Sheriff warns more people will be questioned in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping
More people are likely to be taken into custody in connection with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance as investigators work through thousands of calls and tips to find the 84-year-old.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told 13 News that more people will likely be questioned after video footage was released showing a gunman approaching the front door of Guthrie’s Tucson home the morning of his abduction.
It was learned that Guthrie disappeared from his home 12 days ago after he did not come to a friend’s house to watch a church service. He was taken from his home without any medication, and it is unclear how long he could have survived without medication.
Guthrie’s children hold out hope that their mother will be found. “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, one of Nancy’s daughters, posted a tribute to her mother on Instagram Thursday morning.
In the short video, a much younger Guthrie is seen picking pink flowers in the garden with her elementary-age children. Guthrie smiles as one of her little girls puts the flowers near her nose, inviting her to smell the fragrant flowers.
“Our lovely mother. We will never give up on her,” Savannah Guthrie wrote in her caption. “Thank you for your prayers and hope.”
The unusual case seems to have reached many dead ends in recent days.
Authorities detained a 36-year-old man after a traffic stop south of Tucson on Tuesday, but released him hours later. Deputies and FBI forensic experts and agents searched his family’s home throughout the night but were unable to locate Guthrie. Authorities have not said whether or how he might be connected to the case or what evidence led them to search his family’s home.
A Sheriff’s Department spokesman said the man’s detention “was part of following up on leads.”
But footage from the Nest camera outside Guthrie’s home led to nearly 4,000 new tips in 24 hours, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. Meanwhile, investigators on Wednesday scoured trails in the foothills north of Tucson for any evidence that could help them solve the case.
Investigators discovered a black glove about 1.5 miles from Guthrie’s home, which was tested for DNA evidence, sources told The Times. However, it is not clear at this stage whether the incident is linked to the woman’s disappearance.
