{"id":2284354,"date":"2026-02-16T17:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2284354"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:34:17","slug":"sheriff-leading-nancy-guthrie-search-understands-interest-in-son-in-law-tommaso-cioni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sheriff-leading-nancy-guthrie-search-understands-interest-in-son-in-law-tommaso-cioni\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff leading Nancy Guthrie search &#8216;understands&#8217; interest in son-in-law Tommaso Cioni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The sheriff leading the investigation into Nancy Guthrie\u2019s mysterious disappearance has acknowledged the interest in her son-in-law Tommaso Cioni as a potential suspect.<\/p>\n<p>However, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos also said that he and his team don\u2019t want to put a \u201cmark on somebody who could be completely innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he is guilty, if he\u2019s the one who did it, and we\u2019re able to prove that, then at that time jump on it, but don\u2019t come out of nowhere with this,\u201d Nanos\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15563189\/Sheriff-Nancy-Guthrie-probe-unearth-video-suspect.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told the celebrity.land<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday regarding Annie Guthrie\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has acknowledged the interest in Nancy Guthrie\u2019s son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, as a potential suspect in the 84-year-old\u2019s disappearance. <span class=\"credit\">Annie Guthrie \/ Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nanos also said that he doesn\u2019t want to put a \u201cmark on somebody who could be completely innocent.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/16\/us-news\/savannah-guthrie-missing-mom-feb-16\/\">Follow live updates on Savannah Guthrie\u2019s missing mom, Nancy, for the latest news<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand the pundits are out there. They\u2019re gonna say, well,\u00a0he\u2019s the last one to see her alive.\u00a0We understand that stuff,\u201d Nanos continued. \u201cBut, my goodness, you\u2019re putting a mark on somebody who could be completely innocent. And more important than that, he\u2019s family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cioni was the subject of early speculation connected to the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mom\u2019s, largely because <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/05\/celebrity-news\/cops-are-actively-looking-at-everyone-as-a-suspect-in-nancy-guthries-disappearance-including-son-in-law\/\">he was the last known person to see<\/a> the 84-year-old before she was reported missing on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nancy had met Annie and Cioni for dinner and games on the night of Jan. 31, and the latter reportedly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/05\/celebrity-news\/cops-lay-out-exact-timeline-of-nancy-guthries-disappearance-confirm-blood-was-hers-in-day-5-presser\/\">dropped her off at her Tucson, Ariz., home<\/a> around 9:48 p.m. that Saturday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cioni was the last person known to have seen Nancy before she was reported missing on Feb. 1. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nancy met Annie and Cioni for dinner on the night of Jan. 31, and Cioni dropped her off at her home around 9:48 p.m. later that night. <span class=\"credit\">Annie Guthrie \/ Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although Nanos reiterated that \u201cnobody\u201d has been ruled out as a potential suspect, he was bothered by \u201cnasty stuff\u201d being speculated about Cioni.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople out there can get pretty ugly and mean and nasty and not have the facts,\u201d the sheriff said. \u201cI tell my journalists, you guys need to be a little more responsible \u2026 because that\u2019s just really nasty stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the hunt for Nancy enters its third week, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/14\/celebrity-news\/exhausted-nancy-guthrie-sheriff-admits-it-could-take-years-to-find-savannahs-abducted-mother\/\">no suspects or persons of interest<\/a> have been identified in connection with the mystifying case.<\/p>\n<p>Savannah, who is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/15\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-off-today-show-for-foreseeable-future-amid-hunt-for-mom-nancy-sources\/\">off the \u201cToday\u201d show for the \u201cforeseeable future\u201d<\/a> amid the\u00a0desperate hunt for her mother, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/15\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-pleas-with-suspected-kidnapper-of-mom-nancy-in-new-video\/\">released a new plea<\/a> to her mom\u2019s suspected kidnappers on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nanos reiterated that while \u201cnobody\u201d has been ruled out as a potential suspect, he was bothered by \u201cnasty stuff\u201d regarding Cioni. <span class=\"credit\">Annie Guthrie \/ Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>No suspects or persons of interest have been identified in connection with the mystifying case as the hunt for Savannah Guthtie\u2019s mom enters its third week. <span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to say to whoever has her, or who knows where she is, that, it\u2019s never too late,\u201d the \u201cToday\u201d anchor, 54, said in the Instagram video. \u201cAnd you\u2019re not lost, or alone, and it is never too late to do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we are here, and we believe,\u201d she continued two weeks after her mom was first reported missing. \u201cAnd we believe in the essential goodness of every human being. And it\u2019s never too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunday also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/15\/celebrity-news\/dna-recovered-from-glove-linked-to-nancy-guthrie-suspect-in-bombshell-discovery\/\">saw\u00a0a major breakthrough in the ongoing case<\/a> when an FBI spokesperson confirmed that a glove found during\u00a0the search for Nancy matched one worn by a suspect in\u00a0surveillance footage recovered and released last week.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators, however, are still waiting for final lab results before uploading the DNA profile to a national database to identify the individual, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Savannah, pictured here with her sister, Annie, in 2024, released a new plea to her mom\u2019s suspected kidnappers on Sunday. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIt is never too late to do the right thing,\u201d the \u201cToday\u201d co-host said in her newest video. <span class=\"credit\">savannahguthrie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FBI Phoenix\u00a0has also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/12\/celebrity-news\/fbi-releases-description-of-nancy-guthrie-kidnapping-suspect-as-they-increase-reward-for-key-information-to-100k\/\">determined that\u00a0the suspect<\/a> is an approximately 5-foot-9 or 5-foot-10 male with an average build, and the bureau has since doubled the reward for information leading to Nancy\u2019s return from $50,000 to $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, the investigators searching for Nancy revealed that they believe the clothing and face mask worn by the suspect were purchased at Walmart, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JenniferJJacobs\/status\/2023376085262487983?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Walmart reportedly provided authorities with records of all purchases for the backpack the suspect wore in the surveillance footage, and pulled data on purchases over the past several months from both in and beyond the Tucson area.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sheriff leading the investigation into Nancy Guthrie\u2019s mysterious disappearance has acknowledged the interest in her son-in-law Tommaso Cioni as a potential suspect. 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