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Search Continues for Nancy Guthrie as DNA, Doorbell Footage and Digital Leads Are Examined

Lengthy forensic and digital reviews have left investigators without a public suspect, prompting renewed family appeals and a federal charge over an alleged fake ransom note.

Overview

  • Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on Feb. 1 from her Tucson home and investigators recovered doorbell video of a masked person plus blood at the scene that testing tied to Nancy.
  • The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI are leading the probe, have collected thousands of tips, and have sent DNA and other samples to a private Florida lab and the FBI laboratory in Quantico for further testing.
  • On June 7–8 Savannah Guthrie posted a renewed Instagram plea saying “Bring her home,” a retired detective publicly proposed a digital “reverse search” of who looked up the address as a possible lead, and federal prosecutors charged a California man over an alleged fake ransom note.
  • Officials say careful lab work, legal rules for evidence and inter‑agency coordination have lengthened visible progress in the case and have so far produced no publicly named suspect or arrest.
  • The Guthrie family is offering a reward totaling more than $1.2 million for information that leads to Nancy’s recovery and investigators continue to urge the public to submit digital records, surveillance and tips that could produce a match.