Today show host Savannah Guthrie vows to “never give up” on her missing mother. Arizona A public appeal was made for video footage recorded near her home in the weeks before she disappeared.
The developments come as investigators say they have received more than 18,000 calls in connection with the case, and a search of the desert area near Nancy Guthrie’s home Wednesday came up largely empty.
In a post On Xpreviously on Twitter, on Thursday afternoon, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department asked for “any video showing vehicles, traffic, pedestrians or suspicious activity” taken between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2 within a roughly 2-square-mile radius of Guthrie’s residence in the Catalina Foothills area, north of Tucson.
The Post did not say why the request was made, but the FBI followed up on 4,000 tips received in the 24 hours since Tuesday’s release of the door camera video. Pictures A masked and gloved suspect outside a Guthrie home on Feb. 1.
Despite increased information, a 12-day manhunt for an 84-year-old abducted man has turned up no new suspects.
Savannah Guthrie has been posted Her family posted a home video on social media Thursday, writing: “Our lovely mom. We will never give up on her. Thank you for your prayers and hope.”
The man was taken into custody Tuesday during a traffic stop in Rio Rico, about an hour south of Guthrie’s residence Released without charge After a few hours of questions.
On Wednesday, authorities conducted an “extensive search” of multiple roads close to Guthrie’s home. KVOA, the local NBC-affiliated TV station, reported The recovery of a pair of black gloves submitted for DNA testing, but said it was too early to know if they were connected to Guthrie’s disappearance.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department, which said it is looking into 4,000 calls since the images were published, has not held a media conference for a week and held one Wednesday. Posted in X Nothing is handled unless there is “significant improvement” to report.
The KOVA said that the lack of progress in the investigation is disappointing and worrying the locals. “We’re very worried. All the neighbors are worried, and we don’t know who this kidnapper is, what he did to Nancy Guthrie. We don’t know what’s going on, so we’re really worried,” Marla Handler, a neighbor of the missing woman, told the outlet.
The station reported that investigators asked ring doorbell camera users in the Catalina Foothills for footage from 9 p.m. to midnight on Jan. 11 and had “footage of interest” related to the suspect vehicle from the morning of Jan. 31. Officials have not confirmed this information.
In a special development, TMZ reported A note came early Wednesday from an anonymous person asking for a bitcoin (about $67,000) from the Guthrie family “wanting the name of the person involved.” The note has not been officially authenticated, and neither the FBI nor the Pima County Sheriff has commented on it.
Several Tucson-area television stations have received separate ransom demands in recent days, with at least one deadline Monday. Savannah Guthrie, who has hosted NBC’s Today Show since 2012, Posted a video Asking for prayers and information on social media the same day.
“We believe my mom is still out there. We need your help. Law enforcement is working tirelessly, around the clock, trying to get her home, trying to find her. She was taken and we don’t know. And we need your help,” she said.
Detectives searched Guthrie’s home and the surrounding area several times. Signs of forced entry and blood were found on the doorstep, prompting Chris Nanos, Pima County Sheriff, to declare it a crime scene.
Investigators were also at the Tucson home of Savannah Guthrie’s sister Annie Guthrie over the weekend “as part of a further search in the normal course of the case,” NBC reported, citing an unnamed law enforcement official.
Nancy Guthrie has limited mobility and her condition requires daily medication to keep her alive, her family said.
