Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos admitted he’s only holding out hope Nancy Guthrie is alive because he hasn’t seen any “proof of death.”
“They ask me, do I have proof of life? I ask them, is there proof of death?” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in an interview with Fox10 on Tuesday.
The 84-year-old grandmother was last seen at her house on Jan. 31 when she was dropped off after a family dinner. While the FBI released a description and chilling video last week of a masked, gloved man tampering with her doorbell camera around the time she disappeared, they still haven’t identified any suspects or persons of interest.
Authorities have doubled the cash reward for information leading to a breakthrough in the case, to a staggering $100,000.
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New ‘biological evidence’ found in Nancy Guthrie’s home could be from kidnap suspect
Investigators uncovered DNA evidence that does not belong to Nancy Guthrie during a search of her Catalina Foothills home more than two weeks after she was kidnapped, sources told The Post.
The evidence revealed Wednesday following a subsequent search the residence of the 84-year-old mother of “Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie with a fine-tooth comb, sources said.
It’s not clear what the evidence is, when exactly it was discovered or whether it has been shared with the FBI.
The revelation comes as the investigation into Nancy’s disappearance has stretched into its third week with no suspects or clear leads.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement on Wednesday that investigators are “currently analyzing biological evidence” found at Nancy’s home and that DNA profiles are under lab analysis.
“The number of profiles, and other related details remain part of the active investigation,” the statement said.
“We believe that we may have some DNA there that may be our suspect,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said on “Today” on Wednesday morning.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirmed when reached by The Post that DNA evidence was uncovered at the home and that it is “all part of the investigation.”
That new evidence follows tests on a black glove found about two hours from Nancy’s home, which did not return any matches in the federal DNA database.
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FBI contacts Mexican authorities for help in Guthrie search — after claims she is being held ‘south of the border’
The FBI has reached out to authorities in Mexico as they continue to hunt for Nancy Guthrie and her mysterious kidnapper, a source told Fox News.
The report follows claims from a supposed ransom note writer that the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie is being held “south of the border,” according to TMZ, which received the letter.
Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Arizona, is around an hour’s drive to the Mexican border, prompting speculation that she may have been taken to Mexico after vanishing from her home on February 1.
The FBI had given no official confirmation that it is searching for Nancy in Mexico, however a person of interest was detained and questioned in the border town of Rio Rico on Feb. 10.
That person was soon released without charges, but the incident suggests authorities are considering the possibility that Guthrie was taken over the border after she was abducted on Feb. 1.
The FBI recently visited a Tucson gun shop and showed the owner names and photos of people who “looked Mexican,” the store’s owner, Phillip Martin, told The Post on Tuesday.
Most of the roughly 20 persons of interest had brown complections and facial hair matching the masked suspect caught on camera the morning Guthrie vanished, Martin said.
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Arizona internet user searched Google for Nancy Guthrie’s address weeks before she was abducted from Tucson home: report
An Arizona internet user mysteriously searched Google for Nancy Guthrie’s address and her “Today” host daughter’s salary weeks before the 84-year-old was abducted from her Tucson home, a report shows.
Google Trends data shows Guthrie’s home address was searched Jan. 11 — three weeks before she was reported missing — and again between June 21 and June 28, 2025 by someone in the Grand Canyon State, according to Fox News Digital.
There were also reportedly two Google image searches of the elderly grandmother’s home — one between March 1 and 8, 2025, and the other from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, 2025.
Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, AZ.Andy Johnstone for NY Post
The shadowy online figure specifically searched for images or a map of the house.
In the weeks before Guthrie’s Jan. 31 disappearance, someone in Tucson also searched for “Savannah Guthrie salary” between Dec. 13 and 20, 2025, the outlet reported.
The search for the missing matriarch has entered its 18th day.
A reward of up to $100,000 has been offered for information leading to Guthrie’s recovery or the arrest and conviction of her captors.
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DNA found at Nancy Guthrie’s home could belong to suspect, sheriff says
DNA evidence found at Nacy Guthrie’s home could trace back to her kidnapper, the Pima County sheriff told NBC.
“We believe that we may have some DNA there that may be our suspect,” Sheriff Chris Nanos said on “Today” on Wednesday morning.
The revelation comes days after authorities revealed samples found on a glove discarded near the property — a once-promising lead — did not match anything in the federal DNA database.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed that the DNA evidence found inside of Nancy Guthrie’s home could belong to a suspect.Andy Johnstone for NY Post
Nanos added that they won’t know for sure if the sample recovered from the home belongs to the suspect until it is “separated, sorted out.”
The sample is being examined as the search for the 84-year-old enters its third week with few apparent leads, despite authorities recovering security camera footage of the suspect and detaining multiple people for questioning, who were soon released.
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Family friend leaves heartbreaking note at Nancy Guthrie’s home: ‘So many still need you. Don’t leave us’
TUCSON, Arizona — A handwritten note by a friend of Nancy Guthrie offers a heartbreaking message to the missing grandmother: “So many still need you. Don’t leave us.”
The letter says the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie made her “believe in the power of prayer again” and that she looks forward to the day they can “pick up where we left off” — when Guthrie returns alive.
The letter was taped to a sign reading “Your neighbors stand with you,” below which well-wishers have laid flowers, candles, and other tokens of support in the nearly three weeks since Guthrie vanished.
The letter was left outside Nancy Guthrie’s home as the search stretches into its third week.James Keivom for NY Post
The letter reads:
Nancy,
You are the one who made me believe in the power of prayer again. So now I pray for your safe return so you and your family can celebrate as one.
Then you and I can pick up where we left off. So many still need you. Don’t leave us. Don’t leave your family. It’s not your time. You got this. I’m praying for you.
Don’t let this person take away your strength and your power.
Miss your wisdom and smiling face.
Your friend,
Lauren Serpa
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Sheriff believes Nancy Guthrie is being held locally, says family has been 100% cooperative
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said he believes Nancy Guthrie is being held locally as the search for the missing 84-year-old stretches into its third week.
“I don’t know why. I don’t have any evidence to prove that, but I just believe she’s somewhere here locally,” Nanos told the BBC on Wednesday.
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Nanos added that the Guthrie family has been “100%” cooperative with the investigation and described them as victims, not suspects, in the case.
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Yet another purported Nancy Guthrie ransom note sent to TMZ
TMZ claims it has received yet another ransom note from Nancy Guthrie’s supposed kidnappers, the outlet reported.
The new note “is sophisticated, and puts the media right in the middle of it,” the outlet said in a social media post Wednesday teasing the “TMZ Live” entertainment program.
It comes just hours after TMZ founder Harvey Levin said the outlet would no longer publicly say if it receives alleged ransom notes.
“We decided that we’re not going to say if he’s sent us any more letters. If we say we got a letter today, and tomorrow you ask me, and I say we got a letter tomorrow, and then the next day we say we’re not gonna talk about it, it tips off the kidnapper,” Levin said during an interview on Fox News’ “Hannity” on Tuesday.
“We’re essentially saying, ‘Well, that’s the day he gave us the information,'” he added.
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‘Today’ pays tribute to Nancy Guthrie with heartfelt gesture
“Today” marked the continuing search for the mother of co-host Savannah Guthrie with yellow ribbons and yellow roses.
In Tucson, bystanders created a tribute to Nancy Guthrie, 84, as her disappearance continues to leave investigators with more questions than answers.
The hosts of “Today” wore yellow ribbons to show support to the Guthrie family during the search for Nancy.NBC / TODAY
Hoda Kotb, Savannah’s close friend, said the “Today” family is continuing to send their love to Savannah’s family.
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Google makes crushing admission about desperate search for Nancy Guthrie
Google is struggling to retrieve critical security camera footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home, hindering the investigation into the 84-year-old’s disappearance. Authorities have only accessed limited video, and the absence of an active subscription for the cameras complicates recovery efforts, despite a $100,000 reward and numerous tips.
The 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie had multiple cameras at her house near Tucson, Arizona, but so far, authorities have only been able to obtain Google Nest video from the front of the house, showing a masked man approaching her front door.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said investigators have pressed the tech giant on whether additional video can be recovered, but the company admitted, “We don’t think we can get anything,” the sheriff told NewsNation on Tuesday.
