Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has admitted that investigators have kept information about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance from the public, as frustration mounts over the lack of arrests more than 100 days after she vanished. The 84-year-old mother of NBC Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson home on February 1, with police believing she was kidnapped.
Sheriff Nanos, 70, has faced mounting criticism over his handling of the case, including allegations of mishandling the probe and retaliating against employees. Records show he was suspended eight times during his early career with the El Paso Police Department in Texas. Local officials have called on him to answer questions about his past.
Haunting surveillance video emerged showing Nancy Guthrie in a rideshare vehicle en route to her daughter Annie's house on the day she vanished. FBI investigators recovered thumbnail images from cameras around her home, but nothing from the early-morning window when she was abducted.
The association president of Nancy Guthrie's quiet Arizona neighborhood condemned 'disrespectful' behavior outside her home. Retired lieutenant Dave Smith suggested she may have been taken across the Mexican border, pointing to the region's unforgiving desert terrain as a major challenge for investigators.
Savannah Guthrie, 54, took leave from her job after her mother's disappearance and shared an emotional statement about navigating Easter without her. She has bonded with her mother over a puzzle game, describing it as 'beloved'.
