Authorities appeal for video footage as Nancy Guthrie search enters third week with no arrests | Arizona
The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC’s Today show host Savannah Guthrie, is in its third week; Investigators are asking neighbors within a two-mile radius to share home video footage, while authorities are awaiting DNA test results from a pair of gloves found near the home.
Nancy Guthrie was last seen on the evening of January 31, after having dinner with her eldest daughter and son-in-law and then being dropped off at her home in the Catalina foothills north of Tucson, Arizona. He was reported missing the next day after he failed to show up at a friend’s house to watch a church service.
Authorities are investigating her disappearance as a kidnapping, and as of Sunday morning, two weeks after she was reported missing, no arrests had been made and no one was in custody.
On Sunday, the FBI said: expression According to many news sources; Gloves found about two miles from Guthrie’s home “appear to match the suspect’s gloves in the surveillance video.”
The agency said it sent the gloves to a laboratory in Florida for DNA testing, received preliminary results on Saturday and “expects quality control and official approval today.”
“This process typically takes 24 hours from the time the bureau receives the DNA,” the FBI added.
Investigators released doorbell camera footage seized from Guthrie’s home that showed a masked man arriving with a backpack and what appeared to be a holstered gun in the early morning hours of Feb. 1.
On Thursday, the FBI released a new statement. detail about the person in the video, describing him as “a male, approximately 5’9″ – 5’10” tall, of average build.
While search efforts continue, authorities they demand Residents within a 2-mile radius of Guthrie’s home are required to submit all security footage recorded between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2. They have he asked Neighbors must provide “all video footage that includes vehicles, vehicular traffic, people/pedestrians, and anything neighbors deem unusual or significant.”
As the investigation enters its third week and continues to attract significant national attention, a number of crime bloggers and true crime podcasters have traveled to Arizona to follow the case.
On Saturday night, Arizona state representative Alma Hernandez released a statement. expressionHe said he was “tired of watching the wild speculations, lies, and slander” by random journalists and YouTubers who are doing more harm than good to this entire situation and jeopardizing this serious case.
“Please go home,” he said. “Let law enforcement do their job. Stop following them around and playing detective during Swat operations.”
Late Friday night, law enforcement converged on an area about two miles from Guthrie’s home, where they searched a home and also searched a car in the nearby Culver’s parking lot.
On Saturday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirmed a federal court-ordered search warrant was executed at a residence in connection with the case. However, they said no arrests were made during the operation.
Authorities briefly detained a man earlier in the week, but he was released after questioning.
Investigators said blood spatters found on the front porch of Guthrie’s home tested positive for DNA. They also said additional DNA collected from his property that did not match Guthrie or anyone who had close contact with him was tested, and several gloves reportedly found several miles from his home were also tested.
“All evidence collected has been sent for laboratory analysis,” officials said this week.
There is FBI I increased the reward Up to $100,000 for information that helps locate Guthrie or leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in his disappearance. The bureau said it has received more than 13,000 tips from the public about the case since Feb. 1.
There have also been unconfirmed reports of ransom notes being sent to various Arizona television stations and celebrity news sites. TMZ.
Since Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have posted several videos on social media asking the public for help finding their mother.
A spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said: CNN No press conference is currently planned for Sunday.
