This picture supplied by the Pima County Sheriff’s Division on Feb. 2, 2026, reveals a lacking individual alert for Nancy Guthrie.
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It been every week since Nancy Guthrie was final seen. She joined household for dinner earlier than returning dwelling at evening, to not be heard from since.
Investigators are nonetheless attempting to make sense of what occurred to the mom of At the moment present host Savannah Guthrie.
Here is what we all know, six days into the investigation into her disappearance.
Who’s Nancy Guthrie?
The 84-year-old mom and grandmother lives alone within the Catalina Foothills neighborhood, simply north of Tucson, Ariz.
She has three kids: Annie, Camron and Savannah, the youngest. Nancy Guthrie’s husband, Charles, died in 1988.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, whose division is main the investigation, stated that officers don’t consider Guthrie merely wandered away from her dwelling, however that she was taken by drive.
“Nancy Guthrie is of nice sound thoughts. This isn’t a dementia-related” case, Nanos stated. “She is as sharp as a tack.”
Guthrie does, nonetheless, endure different well being issues, together with counting on a pacemaker and requiring a drugs that if missed, could possibly be deadly.
Guthrie’s kids described her as in fragile bodily well being.
What’s the timeline of her disappearance?
On Saturday night, final week, Guthrie took an Uber to certainly one of her daughters’ properties to have dinner and play video games, in response to a timeline of occasions introduced by the sheriff’s division.
At round 9:48 p.m., a member of the family dropped Guthrie again off at dwelling for the evening. A number of hours later, at 1:47 a.m., Guthrie’s doorbell digicam disconnected.
A few half hour after that, the digicam detected motion, however officers stated they had been unable to retrieve the footage. Minutes later, at 2:28 a.m., Guthrie’s pacemaker disconnected from its app.
On Sunday afternoon, when Guthrie didn’t present as much as church as anticipated, fellow parishioners alerted her household and the police had been known as.
Authorities say {that a} safety digicam is lacking from the entrance of Guthrie’s dwelling and that DNA testing had confirmed that blood splatter discovered on the entrance porch belonged to Guthrie.
5 days into their search, officers stated they had been nonetheless hopeful Guthrie could possibly be introduced dwelling alive.
“We nonetheless consider Nancy continues to be on the market. We wish her dwelling,” Nanos stated at a Thursday press convention.
Do police have a suspect?
No, police have stated that they haven’t but recognized a suspect or individual of curiosity within the case.
On Thursday, the FBI introduced a reward of $50,000 for any info resulting in Guthrie’s restoration and the seize and conviction of whomever might need taken her.
Officers stated that they had been conscious of ransom notes, together with one which had been despatched to a handful of media shops earlier within the week.
FBI particular agent accountable for the bureau’s Phoenix workplace, Heith Janke, stated that the FBI is taking that be aware critically.
The be aware made point out of specific particulars, together with an Apple Watch and a floodlight at Guthrie’s home. The be aware’s writer additionally included two deadlines — one which expired Thursday at 5 p.m. and one other scheduled for Monday. Authorities haven’t stated whether or not the be aware included particular calls for or penalties for not assembly the deadlines.
Officers declined to disclose additional particulars of the letter.
On Friday night, the Pima County Sheriff’s Division stated in an announcement on social media that they had been conscious of “a brand new message” and had been “actively inspecting” the data supplied to confirm its authenticity.
Not less than one ransom demand officers have decided to be fraudulent and an individual has been arrested in reference to the message.
“To these imposters who’re attempting to take benefit and revenue from this case, we’ll examine, and guarantee you might be held accountable on your actions,” Janke stated.
Has the household spoken out?
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have on social media made direct appeals to the alleged abductor, asking for an open line of communication and proof that their mom continues to be alive.
“Whoever is on the market holding our mom, we wish to hear from you,” Camron Guthrie, Nancy’s son, stated in a Thursday video posted to Savannah’s Instagram account. “We want you to achieve out, and we want a strategy to talk with you so we are able to transfer ahead.”
A day earlier, the household posted a video that includes a visibly emotional Savannah joined by her siblings asking potential kidnappers for proof of life.
“We’re prepared to speak,” she stated, studying from an announcement. “Nonetheless, we stay in a world the place voices and pictures are simply manipulated. We have to know no doubt that she is alive and that you’ve her. We wish to hear from you and we’re able to pay attention.”
What are the subsequent steps?
Officers say that they’re working tirelessly to make sure Guthrie’s protected return dwelling.
President Trump stated on social media this week that he had spoken to Savannah Guthrie to supply his assist, together with having directed federal regulation enforcement to be on the household’s “full disposal, IMMEDIATELY.”
Regulation enforcement have urged anyone with any particulars on Guthrie’s disappearance to come back ahead.
