Nancy Guthrie has been missing since February 1 (Image: Savannah Guthrie/Instagram)
The search for Savannah Guthrie’s mom is continuing as authorities on Arizona try to locate the missing 84-year-old woman.
Nancy Guthrie was taken from her home in Tucson overnight between January 31 and February 1. She hasn’t been seen since.
Over the past 10 days, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI have been working together, focusing on several key areas. It comes after an ex-FBI agent revealed the hidden codeword that Savannah used in her message to the kidnappers.
The primary search area is the Catalina Foothills in Tucson, where Nancy was last seen when she was dropped off at her home at 9.48 p.m. on Saturday, January 31.
Searchers have conducted extensive neighborhood canvassing and forensic analysis at her home.
Authorities have been searching at several key locations (Image: Google Maps)
Investigators were also seen examining a septic tank and culverts near the property.
Authorities have also searched the neighborhood where Savannah’s sister, Annie Guthrie, lives with her husband, Tommaso Cioni.
The property is located approximately four miles from Nancy’s home in Tucson, where she was taken from in the middle of the night.
On February 10, after a person was detained for questioning – before being released – in connection with the woman’s disappearance, authorities also searched a location in Rio Rico, Arizona.
The man was detained during a traffic stop south of Tucson, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, but hours later he spoke to the media, saying he had been released and was looking to clear his name.
The department and the FBI were conducting a court-authorized search on Tuesday night at a location in Rio Rico, about an hour’s drive south of Tucson, the department said in a statement. It was expected to take several hours.
Since Nancy disappeared, Savannah and her two siblings have released a series of video statements pleading for the return of their mother and indicating a willingness to pay a ransom.
Authorities have described Nancy as mentally sound but with limited mobility. She takes several medications and there was concern from the start that she could die without them, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said repeatedly.
The community of Rio Rico is roughly an hour’s drive from Nancy’s home and about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of the US-Mexico border.
Savannah Guthrie pictured with her mom Nancy (Image: Savannah Guthrie/Instagram)
The latest developments came as the FBI released videos of a person wearing a ski mask and a backpack trying to cover Nancy’s doorbell camera while approaching her front door.
The subject can also be seen holding a flashlight in their mouth and trying to cover the camera with a gloved hand and part of a plant ripped from the yard.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the “armed individual” appeared to “have tampered with the camera.” It was not entirely clear whether there was a gun in the holster.
The videos were pulled from data on “back-end systems” after investigators spent days trying to find lost, corrupted or inaccessible images, Patel said.
Savannah and her siblings are hoping for their mother’s safe return (Image: Instagram)
Tuesday afternoon, authorities were back near Nancy’s neighborhood, using vehicles to block her driveway.
A few miles away, law enforcement was going door-to-door in the area where her daughter Annie lives, talking with neighbors as well as walking through a drainage area and examining the inside of a culvert with a flashlight.
Investigators have said for more than a week that they believe Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will.
She was last seen at home on January 31 and reported missing the next day. DNA tests showed blood on her porch was hers, authorities said.
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