TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – It’s been 51 days since Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, was believed to be taken from her Catalina Foothills home.
On Monday, March 23, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos spoke with 13 News about the investigation.
We have known that investigators have asked anyone living within a two-mile radius of Nancy Guthrie’s for any footage they have from Jan. 1 to Feb. 2.
But they have also highlighted the evening of Jan. 11.
In a statement posted to Savannah Guthrie’s social media over the weekend, the family asked for the community’s support:
“We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case,” the statement read. “Please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations, or conversations that, in retrospect, may hold significance. No detail is too small. It may be the key.”
The full post can be read below:
13 News reporter Renee Romo asked Nanos about the plea from the Guthrie family, specifically the request for footage from the evening of Jan. 11.
He said there’s been a lot of speculation that one of the images released of the suspect was from a different night other than Jan. 31, some thinking it was Jan. 11, since that’s the date investigators have been asking for.
But Nanos said without timestamps on the footage, there’s no way for them to know that for sure.
“There’s nothing there, critical that we can say positively say that this individual, with or without the backpack, was at that house, on Jan. 11,” Nanos said.
He added that the suspect removing the doorbell camera is the only way they know that the footage is from the night of the abduction.
However, Nanos did reveal the real reason they’re asking for Jan. 11.
“We do believe that something occurred on Jan. 11 and that’s with the FBI’s analysis of the equipment and digital stuff they’ve done,” he said.
But Nanos stresses that even that remains speculative, but he would not share what evidence investigators have that has led to the interest in Jan. 11.
Nanos also spoke about the Guthrie family’s plea to the community to not forget their mother’s case, and he said while some may move past it, they will not, stating very clearly that investigators do not consider it to be a cold case.
“We have so much in front of us. And we believe we have good evidence in front of us,” Nanos said. “Will that dry up? Could I be wrong? Absolutely. Anything is possible, but we’re not giving up.”
A couple of neighbors in the area confirmed to 13 News that they have been asked by FBI agents for footage from Jan. 11, but said nothing was found on their cameras.
Nanos said investigators continue to comb through the thousands of videos and tips they’ve received, trying to prioritize information that is most promising.
13 News also asked Nanos about the DNA collected from Guthrie’s house, but it did not seem to produce anything promising, with Nanos explaining how extensively detectives went over the house, especially in the first few days.
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