Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told the New York Times that it could take years before Nancy Guthrie, missing the 84-year-old mother of TODAY Show anchor Savannah Guthrie, is found in connection with her kidnapping case.
“Maybe it’s an hour from now,” Nanos said. “Maybe it’s weeks or months or years from now. But we won’t quit. We’re going to find Nancy. We’re going to find this guy.”
The search for Guthrie entered its third week on Sunday (February 15) and investigators haven’t named a suspect nor made arrests in the case. Authorities have swarmed a home near Guthrie’s on a warrant that was “based on a lead we received” and reports previously indicated that multiple people were detained but the department later confirmed that no arrest were made from that activity.
Nanos also confirmed to the New York Times that DNA from someone other than Guthrie was collected from her property but wouldn’t reveal where it was located as investigators are still working to identify it. Last week, authorities expanded their call for video showing “suspicious activity” within a two-mile radius of Guthrie’s home, with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department saying “several items of evidence, including gloves” were collected and submitted for analysis, though it’s unclear whether they believe the gloves were the same worn by the person shown in surveillance footage released.
The FBI said it was searching for a suspect reported to be “approximately 5’9” – 5’10” tall, with an average build” last Thursday (February 12) afternoon. Guthrie was last seen at around 9:45 p.m. on January 31 after being dropped off by her daughter Annie‘s husband Tommaso Cioni following dinner with the couple and officially reported missing around noon the following day after not showing up to a friend’s house to watch an online church service.
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