{"id":220871,"date":"2026-08-16T22:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/todd-blanche-says-fbi-will-continue-providing-assistance-on-nancy-guthrie-investigation-but-doesnt-yet-have-any-updates-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T22:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:06:15","slug":"todd-blanche-says-fbi-will-continue-providing-assistance-on-nancy-guthrie-investigation-but-doesnt-yet-have-any-updates-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/todd-blanche-says-fbi-will-continue-providing-assistance-on-nancy-guthrie-investigation-but-doesnt-yet-have-any-updates-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Blanche says FBI will continue providing assistance on Nancy Guthrie investigation but doesn\u2019t yet have any updates &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that he doesn\u2019t believe it would be the best course of action for the FBI to take over the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Arizona but added that federal investigators are providing as much help as possible.<br \/>\u201cWe are working as hard as we can with the state and local law enforcement in every area, and that means not only providing assistance with manpower, but any sort of forensic assistance,\u201d Blanche told NBC News\u2019 \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d \u201cAnd so we\u2019re going to continue to do that. Whether we come in with sharp elbows and take it over, that\u2019s not necessarily the right thing to do for her or for anybody, but making sure that it\u2019s done right and making sure that this investigation is being conducted the way that it should be is something that we\u2019re doing.\u201d<br \/>Nancy Guthrie, the mother of \u201cTODAY\u201d show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was first reported missing on Feb. 1 in Tucson, Arizona, in a case that has drawn national attention.<br \/>Nancy Guthrie has remained missing since then, and authorities in Pima County have publicly offered few concrete leads in their investigation. Early on, national and local authorities deemed the case an abduction, and videos released by the FBI from Guthrie\u2019s doorbell camera showed a masked and armed man outside her home shortly before she disappeared.<br \/>Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/how-savannah-guthrie-lost-mother-nancy-28907a65?eafs_enabled=false\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that local and state authorities have continued to lead the case since it was opened in February, with the FBI assisting in certain areas as needed.<br \/>In February, just days after her mother\u2019s disappearance, President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/trump-spoke-savannah-guthrie-search-mother-continues-rcna257482\" target=\"_blank\">spoke with Guthrie<\/a> to offer every available form of assistance from federal law enforcement.<br \/>\u201cI spoke with Savannah Guthrie, and let her know that I am directing ALL Federal Law Enforcement to be at the family\u2019s, and Local Law Enforcement\u2019s, complete disposal, IMMEDIATELY,\u201d the president wrote in a Truth Social post at the time.<br \/>On Sunday, Blanche said that he did not have an update on the investigation to share publicly, adding: \u201cI\u2019m sorry to say that because I wish I had an update, and I know that this type of case is heartbreaking, especially when it plays out nationally like this one has.\u201d<br \/>Most recently, at the end of July, authorities in Arizona sought to generate new leads in the case by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/nancy-guthrie-ransom-letters-rcna590282\" target=\"_blank\">releasing two ransom notes<\/a> they believe were sent by Guthrie\u2019s kidnappers shortly after her disappearance. Earlier that month, a California man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/nancy-guthrie-fbi-investigating-notes-legitimate-extortion-demands-rcna352692\" target=\"_blank\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to sending a false ransom note in the wake of Guthrie\u2019s disappearance.<br \/>The FBI is offering up to a $100,000 reward for information in this case, while Savannah Guthrie in February <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/savannah-guthrie-new-video-reward-rcna260411\" target=\"_blank\">offered<\/a> up to $1 million in exchange for the recovery of her mother.<br \/>In an interview in June, Savannah Guthrie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/savannah-guthrie-return-to-work-update-mom-nancy-disappearance-rcna348980\" target=\"_blank\">told fellow \u201cTODAY\u201d co-anchor Jenna Bush Hager<\/a> about what it was like to return to work at NBC News in April following the disappearance of her mother and the subsequent investigation.<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to come back,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cI\u2019ve been trying so hard to hold it together, and I promise I will.\u201d<br \/>Alexandra Marquez is a politics reporter for NBC News.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxOdTMyNjhDRWc3Uldkeko4YjhLbXMtbzVBYjRhWXB6WmduMl9xaElEd19aRU1ORUVKV1FzdTh2eXdwSzhmYjc3SE1nY1VtWUJ1MDBjRmFKb1pTU21yVm1XNTVCOEtUX0tYaUdibXpaUTJpTGxYSDAteVR3S0pldld2VWszMFNrYjJ4OGMxbFNPQ21TdHdWSVNDdU1BWUdFQ2c5MFlTZ0dGSkt1Zlpld0ZYZFFXaw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeAttorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that he doesn\u2019t believe it would be the best course of action for the FBI to take over the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Arizona but added that federal investigators are providing as much help as possible.\u201cWe are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}