Tucson, Arizona.. Law enforcement agents are gathering more potential evidence as they search for the “Today” show host. Savannah Guthrie The mother is heading into her third week.
Nancy GuthrieThe 84-year-old was last seen at her home in Arizona on January 31, and was reported missing the next day. Authorities say her blood was found on the front porch. alleged Ransom notes It was sent to the media, but two payment deadlines had passed.
Authorities expressed concern about Nancy Guthrie’s health because she needed vital daily medication. She is said to have a pacemaker and is dealing with high blood pressure and heart problems, according to Mursal Al-Sharif on broadcastify.com.
Here’s what to know about her disappearance and the extensive search to find her:
Federal Bureau of Investigation Surveillance videos have been released of a masked person wearing a gun holster outside Guthrie’s front door in Tucson the night she disappeared. Porch camera Recorded video A person was carrying a backpack and was wearing a ski mask, long pants, a jacket and gloves.
On Thursday, the FBI described the person as a suspect. She described him as a man about 5 feet 9 inches tall with a medium build. He was carrying a 25-liter “Ozark Trail Hiker Pack” backpack, the agency said.
Investigators initially said there was no surveillance video available because Guthrie did not have an active subscription to the doorbell camera company. But digital forensics experts keep working on it Find images in background programs Which may be lost, damaged or inaccessible.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said investigators collected DNA from Guthrie’s property that did not belong to Guthrie or those in close contact with her. Investigators are working to determine who she belongs to.
Evidence that requires forensic analysis is being sent to the same out-of-state laboratory that has been used since the beginning of the case, the department said.
Investigators found several gloves, the closest of which was about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from Guthrie’s home, and submitted them for laboratory analysis, the Sheriff’s Department said. He did not specify the type of gloves.
Al-Sharif stressed that his administration is working closely with the FBI.
Pima County Sheriff and FBI announced Phone numbers And a Website To provide advice. The Sheriff’s Department said several hundred detectives and agents have been assigned to the case.
The FBI said it has collected more than 13,000 tips since February 1, the day Guthrie was reported missing. Meanwhile, the Sheriff’s Department said it received at least 18,000 calls.
The Sheriff’s Department did not say whether any information has advanced the investigation.
Late Friday night, law enforcement The road was closed about 2 miles (3.2 km) from Guthrie’s home as part of their investigation. A convoy of sheriff’s and FBI vehicles, including forensic vehicles, drove through the roadblock.
The Sheriff’s Department said the activity was part of the Guthrie investigation but declined to provide specific details.
On Tuesday, sheriff’s deputies detained a person for questioning during a traffic stop south of Tucson. The authorities did not say why they stopped the man He confirmed his release.
On the same day, deputies and FBI agents conducted a court-authorized search in Rio Rico, about an hour’s drive south of the city.
Savannah Guthrie, her sister and brother shared on social media Multiple video messages To their mother’s alleged captor.
The tone of the family’s Instagram videos has changed from impassioned pleas to telling anyone who might have their mother want to talk And even willing to Pay ransomto more depressing and desperate requests for public help.
The latest video on Thursday was just a home video of their mother and a promise to “never give up on her.”
Nancy Guthrie lived alone in the upscale Catalina Foothills neighborhood, where houses were spaced apart and set back from the street by long driveways, gates and dense desert vegetation.
Savannah Guthrie grew up in Tucson, graduated from the University of Arizona and once worked at a television station in the city, where her parents settled in the 1970s. She joined Al-Youm in 2011.
In a video clip, she described her mother as “a woman who loves goodness and light.”