Arizona Sheriff Tells ‘Today’ Show Viewers Nancy Guthrie’s Masked Abductor ‘Had a Target’

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed in a “Today” show interview Wednesday that he believes Nancy Guthrie’s abductor had a specific target in mind when she was taken from her home in the early hours of Feb. 1.

Nanos, who is leading the investigation into the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie‘s eighty-four-year-old mother, offered some insight into investigators’ current thinking in a sit-down interview with NBC’s Liz Kreutz.

“I think this was an individual who had a target for whatever reason, and he has made it tough,” Nanos said. “But I’ve got some pretty tough investigators, too.”

Surveillance footage captured the morning of Sunday, Feb.