{"id":178924,"date":"2026-02-15T08:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/178924\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T08:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:47:29","slug":"hope-and-technology-can-push-nancy-guthrie-investigation-forward-as-case-nears-2-week-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/178924\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope and technology can push Nancy Guthrie investigation forward as case nears 2-week mark"},"content":{"rendered":"

(TNND) \u2014 Advancements in technology can keep the trail from going cold as the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation<\/a> nears its two-week mark.<\/p>\n

Advancements in DNA analysis, an expanding network of doorbell cameras and license plate readers, and leaps with artificial intelligence that can comb through massive amounts of information can all give law enforcement officers the ability to find a break in a big, complicated case like the one involving Guthrie, said Justin Smith, the executive director of the National Sheriffs’ Association<\/a> and a career law enforcement officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the family, it’s holding on hope when they expect something early on,\u201d Smith said. \u201cFor those in the (law enforcement) system, it’s going through the information you have. It’s putting new eyes on the information you have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith, whose career spanned over 30 years and included three terms as a sheriff in Colorado, said solid leads usually turn up when law enforcement pours resources into a case.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s absolutely what’s happening with the Guthrie investigation.<\/p>\n

Pima, Arizona, County Sheriff Chris Nanos, the top local law enforcement officer where Guthrie disappeared, told Fox News<\/a> on Friday that they\u2019ve got \u201c400 people out on the ground, knocking on doors.\u201d<\/p>\n

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt separately told Fox News that the president is \u201coffering the full resources and weight of the federal government to help local authorities bring this case to an end, to bring Nancy Guthrie home.”<\/p>\n

Smith said kidnappings of this nature are extremely rare in the U.S.<\/p>\n

He said most involve children and have a connection to a parent or to trafficking.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s rare that an older person is taken by someone possibly demanding ransom, Smith said.<\/p>\n

Smith said Guthrie\u2019s health and safety are growing concerns as time passes, but he said law enforcement is focused on what they can control. And that\u2019s working every lead, working every possible option.<\/p>\n

Smith said the local-federal partnership is critical, as the sheriff\u2019s department in Arizona knows the local community, but the FBI has the bandwidth, expertise and national reach needed in a case this complex.<\/p>\n

Public tips are also critical, Smith said.<\/p>\n

The FBI said it has collected over 13,000 tips from the public related to this case since Guthrie was reported missing.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press reported<\/a> that 4,000 calls flooded in within 24 hours of the release this week of doorbell video showing a masked man with a backpack, gloves and a handgun holster outside Guthrie\u2019s home the night she vanished.<\/p>\n

The FBI has boosted the reward to $100,000 for information that helps authorities find Guthrie and\/or catch her kidnapper.<\/p>\n

FBI Tips: Call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov<\/a> online<\/p>\n

Nanos told Fox News that Guthrie\u2019s blood was found outside her home. He wouldn\u2019t say if there was forced entry at the home.<\/p>\n

Nanos declined to comment to Fox News on the legitimacy of ransom notes, deferring that question to the FBI.<\/p>\n

While Nanos said they\u2019re looking at all possibilities with the case, he called it an \u201cobvious kidnapping.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sheriff dismissed the notion that he was ever resistant to involving the FBI<\/a>, calling that idea \u201cabsolutely crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

“We don\u2019t hold information from anybody that\u2019s going to help us,\u201d Nanos told Fox News. \u201cWhy would we do that? There are no egos here. This is all about finding Nancy.”<\/p>\n

Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of \u201cToday\u201d show host Savannah Guthrie, which has generated a great deal of public attention on the case.<\/p>\n

Smith said a lot of public attention can both help and hurt the case for investigators.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can go either way,\u201d he said. \u201cSometimes having more attention on it will bring people forward. At the same time, sometimes more attention can bring things that cloud the case.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(TNND) \u2014 Advancements in technology can keep the trail from going cold as the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-178924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}