Overview
- Authorities say the case remains an abduction investigation, with blood on the porch confirmed as Nancy Guthrie’s DNA and no verified proof of life.
- The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department recovered one or more black gloves resembling those seen in surveillance images and submitted them for DNA analysis.
- Officials requested doorbell and security footage from neighbors for Jan. 11 at night and for late Jan. 31 into the morning of Feb. 1 to identify movements around the home.
- Nearly 18,000 tips have been logged, including more than 4,000 after the FBI released images and video of a masked person apparently tampering with the doorbell camera using recovered backend data.
- A man detained in Rio Rico was questioned and released without charges, while investigators review unverified ransom communications, including a TMZ email citing a 1‑bitcoin wallet, and continue to offer a $50,000 reward.