Nancy Guthrie updates: Search now in 3rd week with no DNA match from gloves found near scene; anonymous donors offer rewards

The desperate search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother continues, with investigators hoping for a break in a baffling case.

The desperate search for Nancy Guthrie is now in its third week, with investigators hoping for a break in a baffling case that they appear no closer to solving.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday that it is pursuing genealogical leads based on partial DNA recovered from the 84-year-old’s home in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson, Ariz. DNA recovered from gloves found about 2 miles away turned up no matches in the FBI’s national database. The gloves appeared to match those worn by the suspect seen in the video taken from Guthrie’s doorbell camera on the morning she was reported missing, according to police.

The sheriff’s department also said it is working with Walmart to identify who purchased the backpack worn by the person in the footage, as well as the manufacturers of Guthrie’s pacemaker in an effort to locate the device.

On Monday, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said all members of the Guthrie family, including Nancy Guthrie’s adult children and their spouses, have been cleared as suspects.

“To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel,” Nanos said in a statement. “The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple.”

Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today show cohost Savannah Guthrie, was last seen at around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 31, when she was dropped off at her home 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.

Officials say they have received tens of thousands of tips since the investigation into her disappearance began. Anyone with information is encouraged to reach out to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department tip line at 520-351-4900 or the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.

Hundreds of law enforcement personnel remain on the case, sheriff’s department says (hu, February 19, 2026 at 11:30 PM GMT)

“As long as leads continue to come in, investigators will continue to follow up on them,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department wrote in a news release Thursday afternoon.

According to the department, several hundred personnel from various law enforcement agencies are continuing to investigate Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

On Wednesday, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told NBC News that the thousands of tips that are being submitted by the public are helping keep the case active.

“As long as we have the ability to chase a lead, it’s not cold,” he said.

Sheriff’s department details how it manages thousands of calls related to Guthrie case (Thu, February 19, 2026 at 10:43 PM GMT)

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has received more than 28,000 calls through 911 and its non-emergency lines since the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance began nearly three weeks ago.

Cecilia Ochoa, the department’s dispatch manager, described to a local news outlet how it is handling such an overwhelming flood of information from the public.

“People saying the suspect is right-handed or left-handed, or whether it’s a man or a woman. There are plenty of people calling in about the same thoughts or theories, so those are typically the types of things we just we don’t want to hear about,” she told KOLD News 13 in Tucson on Thursday.

Ochoa said she and her team have had to modify how they interact with people who call about the case, telling them that the department is “not taking any tips unless it’s a possible location or suspect information.”

The change was needed, Ochoa told KOLD, in order to ease the burden on investigators who are “having to comb through every single” tip that comes in.

Investigators turn to ‘investigative genetic genealogy’ in search for a DNA match (Thu, February 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM GMT)

After DNA recovered from a glove found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home turned up no matches in the FBI’s national database, authorities are turning to genetic genealogy as the investigation into her disappearance stretches into its third week.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told NBC News that investigators are analyzing partial DNA found at Guthrie’s home and are exploring “investigative genetic genealogy options” to identify possible matches.

The forensic investigative genetic genealogy method, which incorporates public genealogy websites with DNA analysis, helped authorities identify Brian Kohberger, who pleaded guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022.

The law prevents police from searching private genealogy databases such as Ancestry.com or 23andMe. Instead, investigative genetic genealogy relies on publicly available databases, such as GEDmatch.

“If I was the kidnapper, I would be extremely concerned right now,” CeCe Moore, a DNA expert, said on NBC’s Today show Thursday. “Because, using investigative genetic genealogy, he will be identified.”

There’s no evidence Nancy Guthrie was taken across the border, reports say (Thu, February 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM GMT)

ABC News reported on Wednesday that the FBI has “reached out to Mexican authorities” about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

NBC News confirmed the report, saying such outreach is standard, given the proximity of the U.S.-Mexico border to Tucson, Ariz., where she was reported missing.

But law enforcement sources told both ABC News and NBC News that there’s no evidence that Guthrie was taken across the border.

Second $100,000 reward offered by an anonymous donor (Wed, February 18, 2026 at 11:00 PM GMT)

The Tucson-based nonprofit 88-Crime announced Wednesday that it had received $100,000 from an anonymous donor to be used as a reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie’s location. The new reward is in addition to the $100,000 sum that the FBI is offering.

88-Crime is a local chapter of Crime Stoppers, a nationwide community program that allows people to anonymously report information about criminal activity without potentially putting themselves at risk of punishment. The $100,000 donation will be added to the $2,500 reward the organization had previously offered.

On Monday, Milwaukee-based attorney Michael Hupy said he would provide $100,000 in reward money to Crime Stoppers. Hupy argued that the FBI’s tip line — which requires people to submit personal information like their name, email address and phone number — could be preventing someone from sharing crucial details with law enforcement.

88-Crime has not confirmed whether Hupy is the source of its new reward money.

Additional DNA samples from Guthrie home are being analyzed, sheriff’s department says (Wed, February 18, 2026 at 10:14 PM GMT)

Investigators are analyzing “biological evidence” collected from Nancy Guthrie’s home, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said on Wednesday. The genetic material belongs to multiple people, the department said, though it declined to say how many separate DNA profiles there are or who they might belong to.

On Tuesday, the department announced that a DNA sample gathered from a pair of gloves found roughly 2 miles from the Guthrie home did not return a match in the FBI’s national DNA database.

Sheriff says the case has not gone ‘cold’ (Wed, February 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM GMT)

In his interview with NBC News, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos expressed hope of solving the Nancy Guthrie case, more than two weeks after she was reported missing.

“As long as we have the ability to chase a lead, it’s not cold,” Nanos said. “And we have thousands of leads we’re looking at.”

He added: “We’re going to find Nancy, and we’re going to find who did this.”

‘Today’ show studio filled with yellow flowers in support of Savannah Guthrie (Wed, February 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM GMT)

As the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, continues, people have been showing their support by leaving yellow flowers outside the 84-year-old Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson, Ariz., and attaching yellow ribbons to trees in the neighborhood.

At the suggestion of a viewer, Savannah Guthrie’s NBC colleagues filled the Today show studio with yellow roses on Wednesday and wore yellow ribbons in solidarity.

“This is our missing mom,” Today cohost Carson Daly said.

Savannah Guthrie has not been on the show since her mother went missing.

Investigators are trying to identify the suspect’s ‘unique’ gun holster, sheriff says (Wed, February 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM GMT)

In a new interview with NBC News, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said investigators are canvassing gun shops in an effort to identify the person seen in the video taken from Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera. In the footage, the individual appeared to have a gun in a holster on the front of his waistband.

“We know he had a gun. We know he had a holster that had some pretty unique characteristics,” Nanos said. “We can’t quite identify it yet, but that’s being worked on. So naturally, we go to our gun shops everywhere and say: ‘Have you seen this guy? Can you help us identify this weapon? Can you help us identify this holster?’”

Authorities are also working with Walmart management to “identify and isolate” the individual who purchased the backpack seen in the surveillance footage, the sheriff’s department said. The FBI had identified the backpack as a black, 25-liter “Ozark Trail Hiker Pack,” which is sold exclusively by the retailer.

Authorities have received over 40,000 tips since Nancy Guthrie went missing (Wed, February 18, 2026 at 1:57 PM GMT)

The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department have fielded over 40,000 tips since Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1, according to the latest figures distributed by the sheriff’s department.

Investigators said the total number of calls to 911 and emergency and administrative lines from Feb. 1-16 was 28,586, including 20,968 nonemergency line calls.

The FBI’s National Threat Operations Center has received more than 18,000 tips related to the Guthrie case over the same period, the sheriff’s office said.

Investigators turning to genealogy, partial DNA from Guthrie home after gloves return zero matches, sheriff says (Tue, February 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM GMT)

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told NBC News on Tuesday afternoon that the failure to find a match for DNA found on gloves discovered near Nancy Guthrie’s house is “not the end” of their attempts to use genetic material to find the person responsible for her disappearance.

“Now we start with genealogy and some of the partial DNA we have at the home,” he told the network.

He added that he believes that some of the DNA collected at the home may belong to the suspect, but that investigators won’t know for sure until it’s been cross-referenced against available DNA databases.

Investigators are still processing evidence from last week’s search warrants, police say (Tue, February 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM GMT)

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that investigators are still processing evidence from two search warrants executed last week. Authorities searched a home near the edge of Nancy Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills neighborhood outside of Tucson, Ariz., on Friday night, and a residence in Rio Rico, Ariz., earlier in the week.

“The individuals who were questioned have been released, and no arrests have been made,” the sheriff’s department said. “As this investigation continues, you can expect to see similar activity.”

The department added that it “has not confirmed the number of leads investigators are actively pursuing.”

Focus turns to Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker and suspect’s backpack (Tue, February 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM GMT)

As the search for Nancy Guthie entered its 17th day on Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that it is working with the manufacturer of the 84-year-old Guthrie’s pacemaker in an effort to “locate the device.” Police had said that Guthrie’s pacemaker stopped syncing with her Apple devices at approximately 2 a.m. the morning she was reported missing.

Separately, investigators are working with Walmart management to “identify and isolate” the individual who purchased the backpack seen in the doorbell camera footage released by the FBI, the sheriff’s department said. The FBI had identified the backpack as a black, 25-liter “Ozark Trail Hiker Pack,” which is sold exclusively by the retailer.

The sheriff’s department also said that investigators are “canvassing businesses and showing the doorbell video released by the FBI to determine whether the suspect appears familiar.”

No match found for DNA from gloves discovered near Guthrie house, sheriff’s department says (Tue, February 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM GMT)

Genetic material gathered from gloves that were found roughly two miles away from Nancy Guthrie’s house did not match anything in the FBI’s DNA database, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday.

Other sources of DNA material are still being processed, the department said.

Milwaukee attorney offers up $100,000 as an alternative to the FBI’s reward (Tue, February 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM GMT)

Michael Hupy, an attorney and the president of the Milwaukee chapter of the nonprofit Crime Stoppers, has offered up a $100,000 reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie’s location.

In an interview with a local news station, Hupy argued that the FBI’s system for providing tips surrounding the case — which requires people to submit personal information like their name, email address and phone number — could be preventing someone from sharing crucial details with law enforcement.

“This woman has been missing for two or three weeks. And no leads have amounted to anything,” he told Fox 6 in Milwaukee. “So if the person who knows who the perpetrator is doesn’t want his name exposed, wants a reward and has information that will lead to an arrest — Crime Stoppers is the perfect place to do it.”

Crime Stoppers is a community program that allows people to anonymously report information about criminal activity without potentially putting themselves at risk of punishment. Hupy said that the $100,000 reward would be paid out through the Tucson Crime Stoppers chapter.

What happened in the investigation over the long weekend (Tue, February 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM GMT)

There were a few developments in the search for Nancy Guthrie over Presidents’ Day weekend. Here’s a quick recap:

  • Friday night: Authorities swarmed a home on the edge of Nancy Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills neighborhood north of Tucson, Ariz., as they carried out a search warrant. Additionally, a person was questioned during a traffic stop. No arrests were made.
  • Sunday: The FBI said in a statement that gloves found about two miles from Guthrie’s home appeared to match the ones worn by the suspect in the doorbell camera footage. The DNA from an unknown male was lifted from one of the recovered gloves, the statement said, and will be entered into the bureau’s national database.
  • Sunday night: Savannah Guthrie posted another video to Instagram, pleading with her mother’s apparent abductor. “It is never too late to do the right thing,” she said.
  • Monday: Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos released a statement saying that all members of the Guthrie family, including the missing 84-year-old’s adult children and their spouses, have been cleared as suspects. “To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel,” Nanos said. “The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple.” The statement came amid ongoing speculation about Nancy Guthrie’s daughter, Annie Guthrie, and her son-in-law, who police said had dinner with her the night before she was reported missing.

Sheriff explains why he released statement clearing Guthrie family as suspects (Tue, February 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM GMT)

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was asked by NBC News why he decided to release a statement on Monday clearing Nancy Guthrie’s family, including her children and their spouses, as suspects in the case.

“Because sometimes we forget we’re human and we hurt, and kindness matters,” Nanos said. “It is every cop’s duty to stand up and be that voice for our victims. I’m not going to sit in silence when others are attacking the innocent. Isn’t that what the badge represents?”

All members of the Guthrie family have been cleared as suspects, sheriff’s department says (Mon, February 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM GMT)

No one in Nancy Guthrie’s family is being considered a potential suspect in her disappearance, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department wrote in a statement Monday afternoon.

“The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case,” the department wrote.

In the days following Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, there had been ample online speculation surrounding her immediate family, with specific rumors centering around her son-in-law. Monday’s statement makes clear that he and all other members of the family are not suspected of being involved.

Trump threatens death penalty in Nancy Guthrie case if she isn’t returned alive (Mon, February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM GMT)

President Trump said that he would direct the Department of Justice to seek the “most severe” federal punishment against those responsible for Nancy Guthrie’s apparent abduction if she isn’t returned alive.

The president made the comments in a phone interview with the New York Post on Monday, more than two weeks after the 84-year-old mother of Today show cohost Savannah Guthrie was reported missing.

When asked if that meant the death penalty, Trump said, “The most, yeah — that’s true.”

Savannah Guthrie posts new video: ‘It’s never too late to do the right thing.’ (Mon, February 16, 2026 at 1:41 AM GMT)

On Sunday, Savannah Guthrie posted a video on Instagram urging for her mother’s safe return.

“It’s been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope and we still believe,” Guthrie said. “And I wanted to say to whoever has her or knows where she is that it’s never too late, and you’re not lost or alone. It’s never too late to do the right thing.”

Guthrie added, “We are here, and we believe. We believe in the essential goodness of every human being.”

DNA of an unknown male found on glove near Nancy Guthrie’s home (Sun, February 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM GMT)

The FBI confirmed to ABC News that the DNA of an unknown male was lifted from a glove that appeared to match the ones worn by the suspect in doorbell camera footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home, taken on the morning she went missing. It was reportedly found about 2 miles away from her house.

Glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s home appears to match those worn by suspect in doorbell camera video (Sun, February 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM GMT)

A glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s home appears to match the gloves worn by the masked person seen in the FBI-released doorbell camera footage, according to multiple news outlets that cited the FBI.

The glove, which contained DNA, was one of several that investigators found while searching near her home. Most of the gloves belonged to searchers who had discarded them while working in the area, the FBI said.

“The one with the DNA profile recovered is different and appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video,” the FBI said in a statement, adding that it’s waiting on final test results from the glove, which could take about 24 hours.

Why Nancy Guthrie’s case has gripped the attention of the U.S. (Sun, February 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM GMT)

As the cohost of Today, Savannah Guthrie’s fame has led to national attention in the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, and significant resources have been dedicated to finding her. But it has also led to rampant speculation and false leads.

YouTuber Jimmy Williams told the BBC that the speculation only heightens the intrigue of the case. Since Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, his YouTube channel has gained more than 8,000 new subscribers, he said.

Many who have kept up with the details of the case feel for the Guthrie family and believe that this could happen to anybody’s mother.

Kelly Himes, who told the BBC that she lives several miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home, felt compelled to visit the growing number of flowers at the end of Nancy’s driveway to offer a prayer.

“Nancy’s the same age as my mom, the same height as my mom, and she’s got the same hair,” Himes told the BBC. “She lives alone, just like my mom does. This is someone who could be anybody’s mother.”

No news conferences scheduled for Sunday, sheriff’s department says (Sun, February 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM GMT)

There are currently no planned news conferences scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 15, a spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department told Yahoo in an email on Sunday morning.

Authorities attempt to detect Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker using ‘signal sniffer’ (Sun, February 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM GMT)

Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker was disconnected from the accompanying app on her phone just before 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 1, the same day she was reported missing.

Authorities are now using a device called a “signal sniffer” mounted on a Pima County Sheriff’s Department helicopter to attempt to detect her pacemaker, NewsNation reported.

“The helicopter has to stay low and move slowly for it to work,” NewsNation reporter Brian Entin said in a Saturday post on X.

Former FBI special agent Maureen O’Connell also told NewsNation on Saturday, “With regards to this particular tool … I do know that the pacemaker sends off a very short-distance alert, or whatever, so they’re going to have to get really close.”

Arizona state rep blasts true crime content creators for doing ‘more harm than good’ (Sun, February 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM GMT)

Arizona state Rep. Alma Hernandez, who represents Pima County, blasted “random wannabe journalists and YouTubers” in an X post on Saturday for doing “more harm than good” in the investigation.

“Let law enforcement do their jobs. Stop following them during swat operations and playing detectives,” she said, adding that she is sick of the “constant LIES” and calling for them to “GO HOME.”

Search for Nancy Guthrie enters 3rd week (Sun, February 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM GMT)

The search for Nancy Guthrie entered its third week on Sunday. The 84-year-old was last seen on Jan. 31 at her Tucson, Ariz., home and was reported missing by her family on Feb. 1. Here’s what we know so far about the investigation:

  • The FBI shared details about the masked person seen in the doorbell camera footage it released, describing them as 5 feet 9 inches tall with an average build. They were wearing dark clothing, black gloves and sneakers, and had a black 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack.
  • DNA uncovered by forensics teams on Nancy Guthrie’s property that does not match her or anyone close to her is being analyzed at a laboratory, the Pima County sheriff said.
  • Additionally, multiple pieces of evidence collected by investigators, including several gloves, are undergoing forensic analysis. One of the gloves was discovered up to 10 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home.
  • Authorities have not named a suspect or made any arrests as of Sunday morning.
    • On Feb. 10, law enforcement detained a man for questioning and searched his residence in Rio Rico, Ariz. He was released hours later.
    • No arrests were made on Friday following a law enforcement operation at a residence near Nancy Guthrie’s home.

Law enforcement swarmed two locations near Guthrie’s home last night (Sat, February 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM GMT)

Late Friday, more than a dozen law enforcement vehicles — including SWAT and forensics teams — swarmed a residence on the edge of the Catalina Foothills neighborhood, a short drive from both Nancy Guthrie’s home and the home of her older daughter and son-in-law.

Multiple roads were closed for about four hours while officers conducted activity “related to the Guthrie case,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department later confirmed on X.

But despite initially posting that “a written statement” about Friday’s activity would be “forthcoming,” the department ultimately left the scene without explaining why they were there.

“Because this is a joint investigation, at the request of the FBI — no additional information is currently available,” the department announced.

Local deputies and FBI investigators also converged on a second scene in the parking lot of a restaurant about five minutes away from the residential neighborhood they had sealed off.

They were seen investigating and photographing something in the trunk of gray Range Rover. A tow truck eventually hauled the SUV away. It is unclear whether this activity was connected to the Guthrie case.

Sheriff says no gloves were found at Nancy Guthrie’s home (Fri, February 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM GMT)

In an interview with a Fox News reporter on Friday, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said that the gloves that were recovered by investigators were not found at Nancy Guthrie’s home.

“We never found a glove on that property,” Nanos said.

The department said in a statement on Thursday that investigators had “recovered several items of evidence, including gloves,” and that they were being submitted for analysis. It did not say where the items were recovered.

NBC News incorrectly reported that the gloves were found at Guthrie’s residence. On Friday morning, the network issued a correction, stating that it was not clear where they were found.

No press briefing scheduled today (Fri, February 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM GMT)

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said it will not hold a press conference on the Nancy Guthrie case today, saying in a post on X that it would notify the media only “if any significant developments occur.”

The last official media briefing on the investigation was on Feb. 5.

Trump: ‘Somebody either knew what they were doing very well, or they were rank amateurs’ (Fri, February 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM GMT)

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday, President Trump was asked why the FBI, which is assisting the Pima County Sheriff’s Department in the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, hasn’t taken over the case.

“It was a local case originally, and they didn’t want to let go of it, which is fine — it’s up to them. It’s really up to the community,” Trump said. “But ultimately, when the FBI got involved, I think, you know, progress has been made.”

Asked later if he believes the Mexican cartel or a foreign nation was involved in her apparent abduction, the president replied: “You can’t say that yet. It’s a little bit early, but it’s, uh — somebody either knew what they were doing very well, or they were rank amateurs. Either way, it’s not a good situation.”

Rain showers in the Tucson area could complicate the search for evidence (Fri, February 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM GMT)

There are light rain showers falling in the Tucson, Ariz., area, including in Nancy Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills neighborhood.

The FBI’s field office in Phoenix told CNN that its agents would continue their investigation “regardless of weather conditions.”

But any rain could complicate the search for evidence in the desert terrain. However, while forecasters had predicted up to an inch of rain in some areas, the National Weather Service said it now expects “little to no” accumulation this morning.

Man accused of sending fake ransom note to Guthrie family is released after appearing in federal court (Fri, February 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM GMT)

A California man accused of sending a fake ransom note to the family of Nancy Guthrie appeared in federal court in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday.

Derrick Callella, of Hawthorne, Calif., has been charged with “transmitting a demand for ransom in interstate commerce, and without disclosing his identity, utilizing a telecommunications device with intent to abuse, threaten or harass a person,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for District of Arizona announced in a press release.

According to prosecutors, Callella sent text messages to Nancy Guthrie’s daughter, Annie Guthrie, and her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, asking about a bitcoin transaction moments after the Guthrie family released their first video message addressing Nancy Guthrie’s apparent kidnapper.

Callella made an initial appearance in federal court in Santa Ana, Calif., last week and was released on $20,000 bond.

He was granted release on Thursday under multiple conditions — including no contact with any victims or witnesses and having all of his devices monitored — as he awaits trial.

Sheriff says investigators have ‘good leads’ as search for Nancy Guthrie enters its 13th day (Fri, February 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM GMT)

In a new interview with KOLD-TV, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said investigators have developed “good leads” in the search for Nancy Guthrie.

But Nanos also acknowledged that there are still no signs of the 84-year-old, who was reported missing on Feb. 1.

And the sheriff again disputed a report that he was blocking the FBI’s access to key evidence in the investigation, insisting that local and federal law enforcement are on the same page.

Nancy Guthrie’s neigbors are tying yellow ribbons to trees around her home (Fri, February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM GMT)</h3)

In addition to the growing makeshift memorial outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home, neighbors of the missing 84-year-old in the Catalina Foothills have been tying ribbons to trees, symbolizing hope of her safe return.

KOLD-TV reports that a local Tucson flower shop has also been helping create special arrangements with yellow roses for those looking to support the Guthrie family.

Sheriff denies report he is blocking FBI access to evidence: ‘Not even close to the truth’ (Fri, February 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM GMT)

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is denying a report that he is blocking the FBI’s access to key evidence in the Nancy Guthrie case.

Reuters reported on Thursday that the FBI asked for evidence, including gloves and DNA found near the 84-year-old’s home, to be processed at the bureau’s national crime laboratory in Quantico, Va., but Nanos insisted on using a private lab in Florida.

In an interview with KVOA-TV, Nanos said the report was “not even close to the truth.”

Nanos said that he and FBI officials had a discussion about sending recently discovered gloves to the bureau’s lab. “I said ‘No, why do that? Let’s just send them all to where all the DNA exist, all the profiles and the markers exist,'” Nanos explained. “They agreed, makes sense.”

FBI releases new description of the suspect, increases reward to $100,000 (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 11:27 PM GMT)

Authorities provided a new description of the person suspected of abducting Nancy Guthrie based on forensic evidence from images captured by the doorbell camera outside her home.

He is described as “approximately 5’9” – 5’10” tall, with an average build.” The agency also shared specific details of the bag he is believed to have been wearing, a black, 25-liter “Ozark Trail Hiker Pack.”

The FBI is also doubling the size of its reward for information that leads to her location, from $50,000 to $100,000. The agency said it has collected more than 13,000 tips from the public since Guthrie’s disappearance on Feb. 1.

Rain forecast for Friday could complicate evidence gathering around Guthrie home (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM GMT)

Forecasters are expecting rain showers that could bring between one-quarter and 1 inch of precipitation to the Tucson, Ariz., area on Friday, which could create challenges for law enforcement as they scour the area surrounding Nancy Guthrie’s home for evidence.

Friday’s showers will be the first rain to fall in the area since Guthrie’s disappearance on Feb. 1. The FBI’s field office in Phoenix told CNN that its agents will continue their investigation “regardless of weather conditions.”

Photos: The hunt for evidence (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM GMT)

Photos show investigators searching for evidence in the past few days near Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills area near Tucson, Ariz.

Sheriff’s department says there aren’t any scheduled press briefings at this time (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM GMT)

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a post on X Thursday that there are no scheduled press briefings at this time and that Sheriff Chris Nanos is not conducting separate interviews.

If there’s a “significant development” in the case, a press conference will be called, the post added.

Investigators ‘have recovered several items of evidence, including gloves,’ police say (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM GMT)

In an update on Thursday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said that investigators have “recovered several items of evidence, including gloves,” and that they are being submitted for analysis.

On Wednesday, as FBI agents scoured the Catalina Foothills near Nancy Guthrie’s home north of Tucson, Ariz., a black glove was recovered about 1.5 miles from the 84-year-old’s residence, according to a New York Post reporter who was there when the item was found.

It’s unclear whether authorities believe it’s the same glove worn by the person seen in the doorbell camera footage released earlier this week by the FBI.

Pima County Sheriff’s Department expands request for video surveillance footage (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM GMT)

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is expanding its call for video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors.

Investigators are now “requesting any video showing vehicles, traffic, pedestrians, or suspicious activity from Jan. 1 – Feb. 2” in a 2-mile radius of Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills, the department announced in a post on X.

Police previously asked neighbors to review footage from Jan. 11 between 9 p.m. and midnight, as well as from Jan. 31 between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

An alert was also sent through the Neighbors app, police said. Residents may be contacted directly through the app by the sheriff’s department, urging recipients to “verify legitimate posts” by looking for a blue checkmark.

A timeline of what’s happened in the investigation this week (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM GMT)

It’s been 12 days since Nancy Guthrie was reported missing from her Tucson, Ariz., home. Authorities have so far not publicly identified any persons of interest or suspects in the case.

Here’s what’s happened in the investigation this week.

Sunday, Feb. 8

  • Detectives continue follow-up work at multiple locations, and an investigator is seen using a pole to search in a septic tank behind Nancy Guthrie’s home.

Monday, Feb. 9

    • The FBI says it isn’t aware of any communication between the Guthrie family and possible kidnappers, despite a 5 p.m. ransom deadline set for that evening.
    • Savannah Guthrie releases an emotional Instagram video pleading for the public’s help, saying, “We are at an hour of desperation.”

Tuesday, Feb. 10

  • The FBI releases a video and images of what it says is “an armed individual” appearing to tamper with a doorbell camera at Nancy Guthrie’s home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1
  • Authorities detain a man for several hours and later release him after they carry out a “court-authorized search” of the Rio Rico, Ariz., home he shares with his wife and mother-in-law. He says agents told him he looked like the person in the doorbell camera footage.

Wednesday, Feb. 11

  • Investigators widen their search outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills.
  • FBI agents recover a pair of black gloves that are being tested for traces of DNA, according to KVOA of Tucson.
  • TMZ says it received a note from someone claiming to have information about Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper in exchange for 1 bitcoin, worth over $60,000.
  • Authorities say they’ve received over 18,000 tips as of this point in the investigation, with more than 4,000 since the FBI released the doorbell camera footage.

Thursday, Feb. 12

  • Police ask Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors to check their home security footage from Jan. 11 and Jan. 31.
  • A white tent is temporarily constructed in front of Nancy Guthrie’s home, then later taken down.

Nancy Guthrie’s neighbor says detectives have asked him twice about a truck (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM GMT)

A man who says he lives around the corner from Nancy Guthrie said investigators have asked him on two separate occasions if he owns a truck, according to NBC News.

David Romano told detectives he does not own a truck, but indicated that investigators seem to be looking for someone who does.

Romano didn’t say why investigators may have asked him about it twice.

Tent removed from Nancy Guthrie’s front entrance (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM GMT)

A white tent that had been set up outside the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s home north of Tucson, Ariz., early this morning has been taken down, according to reporters there. It remains unclear why it was put up or taken down.

The tent had been blocking the view of the front entrance, where police said blood belonging to Nancy Guthrie was found.

Retired FBI special agent explains why investigators must follow up on tips, if not to break a case (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM GMT)

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday that it has received nearly 18,000 tips related to the Nancy Guthrie case since Sunday, Feb. 1, when she was reported missing.

More than 4,000 of those calls had come within 24 hours of the FBI releasing six surveillance images and three videos of a masked person, who appeared to be tampering with a doorbell camera in front of Nancy Guthrie’s home.

Retired FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas told Yahoo that investigators are likely working to follow up on each and every tip, first and foremost because one of thousands could lead to a break in the case. “I worked one case where we had over 5,700 leads,” Trombiatas said, “and it was tip number 5,444 that led to the resolution of the case.”

Another reason to follow up on each tip is to cover all bases before the case goes to court. “When it’s time to prosecute,” Trombitas said, “if you don’t follow those up, the defense is going to bring up an argument … ‘How do you know that another individual that was mentioned wasn’t the one that’s really responsible if you didn’t follow it up?”

A tent just went up outside Nancy Guthrie’s front door (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM GMT)

A white tent was put up outside the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s home north of Tucson, Ariz., just before 8 a.m. local time, according to reporters there. It’s unclear why.

The tent is now blocking the front entrance, where police previously said that blood belonging to Nancy Guthrie was found.

The entrance is also where the doorbell camera that captured the footage released by the FBI of “an armed individual” on the morning of her disappearance had been.

Savannah Guthrie posts new video: ‘We will never give up on her’ (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 4:08 PM GMT)

With the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie entering its 12th day, Savannah Guthrie posted a new video to Instagram on Thursday with old footage showing her and her sister as children with their mother.

“Our lovely mom,” Savannah Guthrie wrote in the caption. “We will never give up on her. thank you for your prayers and hope.”

Police ask Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors to check home security footage from Jan. 11 and Jan. 31 (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM GMT)

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is asking Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors to check their home security cameras for footage from Jan. 11 between 9 p.m. and midnight, ABC News reported on Thursday.

The request, which was made on an app called Neighbors, did not specify a reason, per ABC.

Authorities also asked people in the Catalina Foothills area to check footage from Jan. 31 — the day Nancy Guthrie was last seen — between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. for a “suspicious vehicle” that was seen in the area.

Authorities say they have received over 18,000 tips — and more than 4,000 since release of doorbell camera footage (Thu, February 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM GMT)

The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday that they have fielded more than 18,000 tips since Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1, and more than 4,000 since the release of doorbell camera footage showing “an armed individual” outside her home on the morning of her disappearance.

They encouraged anyone with information to call the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900 or the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.

Photos show investigators expanding their search outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home today (Wed, February 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM GMT)

Photographs show investigators widening their search today near Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson.

Retired FBI special agent believes Nancy Guthrie’s home was ‘targeted’ (Wed, February 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM GMT)

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos previously said it’s possible Nancy Guthrie was targeted, and if so, investigators don’t know whether it was because of Savannah Guthrie’s high public profile as a Today coanchor.

Harry Trombitas, retired FBI special agent, told Yahoo, “I still believe it was targeted.”

“I don’t think that they randomly picked Nancy’s house,” he added. “I truly think they must have known something that Nancy was there and perhaps the family had some money.”

Trombitas said that if it were a random burglary, for example, there was no need to take Nancy, and they could have gotten out quickly and tried another home down the road.

“It appears to me like it was targeted,” Trombitas said. “They knew at least who was there, and until we catch them and have a chance to interview them, a lot of these questions that we have about how they conducted the crime are going to remain unanswered until we sit down with them and ask them these questions.”

Why no news conferences could be a ‘good sign’ in investigation, according to former FBI special agent(Wed, February 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM GMT)

Despite multiple updates happening in the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance on Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday that “there are no press briefings or interviews scheduled at this time.” A press conference will only be held if there’s a “significant development,” it added.

Retired FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas told Yahoo, “I absolutely think that it’s a good sign” for the progress in the investigation. “I think they’ve been working behind the scenes tirelessly” to bring Nancy back home to her family.

“Law enforcement is not going to lay their whole case out,” Trombitas explained.

“I’ve worked cases where it is critical that you not release this information and that you have to remember that everything you say not only is being picked up by the media and passed on to the public, but you’re talking to the bad guys as well,” he pointed out.

“I think there’s a good chance that some very valuable tips have come in, and they’re in the process of following up on those, and I truly believe that before too long, we will have another break in the case,” Trombitas said.

Retired FBI special agent tells Yahoo: ‘I believe this case is going to be solved on a public tip'(Wed, February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM GMT)

Yahoo spoke with retired FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas on Wednesday about the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie and stressed the importance of how much authorities need the public’s help in finding her.

“In my career, I worked a number of kidnappings, and relying on the public is critical,” Trombitas said. “Oftentimes, you hear about law enforcement agencies thinking that they can do this by themselves, that they don’t need any public input, and the reality is we need public input. We need to have the public call the information in; help us out, no tip is too small,” he explained.

“I believe this case is going to be solved on a public tip.”

Trombitas explained that there was one case he worked that had 5,700 leads, and it was the 5,444th tip that led to the resolution of the case.

“Somebody knows who is involved out there, and we just need them to contact law enforcement.”

The FBI is urging people with any information regarding the case to contact them at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.

TMZ says it received a note from someone claiming to ‘have information’ about Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper (Wed, February 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM GMT)

TMZ says it received another note related to Nancy Guthrie’s apparent abduction and forwarded it to the FBI.

Last week, TMZ was one of three news outlets to receive a ransom note demanding $6 million from the family. The FBI has not publicly verified the authenticity of that note.

Harvey Levin, TMZ founder, said the sender of the latest note claims to “have information about who the kidnapper is.” According to Levin, the person who sent it said that they have been trying to get in touch with two of Nancy’s adult children, Annie Guthrie and Camron Guthrie, but have been unsuccessful.

The sender is demanding one bitcoin in exchange for the information, per TMZ.

According to Yahoo Finance, one bitcoin is currently worth about $67,000. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for “information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.”