Overview
- Scottsdale Police, which recovered a woman's body from a canal near Indian Bend and Hayden Roads on Saturday, said the case is not connected to the search for Nancy Guthrie.
- Detectives working with the Maricopa County Medical Examiner made an initial identification of the canal victim as 28-year-old Passion Schurz, who was reported missing from the Salt River–Pima Maricopa Indian Community.
- Nancy Guthrie, 84, remains missing from her Tucson-area home after investigators said she was likely taken against her will, and no suspect has been named.
- Forensic work continues with labs separating mixed DNA from recovered items after one glove’s DNA was traced to a local restaurant worker and ruled unrelated, and the FBI pulled additional property camera images that showed nothing suspicious.
- The family has fielded ransom messages and offered a $1 million reward as total rewards top roughly $1.2 million, while authorities urge tips through official channels and warn about scams and false leads.