The desperate search for Nancy Guthrie has entered its second month, and the sheriff leading the investigation believes they are “definitely closer” to finding a suspect or suspects in her disappearance.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in an interview that aired on NBC’s Today show on Tuesday, “I think that investigators are definitely closer. We’ve got a lot of intel, a lot of leads, but now it’s time to just go to work.”
To mark one month since their mother’s disappearance, Savannah Guthrie, her sister, Annie Guthrie, and Savannah’s brother-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, visited the growing tribute of yellow flowers, cards and messages left outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Ariz., on Monday.
“We feel the love and prayers from our neighbors, from the Tucson community and from around the country 💛,” Savannah Guthrie wrote on Instagram after the visit, along with a photo of the flowers. “please don’t stop praying and hoping with us. bring her home.”
The family of Nancy Guthrie, 84, is offering $1 million for information leading to her “recovery.”
Savannah Guthrie announced the reward last week in an Instagram video, saying the family is holding out hope that Nancy Guthrie is found alive.
“We still believe in a miracle. We still believe that she can come home,” the Today show cohost said. “We also know that she may be lost. She may already be gone.”
“If this is what is to be, then we will all accept it,” Savannah Guthrie added. “But we need to know where she is.”
Nancy Guthrie was last seen at around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 31, when she was dropped off at her home in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson, Ariz., by family members following dinner, police said. She was reported missing around noon the next day after she did not show up at a friend’s house to watch an online church service.
Authorities are still waiting on results from an analysis of partial DNA recovered from Nancy Guthrie’s home. Investigators are also reviewing doorbell camera footage outside of her home of a masked man who the FBI said was “armed,” as well as video of a speeding car around the time of her abduction and a backpack possibly bought online.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has said that “this will remain an active investigation until Nancy Guthrie is found or all leads are exhausted.” But no arrests have been made, and no motive has been identified for Guthrie’s possible abduction.
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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