Investigators searching for Nancy Guthrie are probing a possible incident at the 84-year-old’s Arizona home — weeks before she was kidnapped, the local sheriff said.
Embattled Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who has faced mounting backlash over the fruitless 52-day search, said authorities had zeroed in on an evening three weeks before “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mom was confirmed missing.
“We do believe that something occurred on Jan. 11, and that’s with the FBI’s analysis of the equipment and digital stuff they’ve done,” he told KOLD on Monday.
Nanos, who is leading the probe, refused to expand on what evidence had led investigators to that evening in particular.
Guthrie is believed to have been snatched from her Tucson home during the early hours of Feb. 1.
Chilling security footage later recovered from her doorbell camera captured a masked man loitering around her doorstep the night police believe she was kidnapped.
Meanwhile, as the search for the grandmother entered its seventh week, her family was still clinging to hope someone would come forward with critical information that could help crack the case.
“We continue to believe it is Tucsonans, and the greater southern Arizona community, that hold the key to finding resolution in this case,” the family’s statement said.
“Someone knows something. It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant. We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11.
“We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case – please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance,” they added.
The timeline of the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom:
“No detail is too small. It may be the key.”