Nancy Guthrie Update: Sheriff’s Department Indicates Investigation Is Far From ‘Dead End’
What To Know
- Investigators are still analyzing DNA evidence and home security footage in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
- The Guthrie family has been officially cleared as suspects.
- Savannah Guthrie has reportedly hired an independent investigative team.
Investigators haven’t hit any impasses in the case of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today’s Savannah Guthrie, following the 84-year-old’s disappearance from her Arizona home on February 1.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz reported in an X post on Friday, May 29, that the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said that “detectives are not yet done with Nancy’s home security video” and that “forensic analysis is still underway.”
Citing a department spokesperson, Ruiz also said the DNA is still under analysis, and there are “no dead ends yet.”
🎗️🎗️🎗️Good morning from Las Vegas,
Here’s the latest from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department on the Nancy Guthrie investigation:
Detectives are not yet done with Nancy’s home security video — forensic analysis is still underway.
Same with the DNA, according to a department… pic.twitter.com/7fc7GF9Qsi
— Michael Ruiz (@mikerreports) May 29, 2026
Additionally, Ruiz said current and former investigators have expressed optimism that someone might recognize the intruder seen in the video from Nancy’s doorbell camera, even though the man may have changed his behavior and appearance after Nancy’s disappearance and after the release of the footage. And, Ruiz noted, it’s still unclear whether the intruder acted alone.
When asked whether anyone had been ruled out as a suspect, the department referred to a previous statement from Sheriff Chris Nanos: “To be clear… the Guthrie family — to include all siblings and spouses — has been cleared as possible suspects in this case,” Nanos said. “The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case. To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple… Please, I’m begging you, the media, to honor your profession and report with some sense of compassion and professionalism.”
Ruiz’s missive comes shortly after The U.S. Sun cited a source who said Savannah “feels that depending only on the official investigation is not enough anymore” and has spent around $500,000 to hire an independent team of former agents, security experts, and investigators who are “working leads every day.”
The source added: “She became increasingly disappointed with how communication from authorities changed over time. What once felt urgent started to feel far more routine. When Savannah learned there would no longer be direct contact with the sheriff, she took that very personally.”
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I can certainly understand Savannah going back to work when she did. At some point, one does get back to what they were doing, but of course, all the while, keeping in mind their loved one. My prayer is certainly for Nancy to be found, or her remains if she is gone. It sounds like she knew Jesus Christ as her savior, so I feel good that she has a home in heaven, but of course we would still love to be her found alive.
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Don Clarendon if it is you going on ad on and on about the bones...please stop! If it is not you, and you know who it is, please convince him/her to stop. In kindness to the Guthrie children,
please quit with the ridiculous "news"/olds" about bones near Nancy Guthrie's home. I really don't care if you are getting big money everytime you run the clickbait, STOP IT!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH OF THIS GARBAGE!!
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I honestly think she’s dead. Nobody is thinking about her tbh it was a story if she’s found god bless it would be a miracle.
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It's a mind boggling situation and no answers. It's sad for her mom from the beginning.😔
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How can anyone believe this woman is still alive after all this time??
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That's because that is what we want to believe.even though we know it probably isn't
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Why haven't they used Google Earth during the time she was taken to get more clues? I think family was involved
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