Sheriff’s, FBI and forensics vehicles passed through roadblocks 2 miles from missing 84-year-old woman’s home
Law enforcement investigating the disappearance of Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, sealed off a road near her home in Arizona late Friday night.
A parade of sheriff’s and FBI vehicles, including forensics vehicles, passed through the roadblock that was set up about 2 miles (3.2km) from the house.
The two agencies also tagged and towed a Range Rover SUV from a Culver’s restaurant parking lot. The restaurant is just over 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home. This activity took place at the same time the sheriff’s office closed a road just north of the Guthrie home.
The Pima county sheriff’s department said the activity was part of the Guthrie case, but also said the FBI requested that it not release further information.
On Saturday morning, the department confirmed that a federal court-ordered search warrant was carried out at a residence in connection with the ongoing investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. But it added that no arrests were made during the search. The roads were later reopened.
Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on 1 February. Authorities say her blood was found on the front porch of her Tucson-area home. Purported ransom notes were sent to news outlets, but two deadlines for paying have passed.
Authorities have expressed concerns about Guthrie’s health because she needs daily medication. She is said to have a pacemaker and has dealt with high blood pressure and heart issues, according to sheriff’s dispatcher audio on broadcastify.com.
Investigators have studied surveillance video, sorted through thousands of tips, and submitted DNA and other evidence for laboratory analysis.
Pima county sheriff Chris Nanos indicated to the New York Times that he shared public frustration at the pace of the investigation.
“It’s exhausting, these ups and downs. But we will keep moving forward,” he told the newspaper “Maybe it’s an hour from now. Maybe it’s weeks or months or years from now. But we won’t quit. We’re going to find Nancy. We’re going to find this guy.”
Critics of the handling of the investigation point to an initial misstep when Guthrie’s home was cleared as a crime scene a day after she went missing.
The home stood unguarded as reporters and others wandered the property before it was then closed off again for the FBI to conduct its own search. Nanos acknowledged at an earlier news conference that the decision was like playing “Monday morning quarterback” but: “Absolutely. I probably could have held off on that.”
The FBI said it has collected more than 13,000 tips since Guthrie was reported missing. The sheriff’s department, meanwhile, said it has taken at least 18,000 calls.
On Tuesday, authorities released footage showing an armed and masked person at Guthrie’s doorstep on the night she was abducted. The videos – less than a combined minute in length – gave investigators and the public their first glimpse of who was outside Guthrie’s home in the foothills outside Tucson.
Experts say the video could contain a mountain of clues.
The headline of this article was amended on 14 February 2026 to correct Savannah Guthrie’s first name.