The search for Nancy Guthrie has stretched on for nearly nine months, with investigators still unable to explain what happened to the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. Her disappearance is still an open case, and no one has been arrested. Her family is still waiting for answers as authorities work to uncover what happened.
In the days after Guthrie vanished, authorities received ransom messages claiming she had been killed. The disturbing claims added another layer to an already troubling case, but they still haven’t answered the biggest question: What actually happened to Nancy Guthrie?
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos Shares His Theory About Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has a different view of what may have happened at the time she vanished. In a new interview with The Buckmaster Show, Nanos spoke out for the first time in quite a while about the case. His big emphasis was that this is not a cold case, and he believes Nancy Guthrie was alive when someone took her from her home.
It’s a key point in an investigation that has yet to produce a breakthrough. That belief, however, does not establish what happened after she was taken. Guthrie’s location remains unknown, and the people believed to be responsible for her alleged kidnapping have not been caught. For now, investigators are still trying to determine what happened and bring the case closer to an answer.
Chris Nanos Gives an Update as Investigators Continue Working to Uncover New Evidence
In significant news, in the same interview, Sheriff Nanos also said that he and investigators went to Florida earlier this month to meet with the lab about the mixed DNA evidence. He said he hopes to have new information in the Nancy Guthrie case before too long.
Nanos made it clear that investigators haven’t given up on finding answers, emphasizing that the case is still active. One challenge is that some DNA recovered from Nancy Guthrie’s home has yet to be matched to people known to have been inside. The sheriff said investigators believe the 84-year-old was alive when she was taken and was not injured inside her house.
Authorities have established that she was in bed at a known time, while footage from her doorbell camera in the early hours of Feb. 1 suggests she may have awakened. What happened once she was taken remains unclear, and anything beyond that is still a guessing game.
