Savannah Guthrie at Rockefeller Plaza on March 5 and Savannah Guthrie and Nancy Guthrie on the Today show set in 2015.
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said investigators believe they know why Nancy Guthrie’s home was targeted — and didn’t rule out the possibility that her kidnapper could strike again.
“We believe we know why he did this, and we believe that it was targeted,” Nanos told NBC Nightly News in an interview that aired on Thursday. “We’re not 100% sure of that, so it would be silly to tell people, ‘Yeah, don’t worry about it, you’re not his target.’
“Don’t think for a minute that because it happened to the Guthrie family, you’re safe. Keep your wits about you,” Nanos said.
The desperate search for Today cohost Savannah Guthrie’s mother is now in its sixth week. The FBI has recovered security camera images from Nancy Guthrie’s property, according to ABC News, though no video footage was recovered. Nanos added in the interview that authorities remain hopeful that the “mixed” DNA found at Nancy’s house will lead investigators to “somebody.”
The sheriff’s department is investigating whether a Wi-Fi jammer was used during a reported internet outage that occurred around the time Nancy Guthrie disappeared on Feb. 1, which disrupted nearby home surveillance cameras. Investigators are also looking at a damaged utility box around the corner from Nancy Guthrie’s home that could be connected to the outage.
There have been no significant breakthroughs in the search for Nancy Guthrie. The Pima County sheriff and the FBI have not publicly named a suspect, and her relatives have been ruled out as potential suspects.
The family of Nancy Guthrie, 84, is offering $1 million for information leading to her “recovery.”
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Pima County Sheriff’s Department tip line at 520-351-4900 or the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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Jack Brewster
FBI recovers additional camera images from Nancy Guthrie’s home
The residence of Nancy Guthrie, where authorities believe she was abducted over a month ago in Tucson, Ariz.
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The FBI has recovered additional images from security cameras at Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home, according to ABC News. The cameras covered the pool, backyard and side yard of the property.
The images are thumbnails only — no video footage has been recovered. ABC News reported that the images captured people in the yard area before the abduction, but nothing appeared suspicious.
On Friday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said it “continues to analyze various forms of evidence in the Nancy Guthrie case, including material from laboratories as well as images and videos captured by cameras.”
“At this time, we will not comment on the details or status of this analysis,” the statement added.
Kate Murphy
Investigators believe they know why Nancy Guthrie was targeted
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos says investigators believe they know why Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper targeted her home in the early hours of Feb. 1.
“We believe we know why he did this, and we believe that it was targeted,” Nanos told NBC Nightly News in an interview that aired Thursday. “We’re not 100% sure of that, so it would be silly to tell people, ‘Yeah, don’t worry about it, you’re not a target.’
“Don’t think for a minute that because it happened to the Guthrie family, you’re safe. No, keep your wits about you,” he added. “From day one, we had some strong beliefs about what happened, and those beliefs haven’t diminished.”
The desperate search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother is in its sixth week.
Kate Murphy
Investigators looking at possible connection between damaged utility box and reported internet outage
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to NBC that it is investigating a damaged utility box located around the corner from Nancy Guthrie’s house. It could be connected to an internet outage reported around the time she disappeared in the early morning hours on Feb. 1, potentially disrupting the availability of video evidence from nearby home surveillance cameras.
Jack Brewster
Investigators looking into possible internet disruption near Nancy Guthrie’s home
Federal investigators are examining whether internet service disruptions in Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson, Ariz., neighborhood the night she vanished could be tied to the abduction.
Guthrie’s neighbors told NewsNation their home security camera footage from that night is missing or marked “not available,” and authorities have reportedly asked residents about unusual connectivity problems around Feb. 1.
Mike Bebernes
Savannah Guthrie visits ‘Today’ studio, tells coworkers she plans to return to the show
Savannah Guthrie visits the “Today” show on March 5.
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Savannah Guthrie met with her colleagues in New York City on Thursday morning for a tearful reunion as the search for her mother continues into its second month. Photos from the studio show Guthrie wiping away tears, hugging her coworkers and receiving a kiss on the cheek from her Today cohost Hoda Kotb.
Guthrie hasn’t appeared on the show since Jan. 30, two days before her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing.
After the visit, host Jenna Bush Hager told the Today audience that Guthrie said she planned to return to the show but doesn’t have a timeline for when that might happen.
“She said that she has the intention to return to the show. Even though it feels like the hardest thing to do, it’s also her home and where she feels so loved,” Bush Hager said. “I don’t know when she is actually returning to the show, but she was here and that felt so good to get to hug her.”
Mike Bebernes
DNA from gloves traced back to individual who is not considered a suspect
DNA analysis of genetic material pulled from a pair of black gloves found two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home led back to a local restaurant worker who is not connected to the case, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said on Wednesday.
In mid-February, the sheriff’s department said that DNA from the gloves did not match any entries in the FBI’s national genetic database.
The department told local media that it found a total of 16 pairs of gloves in the area around Guthrie’s house, most of which were later traced back to members of search teams.
Kate Murphy
Pima County sheriff says investigators are ‘definitely closer’ in the case
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos believes that investigators are “definitely closer” to identifying a suspect or suspects in the case of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, he told NBC in an interview that aired on the Today show on Tuesday.
Nanos said that a dedicated team from his department’s homicide unit is working with the FBI and investigating the case under the presumption that Nancy Guthrie is still alive. He said they’re continuing to pursue thousands of leads.
“I think the investigators are definitely closer,” Nanos said.
During the interview, Nanos was asked about a neighbor’s doorbell camera video, obtained by Fox News Digital. The video shows a car speeding past the neighbor’s house, about 2.5 miles away from Nancy Guthrie’s home, at 2:36 a.m. on Feb. 1, just hours before she was reported missing.
“Look, what I would tell you is this: We’re aware of it, and we’re looking into it, just like any other piece of evidence,” the sheriff said, adding that authorities have not been able to identify the car yet.
“We’re looking at that vehicle as well as hundreds of thousands of other vehicles that were out driving that time of day,” he said.
When asked about the mixed DNA found at Nancy Guthrie’s home, Nanos suggested that it might be a mixture of DNA from several people. Experts say it can be difficult to extract the DNA profile from one person in these mixtures.
Kate Murphy
Man detained last month by authorities speaks out: ‘I have nothing to do with this case’
On Feb. 13, Luke Daley was detained for several hours by Pima County sheriff’s deputies and was questioned by the FBI in connection with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. For the first time since being detained and cleared, Daley is speaking out in an interview with Briana Whitney, a true crime correspondent for Arizona’s Family, saying he had nothing to do with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
“It’s not me,” Daley said, referring to the masked person in the FBI-released doorbell camera video. “I don’t see the resemblance of it looking like me.”
He said he doesn’t know who is involved in Guthrie’s disappearance, and if he did, he would “happily” tell the authorities.
Daley said that on the night he was detained, he was driving home in his Range Rover when two sheriff’s cars pulled him over and told him to get out of the vehicle, before cuffing him and detaining him for about four to five hours. When he asked what he was being detained for, they didn’t tell him.
Daley said he just learned that Nancy Guthrie lived nearby and has never met her. He said he knew who she was only because his mom was following the case. Authorities towed his Range Rover for a search, which he ultimately got back. They also took his cellphone for a search, which he still hasn’t gotten back. In the meantime, a SWAT raid was being conducted at his home.
“The worst part was my mom not being there,” Daley said, adding that she has health issues. “I’m thinking the worst.” Without a cellphone, he couldn’t get in touch with her but discovered the next day that she had gone to a neighbor’s house.
Daley has called the ordeal a “nightmare” and feels like he can’t go out in public. He said he just wants Nancy Guthrie to return home safely and for his name to be cleared.
Kate Murphy
Savannah Guthrie and family visit memorial outside Nancy Guthrie’s home
Savannah Guthrie visited a memorial outside of her mother’s home in Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, marking one month since Nancy Guthrie disappeared. Savannah was joined by her sister Annie and her brother-in-law, Tommaso Cioni. The three were seen hugging one another as they added flowers to a growing tribute near Nancy Guthrie’s mailbox.
Dylan Stableford
Timeline of key developments in the search for Nancy Guthrie
An aerial view of Nancy Guthrie’s home on Feb. 25.
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It’s been nearly a month since Nancy Guthrie was reported missing from her home near Tucson, Ariz. Police believe that Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show cohost Savannah Guthrie, was abducted.
Jan. 31
Nancy Guthrie is last seen around 9:45 p.m. when she is dropped off by her family at her home in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson, Ariz., after having dinner with her daughter, Annie Guthrie, who lives nearby.
Feb. 1
Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker stops syncing with her Apple devices at 2:28 a.m., according to police. She is reported missing around noon after she did not show up at a friend’s house to watch an online church service.
Feb. 2
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos says police believe Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped and didn’t leave her home on her own.
Feb. 4
Nancy Guthrie’s adult children post an Instagram video addressing a possible ransom video, saying that the family is ready to talk but needs proof that their mother is alive.
Feb. 10
The FBI releases video and images of what it said was an “armed individual” appearing to tamper with a doorbell camera at Nancy Guthrie’s home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1.
Authorities detain and later release a delivery driver after carrying out a “court-authorized search” of his Rio Rico, Ariz., home. He tells reporters: “I hope they get the suspect, because I’m not it.”
Click here for a full timeline of key developments in the investigation.
Dylan Stableford
Sheriff’s department says it is ‘refocusing resources’ in the Nancy Guthrie case
A yellow ribbon is displayed in front of Nancy Guthrie’s residence.
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The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has announced that it is refocusing its resources to detectives specifically assigned to the Nancy Guthrie case.
“This remains an active investigation and will continue until Nancy Guthrie is located or all leads have been exhausted,” the sheriff’s department said in a case update on Friday, adding that “resource allocation may fluctuate” in the search for Guthrie, who was reported missing on Feb. 1.
Police confirmed reports that investigators “actively reviewing surveillance video of vehicles traveling in the Catalina Foothills area,” including footage of a vehicle taken from a Ring camera about 2.5 miles away from Guthrie’s home.
The sheriff’s department said it has “asked homeowners in the surrounding community to submit any relevant footage and encourage anyone who has not yet done so” through a dedicated link on its website.
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