Search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother continues with 18,000-plus calls pouring in | Arizona
As the search for Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother continued Thursday, investigators said they had received more than 18,000 calls related to the case. A search of the desert land near his home in Arizona came up mostly empty.
Nearly a quarter of the tips came in the 24 hours since the FBI released the doorcam video on Tuesday, and are still images The Pima County Sheriff’s Office said a suspect wearing a mask and gloves was seen outside Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Mountains area north of Tucson early on Feb. 1.
Despite the increasing knowledge, no new suspect could be identified in the search for the 84-year-old kidnapped person. A man detained at a traffic stop in Rio Rico on Tuesday, about an hour south of the Guthrie residence, was released without charge after several hours of questioning.
On Wednesday, authorities conducted an “extensive search” of multiple roads near Guthrie’s home. local NBC affiliate KVOA reported. A pair of black gloves sent for DNA testing were recovered, but it was stated that it was too early to know whether they were linked to Guthrie’s disappearance.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said it has reviewed 4,000 calls received since the footage was released and has not held a media briefing in a week, and said in a statement Wednesday. Publish on X He said none would be done unless there were “significant developments” to report.
KVOA said the lack of progress in the investigation is frustrating and causes concern for residents. Marla Handler, the missing woman’s neighbor, told the press: “We’re very worried. The neighbors are all 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.”
The station reported that Ring doorbell camera users in Catalina Foothills were asked by investigators for footage from 9 p.m. to midnight on Jan. 11 and said there was “compelling footage” of a suspicious vehicle from the morning of Jan. 31. Authorities have not confirmed the information.
In a separate development, TMZ reported He said he received a note from an anonymous caller early Wednesday demanding one Bitcoin (about $67,000) from the Guthrie family “if they want the name of the person involved.” The memo has not been officially confirmed, and neither the FBI nor the Pima County sheriff has commented on it.
Separate ransom demands have been received from several Tucson-area television stations in recent days, and at least one deadline met Monday. Savannah Guthrie, who has hosted NBC’s Today program since 2012 posted a video On the same day, prayers and information are requested on social media.
“We believe our mother is still out there somewhere. We need your help. Law enforcement is working tirelessly, day and night, trying to find her, to bring her home. She’s been taken away, and we don’t know where she is. And we need your help,” he said.
Detectives searched Guthrie’s home and surrounding area several times. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos previously said there were signs of forced entry and blood on the doorstep, prompting him 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 an ongoing search in the ordinary course of the case,” NBC reported, citing an unnamed law enforcement official.
Nancy Guthrie’s mobility was limited and she needed daily medication to survive, her family said.
