Overview
- Nancy Guthrie, 84, was taken from her Tucson home on Feb. 1 and remains missing with no suspect publicly named.
- Pima County released two ransom notes on July 31 — one demanding cryptocurrency and saying Guthrie was “safe but scared,” the other claiming she had died — and investigators report a slight uptick in tips since the release.
- Detectives are reviewing literally tens of thousands of video leads and have sent biological samples for testing at the FBI lab in Quantico as part of an ongoing forensic effort.
- A neighbor reported FBI agents returning to search brush behind Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills home in late July, a claim the sheriff’s office disputed, and retired investigators say recent monsoon floods can move or expose evidence in washes so areas already searched are being re-examined.
- The Guthrie family continues public pleas and offers more than $1 million in rewards for information, while early investigation choices and the brief detention and release of two men have drawn added scrutiny and legal action.