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\u201cWe continue to believe it is Tucsonans, and the greater southern Arizona community, that hold the key to finding resolution in this case,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone knows something. It\u2019s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant. We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom\u2019s case \u2013 please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo detail is too small. It may be the key.\u201d<\/p>\n
The heartbroken family said they miss their mother deeply and won\u2019t find peace until she is home.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home. We want to celebrate her beautiful and courageous life. But we cannot do that until she is brought to a final place of rest.<\/p>\n
Nancy, mother of \u201cToday\u201d show star Savannah Guthrie, is believed to have been taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home during the early hours of Feb. 1.<\/p>\n
She was reported missing after she failed to show up at church, and security footage recovered from her doorbell camera captured a masked man loitering around doorstep the night police believe she was kidnapped.<\/p>\n
Police have still not identified any suspects.<\/p>\n
One of the board\u2019s issues with Nanos stems from his allegedly lying during a deposition for an unrelated lawsuit. During the deposition, he denied under oath having been suspended during his time as an officer in El Paso, Texas, before joining the PCSD in the \u201980s. In reality, Nanos was suspended several times, according to records obtained by CBS News.<\/p>\n
\u201cA unanimous vote of the disciplinary board at that time for a whole host of problems said, \u2018Hey, he can\u2019t be a cop anymore. He\u2019s just bad at this and he\u2019s not upholding our standards \u2026 he\u2019s got to go,\u2019\u201d Dr. Matt Heinz, a Pima County Board of Supervisors member, told CBS.<\/p>\n
Heinz continued, of Nanos, \u201cHe has definitely lost the confidence of the community. He\u2019s embarrassed himself, and it\u2019s time for him to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In a letter to the board, Nanos\u2019 attorney, James Cool, said, per Fox News, \u201cIt is 100% correct that Sheriff Nanos was never suspended during his four decades of decorated and faithful service with the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department. However, Sheriff Nanos was suspended more than forty years ago while employed by El Paso Police Department.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cool added, in the 12-page response to the board\u2019s demand for answers, \u201cSheriff Nanos did not understand the question related to discipline with a different agency not governed by the Arizona Peace Officers Bill of Rights. In reviewing the transcript shortly after his deposition, Sheriff Nanos spotted the misunderstanding and promptly notified his attorney.\u201d<\/p>\n
The push to remove Nanos as sheriff is not related to Nancy\u2019s ongoing case, which is nearing 100 days. \u201cIn no way has the Guthrie investigation ever factored into this. It really hasn\u2019t,\u201d Heinz insisted. However, it comes on the heels of FBI Director Kash Patel criticizing the PCSD\u2019s handling of the investigation, claiming that the FBI was blocked for four days.<\/p>\n
Despite a $1 million reward from Savannah and the FBI releasing video clips and images of a masked individual on Nancy\u2019s front porch, no suspect has been named in the investigation.<\/p>\n
This story was originally published by Parade on May 10, 2026, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/p>\n
Nancy Guthrie case: Former cop shows how missing mom could vanish just yards from homes<\/p>\n
TUCSON, Ariz. \u2014 Walking down a desert path carved through the neighborhood just a mile and a half from Nancy Guthrie\u2019s home in the Catalina Foothills, retired Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Lt. Bob Krygier points into the dense brush.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can throw something under the tree right there, in this brush right back here,\u201d he says. \u201cWe could walk past\u2026 I guarantee you we\u2019ve walked by things that are probably suspicious in nature, dead animals, things like that, and you\u2019re just not going to see them the terrain itself acts as a natural hide for things.\u201c<\/p>\n
He\u2019s in what locals call a \u201cwash.\u201d They are the pathways that water escapes during heavy rainfall, also known as ephemeral rivers, and they appear all over Tucson and the surrounding Pima County.<\/p>\n
\u201cHundreds upon hundreds [of] these throughout the county and the city, if not thousands,\u201d he told Fox News Digital earlier this week. \u201cThey\u2019re just literally everywhere. It\u2019s just the nature of the terrain, the way the geography was made.\u201d<\/p>\n
They can also be natural escape routes, he said.<\/p>\n
He spent almost three decades with the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department, the lead agency in the search for the 84-year-old mother of \u201cToday\u201d co-host Savannah Guthrie.<\/p>\n
In that time, he said he chased countless suspects into the washes. Authorities have also recovered the remains of other missing persons many times over the years.<\/p>\n
Some are narrow. Some are wide, like one just east of Guthrie\u2019s neighborhood, which at some points stretches more than an estimated 150 yards across. In a situation like that, a vehicle could fit inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re here within five minutes. And you could, you saw, we could drive down this road for 10 seconds and be completely out of sight from any roadway,\u201d he said. \u201cSo then you now have what you need, which is time, and some cover from prying eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the same area, deputies responded to an abandoned vehicle discovered on Feb. 2, parked just up the street from the entrance to the wash.<\/p>\n
A Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department spokesperson previously said the vehicle was not connected to the Guthrie investigation. Fox News Digital has requested but not yet received records about how and why it was there.<\/p>\n
The route itself had been flagged to Fox News Digital by another neighbor \u2014 who said she saw a suspicious man walking in the area that same day. She asked not to be named due to concerns for her children\u2019s safety amid the unsolved kidnapping investigation.<\/p>\n
Investigators search brush near Nancy Guthrie\u2019s house in Arizona as her photo is shown in an overlay. The image is courtesy of NBC and Fox News Digital.
\nIn the same neighborhood, Fox News Digital obtained Ring camera video from another resident that shows a vehicle headed in the direction away from Guthrie\u2019s home a few minutes after her suspected abduction. The video was provided to the FBI in February, and there have been no updates since.<\/p>\n
Timeline: Nbc Host Savannah Guthrie\u2019s Mother Disappears As Sheriff Says She May Have Been \u2018Abducted\u2019<\/p>\n
Once inside, power lines lead toward nearby roads, Krygier said, providing guideposts along the way back out.<\/p>\n
FBI agents canvass homes near Nancy Guthrie\u2019s residence in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, as the investigation into her disappearance continues.
\n\u201cI think they\u2019d have to be very familiar with it because you\u2019re not gonna stumble upon this area from Nancy\u2019s house,\u201d Krygier said. \u201cBut it\u2019s close enough to where if you did some scouting days and weeks ahead of time, which there\u2019s some evidence that says they might have been out here prior to that night, this would be an area that I would look at and say, \u2018All right, let\u2019s figure this out. I can get here to there without being seen.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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Guthrie is believed to have been taken from her home around 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 1. Her family discovered she was missing around noon. Searches on foot, plane and helicopter did not find her.<\/p>\n
Law enforcement agents search vegetation areas around Nancy Guthrie\u2019s home in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 11, 2026.
\nSavannah Guthrie\u2019s Mother Nancy Missing Over A Month, $1M Reward Remains Unclaimed<\/p>\n
\u201cEven with airplanes, even with the FLIR that we have, the infrared, you\u2019re looking down, you can\u2019t see through a lot of different things, so it\u2019s not going to see something that might have been stashed underneath some of this brush,\u201d Krygier said.<\/p>\n
Aerial drone shots show the home and grounds of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. Nancy Guthrie, mother of \u2018Today\u2019 show host Savannah Guthrie, is suspected of being abducted from her home earlier this week.
\nThe federal government even provided a high-tech piece of equipment that attempted to pick up the Bluetooth signal from her pacemaker device, with no results.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this point, I can\u2019t imagine saying no to anyone offering help, whether it be cadaver dogs, the Cajun Navy has popped up again,\u201d Krygier told Fox News Digital. \u201cThose are just extra feet on the ground that I don\u2019t have to pay, quite honestly. Maybe if they find something, awesome. We probably wouldn\u2019t have found it. If they don\u2019t, great. I personally would be accepting some of that help. There\u2019s no reason not to at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is a combined reward of more than $1.2 million for information that cracks the case.<\/p>\n
Two images showing a masked man wearing gloves on Nancy Guthrie’s porch
\nThe FBI released two images recovered from Nancy Guthrie\u2019s Nest doorbell camera showing a masked man wearing gloves on her porch. It is unclear if both images show the same person.<\/p>\n
Retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente believes the suspect accused of kidnapping Nancy Guthrie \u201cbumbled\u201d his way through the alleged abduction and may have left behind enough evidence to eventually be identified, RadarOnline.com can reveal.<\/p>\n
Nearly 100 days after the 84-year-old vanished from her Tucson-area home, Clemente claimed the masked intruder\u2019s alleged mistakes suggest he was \u201cnot a sophisticated offender.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Bumbling His Way Through This\u2019
\n\u201cThere was a concentration of round droplets near the front door, then a thinning trail toward her driveway,\u201d he told Fox News Digital, explaining he believes Guthrie coughed up blood while close to the ground.<\/p>\n
The former profiler claimed the suspect appeared unprepared despite allegedly scouting the home in advance. According to Clemente, the intruder used nearby foliage to try to block the Nest doorbell camera instead of disabling it properly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the process of doing that, I believe he revealed what looked like a tattoo on his wrist,\u201d Clemente said. \u201cSo it tells me that he is not a sophisticated offender. He was sort of bumbling his way through this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Authorities previously released recovered Nest footage showing a masked man arriving at Guthrie\u2019s home around the time she disappeared on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n
The suspect was described as above average height and build and allegedly wore gloves, a ski mask, long sleeves, and a black Ozark Trail backpack. A holstered pistol was also visible in the footage.<\/p>\n
Although the doorbell camera itself reportedly disappeared from the scene, investigators were still able to recover imagery from the device with help from Google and the FBI.<\/p>\n
Clemente claimed the release of those images may have rattled the alleged kidnapper.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause of all the mistakes this guy made, because of his ineptness and non-professional behavior in this, I believe that he exhibited a great degree of stress when the images were first released,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Hair Sample Could Crack Case
\nInvestigators also reportedly recovered an unidentified hair sample from Guthrie\u2019s home that was eventually sent to the FBI for advanced analysis after initially being processed by a private lab in Florida.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it is a hair from the offender, then it will lead to his identification,\u201d Clemente claimed. \u201cThey will have his name.\u201d<\/p>\n
Authorities have not publicly identified any suspects in the case.<\/p>\n
Profiler Suggests Savannah Guthrie May Have Been Target
\nThe mystery surrounding Guthrie\u2019s disappearance was also recently examined during the special NewsNation Presents: The Nancy Guthrie Mystery, which aired May 6 on The CW.<\/p>\n
During the program, veteran profiler Dr. Ann Burgess weighed in on a possible motive behind the alleged abduction.<\/p>\n
When asked who may have been intended to suffer most from the crime, Burgess suggested the answer may not have been Nancy herself.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could be somebody in the family. Somebody \u2014 Savannah,\u201d Burgess said, referring to Today co-host Savannah Guthrie.<\/p>\n
When asked directly whether the motive could have been to make Savannah suffer, Burgess replied, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n