The sheriff leading the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has acknowledged her family is “frustrated” as the case remains unsolved after more than 100 days.
Nanos went on to reveal that investigators remain focused on reviewing evidence and following leads, including extensive digital material, surveillance footage, and forensic data.
“Right now, I think our focus is on the tips, the leads, and the evidence we have in front of us. Digitally — the camera footage as well as biological, the DNA, and those types of things.”
Guthrie, 84, vanished from her Tucson, Arizona home on February 1. She was last seen on January 31 and is believed to have been taken from her home against her will. The FBI previously released images showing a masked figure approaching her front door in the early hours.
Her family has since offered a $1 million reward for information leading to her whereabouts.
Despite the lack of arrests or named suspects, Sheriff Nanos said he remains confident the case will be solved and insisted the investigation is progressing.
“My team, I’ve said all along, they’re gonna solve this. I fully 100% believe that.”
He also addressed public frustration over the lack of answers, saying complex cases can take time depending on the evidence available.
“There’s frustration because people want to know,” he said. “But this is just like any other case. Sometimes you solve them within hours or days. Sometimes it takes a long time.”
He added that investigators are working through thousands of pieces of video evidence from cameras and intersections as they build a clearer picture of events.
“There are thousands and thousands of videos out there from intersections and Ring cameras that we have to catalog,” he said. “Maybe it’s all the white trucks are over here, all the red sedans are over here; you’ve gotta have it so that when you do find a suspect … ‘Hey, the suspect is John Doe, we got him,’ now we go and say, ‘Well, what else do we know about John Doe?'”
Nanos also rejected claims of tension between local authorities and the FBI, saying federal agents were involved from the early stages of the investigation.
“The FBI was with us day one,” he said. “We’ve always had a working relationship.”
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