Law enforcement is asking anyone with information to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or the Pima County Sheriff’s Office tips.fbi.gov. (520-351-4900) or 88-CRIME.
Savannah Guthrie and her family made a rare public appearance with her family, visiting a memorial outside the home of her mother, Nancy Guthrie. Messages of support have been accumulating at the site since the alleged kidnapping of 84-year-old Guthrie.
Savannah Guthrie, her sister Annie Guthrie, and brother-in-law Tommaso Cioni were seen holding their own flowers on March 2 as Pima County Sheriff’s Office deputies escorted them to a memorial near the front of Nancy Guthrie’s home, according to a video posted by NewsNation reporter Brian Entin.
The three placed flowers at the memorial and hugged each other as Annie Guthrie cried softly.
Hours later, Savannah Guthrie shared a photo of the flower stand on Instagram and wrote, “We feel the love and prayers from our neighbors, the Tucson community, and the nation 💛 Please join us in praying and never stop hoping.” She also repeated her call to “bring[Nancy Guthrie]home.”
The memorial visit is believed to be the family’s first public appearance since Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance attracted international media attention and an investigation began. Savannah Guthrie and her family have so far stayed out of the public eye during the investigation, except for a few videos posted on social media to her mother’s suspects and the general public.
None of the three appear to have issued a statement to the media, as the once-dominant media presence outside Nancy Guthrie’s home has diminished significantly as progress in the investigation wanes.
Other additions to the property also included “trespassing” signs and SimplySafe signs that appear to warn trespassers that any attempt to set foot on the property or enter a residence could result in legal consequences.
Law enforcement is still examining surveillance footage and analyzing DNA.
Law enforcement said detectives were reviewing “hundreds of hours” of footage from a home near Nancy Guthrie’s home shortly after media outlets shared video showing about a dozen cars passing by in the early morning hours of the night she disappeared.
The Sheriff’s Department announced on February 27 that it was “refocusing resources to detectives specifically assigned to this case.”
“Resource allocation may fluctuate as leads are developed and resolved,” Carrillo said at the time.
The sheriff’s department did not elaborate on how it would reallocate resources or how it would affect the investigation.
The FBI asked for help identifying the male suspect seen in security footage from Guthrie’s front door. The “armed” man, described as “approximately 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall and of average build,” was seen carrying a black 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack. Investigators also recovered gloves that appeared to “match the gloves of the subject of the surveillance video.”
The Sheriff’s Office announced in a Feb. 17 news release that preliminary results from DNA taken from the glove did not match anything in the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). The sample “did not match any DNA found on the premises.”
Sheriff Chris Nanos said on February 13 that investigators also collected DNA from the 84-year-old woman’s home that did not belong to her or anyone she had close contact with.
Rewards totaling more than $1.2 million offered for information on Nancy Guthrie
Savannah Guthrie and her family are offering a reward of up to $1 million “for information leading to her recovery.”
The FBI previously announced its own $100,000 reward for information leading to Guthrie’s recovery “and/or the arrest and conviction of those involved in her disappearance.” Separately, the anonymous reporting service 88-CRIME is offering rewards of up to $102,500, most of which comes from anonymous donations.
Contributors: KiMi Robinson and Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY
