While there was no initial indication that Nancy Guthrie could have been targeted because of her name, the sheriff has said “we can’t dismiss that”.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Nanos told reporters : “We do believe that Nancy was taken from her home against her will. And that’s where we’re at.”<\/p>\n
When asked about reports that police were testing blood found in the home, he answered: “I’m not saying saying there’s blood inside that house or outside that house.” <\/p>\n
He also said evidence gathered at the home had been sent for analysis. So far, the lab results and other evidence have not led authorities to a possible suspect.<\/p>\n
The sheriff could not say whether more than one person had been involved in the alleged abduction.<\/p>\n
In an earlier post on the Pima County Sheriff’s Facebook account, the department said it was “aware of reports circulating about possible ransom note(s)”, without offering specifics. <\/p>\n
Nanos also said the sheriff’s office had received a copy of a ransom note and was working with the FBI to authenticate it. <\/p>\n
President Trump has called the case a “very unusual situation”.<\/p>\n
In her emotional plea, Savannah Guthrie said she and her family were aware of the ransom note as well. She addressed the potential abductor or abductors directly. <\/p>\n
“We are ready to talk,” she said, adding that, “we need to know without a doubt that she is alive and you have her… Please, reach out to us.”<\/p>\n
Authorities have urged the public to call the sheriff’s office with any information, vowing to look into all leads, and discouraging the spread of misinformation.<\/p>\n
In the social media post on Wednesday the sheriff’s office said “the sharing of unverified accusations or false information is irresponsible and does not assist the investigation”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While there was no initial indication that Nancy Guthrie could have been targeted because of her name, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-408637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}