Savannah visits mother’s memorial as search enters 2nd month
“We feel the love and prayers from our neighbors, from the Tucson community and from around the country,” Savannah Guthrie wrote after the visit.
The desperate search for Nancy Guthrie has entered its second month, and the sheriff leading the investigation believes they are “definitely closer” to finding a suspect or suspects in her disappearance.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in an interview that aired on NBC’s Today show on Tuesday, “I think that investigators are definitely closer. We’ve got a lot of intel, a lot of leads, but now it’s time to just go to work.”
To mark one month since their mother’s disappearance, Savannah Guthrie, her sister, Annie Guthrie, and Savannah’s brother-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, visited the growing tribute of yellow flowers, cards and messages left outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Ariz., on Monday.
“We feel the love and prayers from our neighbors, from the Tucson community and from around the country 💛,” Savannah Guthrie wrote on Instagram after the visit, along with a photo of the flowers. “please don’t stop praying and hoping with us. bring her home.”
The family of Nancy Guthrie, 84, is offering $1 million for information leading to her “recovery.”
Savannah Guthrie announced the reward last week in an Instagram video, saying the family is holding out hope that Nancy Guthrie is found alive.
“We still believe in a miracle. We still believe that she can come home,” the Today show cohost said. “We also know that she may be lost. She may already be gone.”
“If this is what is to be, then we will all accept it,” Savannah Guthrie added. “But we need to know where she is.”
Nancy Guthrie was last seen at around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 31, when she was dropped off at her home in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson, Ariz., by family members following dinner, police said. She was reported missing around noon the next day after she did not show up at a friend’s house to watch an online church service.
Authorities are still waiting on results from an analysis of partial DNA recovered from Nancy Guthrie’s home. Investigators are also reviewing doorbell camera footage outside of her home of a masked man who the FBI said was “armed,” as well as video of a speeding car around the time of her abduction and a backpack possibly bought online.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has said that “this will remain an active investigation until Nancy Guthrie is found or all leads are exhausted.” But no arrests have been made, and no motive has been identified for Guthrie’s possible abduction.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Pima County Sheriff’s Department tip line at 520-351-4900 or the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Savannah Guthrie, Family Appear At Memorial For Missing Mom Nancy
TODAY Show anchor Savannah Guthrie and her siblings were spotted a a memorial outside the home of their missing 84-year-old mother, Nancy, on Monday (March 2).
Savannah, her sister, Annie Guthrie, and brother-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, carried flowers while being escorted by Pima County Sheriff’s Department deputies to the memorial site in front of Nancy’s home in a video shared by NewsNation reporter Brian Entin. Savannah also shared a photo of flowers at the memorial on her Instagram account on Monday.
“We feel the love and prayers from our neighbors, from the Tucson community and from around the country đź’›,” Savannah wrote. “Please don’t stop praying and hoping with us. Bring her home.”
The FBI reportedly conducted one more sweep of evidence at Guthrie’s home on Wednesday (February 25) before making a decision on whether her family can return to the property, a sign that the investigation has hit a standstill, sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the New York Post. No suspects nor leads have been determined in the case as Guthrie has now been missing for a full month.
Savannah Guthrie previously acknowledged that her mother “may already be gone” while offering a reward “of up to $1 million for any information” leading to her recovery in a video shared on her Instagram account last Tuesday (February 24).
“I’m coming on to say it is Day 24 since our mom was taken in the dark of night from her bed, and every hour and minute and second and every long night has been agony since then. Worrying about her, and fearing for her, aching for her, and most of all just missing her,” Savannah said. “Just missing her. We know that millions of you have been praying, so many people have been praying — of every faith and no faith at all — praying for her return, and we feel those prayers. Please keep praying without ceasing. We still believe. We still believe in a miracle. We still believe that she can come home. Hope begets hope, as my sisters says. We are blowing on the embers of hope.”
“We also know that she may be lost, she may already be gone. She may already have gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in Heaven with her mom and her dad and with her beloved brother, Piers, and with our daddy. If this is what is to be, then we will accept it, but we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. For that reason, we are offering a family reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads us to her recovery. All of the information about this reward and the details is in the caption below. You can call the 1-800 tipline, you can be anonymous if you want. Someone out there knows something that can bring her home. Somebody knows, and we are begging you to please come forward now.”
“We also know that we are not alone in our loss. We know there are millions of families that have suffered with this kind of uncertainty, and for that reason, today, we also are donating $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for their work in helping families who are coping with loss and actively looking for those who are lost. We are hoping that the attention that has been given to our mom and our family will extend to all the families like ours who are in need and need prayers and need support. So please, if you hear this message, if you’ve been waiting and you haven’t been sure, let this be your sign to please come forward, tell what you know and help us bring our beloved mom home so that we can either celebrate a glorious, miraculous homecoming or celebrate the beautiful, brave and courageous and noble life that she has lived. Please me the light in the dark. Thank you.”
Nancy Guthrie was last seen on January 31 when she was dropped off at her home by Annie Guthrie and Tommaso Cioni after having dinner with the couple. Authorities were notified about her disappearance after she didn’t attend a church service the following morning.
A blood trail was found on Nancy’s front porch during a probe into her disappearance and the FBI released home security camera photos showing an armed masked person outside her door on the night she went missing.
Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping: Man Detained With Mother in SWAT Raid Speaks Out
A 37-year-old Arizona man who was detained in relation to the Nancy Guthrie case has broken his silence, claiming he had nothing to do with her disappearance.
Luke Daley was detained and questioned by investigators on February 13 following a SWAT raid on his home in Tucson, where he lives with his 77-year-old mother. Daley’s mother was also questioned. After being held for hours, both were released without being charged.
In an interview with True Crime Arizona host Briana Whitney on Monday (March 2), Daley spoke out for the first time about the incident. He told Whitney that he believes authorities targeted him because people on social media said he resembled the masked man seen outside Nancy’s house on doorbell camera footage.
“It’s not me. I don’t see the resemblance of it looking like me. Absolutely not. I have nothing to do with this case,” Daley said, per People. “Someone says something, and then they just go off of it based on no evidence, no truth.”
Daley reiterated he had nothing to do with Nancy’s disappearance, adding, “I, like everyone else, just want Nancy to come home and be safe.”
At the time of his detainment, Daley’s attorney, Chris Scileppi, told People that his client was the subject of two search warrants, including one of his home and another of his Range Rover.
“Daley and his mother were both detained by law enforcement while the search warrants were being executed,” Scileppi said in a statement. “Neither Daley nor his mother were arrested in connection to this case or any other.”
Scileppi added, “Daley has no link whatsoever to Nancy Guthrie and has no information related to her kidnapping. Like the entire Tucson community, both Daley and his mother are hopeful that Nancy will be returned to her family unharmed.”
Daley and his mother are among a handful of people who have been detained and later released in connection with the case.
On February 10, 36-year-old delivery driver Carlos Palazeulos was held in custody for hours after a traffic stop. No charges were filed against Palazeulos, and he claimed that authorities didn’t provide a reason for his being sought in the investigation.
Nancy, the 84-year-old mother of Today’s Savannah Guthrie, has missing since January 31, when police believe she was abducted from her home. Since then, investigators have released doorbell camera footage of a masked suspect and shared a description of the potential abductor.
Last Tuesday (February 24), the Savannah and her family announced a $1 million reward for information leading to Nancy’s recovery.