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Nancy Guthrie's household has been cleared arsenic imaginable suspects successful her abduction, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said connected Monday (February 16, 2026), arsenic the lawsuit involving the parent of "Today" amusement co-anchor Savannah Guthrie entered its 3rd week.
Guthrie's family, which includes "all siblings and spouses," has been cooperative and gracious arsenic authorities analyse the kidnapping, Mr. Nanos said.
"To suggest different is not lone wrong, it is cruel," helium said successful a statement. "The Guthrie household are victims plain and simple." Investigators connected Sunday (February 15, 2026) said they had obtained a DNA illustration from a mitt that was recovered adjacent 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie's Arizona location and appears to lucifer the brace worn by a masked prowler seen successful doorbell camera footage earlier she was abducted 2 weeks ago.
Nancy Guthrie was past seen connected January 31 erstwhile household dropped her disconnected astatine her location adjacent Tucson aft she had dined with them, and relatives reported her missing the pursuing day, authorities person said.
Mr. Nanos has said the elder Ms. Guthrie was highly constricted successful her carnal mobility and could not person near her location unassisted, starring investigators to reason aboriginal connected that she had been taken against her will.
No known interaction with suspected captors
At slightest 2 purported ransom notes person surfaced since she vanished, some of them delivered initially to news media outlets. But determination has been nary known nonstop interaction betwixt Ms. Guthrie's presumed captors and her family, oregon with authorities.
Traces of humor recovered connected her beforehand structure were confirmed by DNA tests to person travel from Ms. Guthrie, officials said past week. Law enforcement and household members person described her arsenic being successful frail wellness and in request of regular medicine to survive. She besides had a pacemaker. Ms. Savannah Guthrie, 54, co-anchor of the fashionable NBC News greeting amusement "Today," has posted respective video messages, on with her member Camron Guthrie and sister Annie Guthrie, pleading for their mother's instrumentality and appealing for the public's assistance successful solving the case.
Mr. Nanos has told Reuters that nary impervious of beingness has surfaced since the abduction, but added that "there's not been immoderate impervious of decease either," saying his moving presumption is that Ms. Nancy Guthrie remains alive.
