, that much money causes people to think.

It's like when Powerball or the lottery starts to go way up, somebody who might not have bought a lottery ticket before is going to think about stopping into the local 7-Eleven and buying a lottery ticket.

Somebody who sees a $1.2 million reward is going to start to think, hmm,

who do I know that was out in the middle of the night at that night or that boyfriend I dated, but I don't really like him so much now.

You know what?