Overview
- Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen at her Tucson-area home on Feb. 1 and investigators treat her disappearance as a potential kidnapping-for-ransom with no suspect publicly identified.
- Authorities recovered physical evidence at the residence, including bloodstains, damaged security cameras, pacemaker telemetry disruptions, and DNA from gloves that is being further tested.
- The FBI says it has received multiple ransom communications, has judged some to be extortion attempts, and continues to investigate other demands as potentially legitimate.
- A California man, Derrick Anthony Callella, pleaded guilty to sending fake ransom messages to the family and was ordered by a judge into inpatient substance-abuse treatment before his September sentencing.
- Savannah Guthrie has taken a brief leave from Today that sources say is personal time, and public criticism followed the program’s assignment choices while she and her family continue to appeal for tips and offer rewards.