Nancy Guthrie live updates: Police say gloves were found and ask neighbors for video of any ‘suspicious activity’ as investigators field thousands of tips

(Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images, FBI.)
The search for Nancy Guthrie entered its 12th day on Thursday as investigators say they have fielded thousands of tips after the release of surveillance footage taken from her doorbell camera, but appear no closer to solving the case.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department expanded its call for video from people within a two-mile radius of the 84-year-old’s home north of Tucson, Ariz., of any “suspicious activity.” The sheriff’s department also said that “several items of evidence, including gloves,” were recovered and being submitted for analysis. It’s unclear whether authorities believe the gloves were the same as those worn by the person seen in footage.
The FBI said that its agents conducted “an extensive search along multiple roadways” in Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills neighborhood on Wednesday. The search came hours after authorities released a man who was detained for questioning for several hours in connection with her apparent abduction. The man, a delivery driver who identified himself as Carlos, told reporters outside his home in Rio Rico that he had not heard of the Guthrie case but hoped police would solve it.
“I hope they get the suspect,” he said. “Because I’m not it.”
Officials say they have received more than 18,000 tips since the investigation began, including over 4,000 since doorbell camera images of what the FBI described as “an armed individual” on the morning of her disappearance were released.
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today show cohost Savannah Guthrie, was last seen at around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 31, when she was dropped off at her home by family members after dinner, police said. She was reported missing around noon the next day after she did not show up at a friend’s house to watch an online church service.
Anyone with information is encouraged to reach out to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department tip line at 520-351-4900 or the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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Yahoo News Photo Staff
Sheriff’s department says there aren’t any scheduled press briefings at this time
Broadcasters are stationed outside Nancy Guthrie’s residence on Feb. 12.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a post on X Thursday that there are no scheduled press briefings at this time and that Sheriff Chris Nanos is not conducting separate interviews.
If there’s a “significant development” in the case, a press conference will be called, the post added.
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Dylan Stableford
Investigators ‘have recovered several items of evidence, including gloves,’ police say
In an update on Thursday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said that investigators have “recovered several items of evidence, including gloves,” and that they are being submitted for analysis.
On Wednesday, as FBI agents scoured the Catalina Foothills near Nancy Guthrie’s home north of Tucson, Ariz., a black glove was recovered about 1.5 miles from the 84-year-old’s residence, according to a New York Post reporter who was there when the item was found.
It’s unclear whether authorities believe it’s the same glove worn by the person seen in the doorbell camera footage released earlier this week by the FBI.
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Kate Murphy
Pima County Sheriff’s Department expands request for video surveillance footage
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is expanding its call for video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors.
Investigators are now “requesting any video showing vehicles, traffic, pedestrians, or suspicious activity from Jan. 1 – Feb. 2” in a 2-mile radius of Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills, the department announced in a post on X.
Police previously asked neighbors to review footage from Jan. 11 between 9 p.m. and midnight, as well as from Jan. 31 between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
An alert was also sent through the Neighbors app, police said. Residents may be contacted directly through the app by the sheriff’s department, urging recipients to “verify legitimate posts” by looking for a blue checkmark.
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Kate Murphy
A timeline of what’s happened in the investigation this week
A person sets flowers outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home on Feb. 11.(Reuters / REUTERS)
It’s been 12 days since Nancy Guthrie was reported missing from her Tucson, Ariz., home. Authorities have so far not publicly identified any persons of interest or suspects in the case.
Here’s what’s happened in the investigation this week.
Sunday, Feb. 8
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Detectives continue follow-up work at multiple locations, and an investigator is seen using a pole to search in a septic tank behind Nancy Guthrie’s home.
Monday, Feb. 9
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The FBI says it isn’t aware of any communication between the Guthrie family and possible kidnappers, despite a 5 p.m. ransom deadline set for that evening.
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Savannah Guthrie releases an emotional Instagram video pleading for the public’s help, saying, “We are at an hour of desperation.”
Tuesday, Feb. 10
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The FBI releases a video and images of what it says is “an armed individual” appearing to tamper with a doorbell camera at Nancy Guthrie’s home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1
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Authorities detain a man for several hours and later release him after they carry out a “court-authorized search” of the Rio Rico, Ariz., home he shares with his wife and mother-in-law. He says agents told him he looked like the person in the doorbell camera footage.
Wednesday, Feb. 11
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Investigators widen their search outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills.
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FBI agents recover a pair of black gloves that are being tested for traces of DNA, according to KVOA of Tucson.
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TMZ says it received a note from someone claiming to have information about Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper in exchange for 1 bitcoin, worth over $60,000.
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Authorities say they’ve received over 18,000 tips as of this point in the investigation, with more than 4,000 since the FBI released the doorbell camera footage.
Thursday, Feb. 12
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Police ask Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors to check their home security footage from Jan. 11 and Jan. 31.
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A white tent is temporarily constructed in front of Nancy Guthrie’s home, then later taken down.
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Kate Murphy
Nancy Guthrie’s neighbor says detectives have asked him twice about a truck
A man who says he lives around the corner from Nancy Guthrie said investigators have asked him on two separate occasions if he owns a truck, according to NBC News.
David Romano told detectives he does not own a truck, but indicated that investigators seem to be looking for someone who does.
Romano didn’t say why investigators may have asked him about it twice.
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Dylan Stableford
Tent removed from Nancy Guthrie’s front entrance
A white tent that had been set up outside the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s home north of Tucson, Ariz., early this morning has been taken down, according to reporters there. It remains unclear why it was put up or taken down.
The tent had been blocking the view of the front entrance, where police said blood belonging to Nancy Guthrie was found.
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Kate Murphy
Retired FBI special agent explains why investigators must follow up on tips, if not to break a case
A member of the FBI departs from the entrance of Nancy Guthrie’s residence after surveilling the area on Feb 11.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday that it has received nearly 18,000 tips related to the Nancy Guthrie case since Sunday, Feb. 1, when she was reported missing.
More than 4,000 of those calls had come within 24 hours of the FBI releasing six surveillance images and three videos of a masked person, who appeared to be tampering with a doorbell camera in front of Nancy Guthrie’s home.
Retired FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas told Yahoo that investigators are likely working to follow up on each and every tip, first and foremost because one of thousands could lead to a break in the case. “I worked one case where we had over 5,700 leads,” Trombiatas said, “and it was tip number 5,444 that led to the resolution of the case.”
Another reason to follow up on each tip is to cover all bases before the case goes to court. “When it’s time to prosecute,” Trombitas said, “if you don’t follow those up, the defense is going to bring up an argument … ‘How do you know that another individual that was mentioned wasn’t the one that’s really responsible if you didn’t follow it up?”
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Dylan Stableford
A tent just went up outside Nancy Guthrie’s front door
A white tent was put up outside the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s home north of Tucson, Ariz., just before 8 a.m. local time, according to reporters there. It’s unclear why.
The tent is now blocking the front entrance, where police previously said that blood belonging to Nancy Guthrie was found.
The entrance is also where the doorbell camera that captured the footage released by the FBI of “an armed individual” on the morning of her disappearance had been.
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Dylan Stableford
Savannah Guthrie posts new video: ‘We will never give up on her’
With the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie entering its 12th day, Savannah Guthrie posted a new video to Instagram on Thursday with old footage showing her and her sister as children with their mother.
“Our lovely mom,” Savannah Guthrie wrote in the caption. “We will never give up on her. thank you for your prayers and hope.”
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Dylan Stableford
Police ask Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors to check home security footage from Jan. 11 and Jan. 31
An FBI investigator searches the neighborhood near Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 11.(REUTERS / REUTERS)
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is asking Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors to check their home security cameras for footage from Jan. 11 between 9 p.m. and midnight, ABC News reported on Thursday.
The request, which was made on an app called Neighbors, did not specify a reason, per ABC.
Authorities also asked people in the Catalina Foothills area to check footage from Jan. 31 — the day Nancy Guthrie was last seen — between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. for a “suspicious vehicle” that was seen in the area.
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Dylan Stableford
Authorities say they have received over 18,000 tips — and more than 4,000 since release of doorbell camera footage
The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday that they have fielded more than 18,000 tips since Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1, and more than 4,000 since the release of doorbell camera footage showing “an armed individual” outside her home on the morning of her disappearance.
They encouraged anyone with information to call the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900 or the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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Kate Murphy
Photos show investigators expanding their search outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home today
Photographs show investigators widening their search today near Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson.
A law enforcement vehicle is stationed outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home on Wednesday.(Brandon Bell via Getty Images)
An investigator searches the area near Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills in Arizona.(REUTERS / REUTERS)
Law enforcement agents check vegetation areas around Guthrie’s home.(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
An investigator searches the area near Guthrie’s home.(REUTERS / REUTERS)
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Kate Murphy
Retired FBI special agent believes Nancy Guthrie’s home was ‘targeted’
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos previously said it’s possible Nancy Guthrie was targeted, and if so, investigators don’t know whether it was because of Savannah Guthrie’s high public profile as a Today coanchor.
Harry Trombitas, retired FBI special agent, told Yahoo, “I still believe it was targeted.”
“I don’t think that they randomly picked Nancy’s house,” he added. “I truly think they must have known something that Nancy was there and perhaps the family had some money.”
Trombitas said that if it were a random burglary, for example, there was no need to take Nancy, and they could have gotten out quickly and tried another home down the road.
“It appears to me like it was targeted,” Trombitas said. “They knew at least who was there, and until we catch them and have a chance to interview them, a lot of these questions that we have about how they conducted the crime are going to remain unanswered until we sit down with them and ask them these questions.”
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Kate Murphy
Why no news conferences could be a ‘good sign’ in investigation, according to former FBI special agent
Despite multiple updates happening in the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance on Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday that “there are no press briefings or interviews scheduled at this time.” A press conference will only be held if there’s a “significant development,” it added.
Retired FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas told Yahoo, “I absolutely think that it’s a good sign” for the progress in the investigation. “I think they’ve been working behind the scenes tirelessly” to bring Nancy back home to her family.
“Law enforcement is not going to lay their whole case out,” Trombitas explained.
“I’ve worked cases where it is critical that you not release this information and that you have to remember that everything you say not only is being picked up by the media and passed on to the public, but you’re talking to the bad guys as well,” he pointed out.
“I think there’s a good chance that some very valuable tips have come in, and they’re in the process of following up on those, and I truly believe that before too long, we will have another break in the case,” Trombitas said.
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Kate Murphy
Retired FBI special agent tells Yahoo: ‘I believe this case is going to be solved on a public tip’
Yahoo spoke with retired FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas on Wednesday about the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie and stressed the importance of how much authorities need the public’s help in finding her.
“In my career, I worked a number of kidnappings, and relying on the public is critical,” Trombitas said. “Oftentimes, you hear about law enforcement agencies thinking that they can do this by themselves, that they don’t need any public input, and the reality is we need public input. We need to have the public call the information in; help us out, no tip is too small,” he explained.
“I believe this case is going to be solved on a public tip.”
Trombitas explained that there was one case he worked that had 5,700 leads, and it was the 5,444th tip that led to the resolution of the case.
“Somebody knows who is involved out there, and we just need them to contact law enforcement.”
The FBI is urging people with any information regarding the case to contact them at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.
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Dylan Stableford
TMZ says it received a note from someone claiming to ‘have information’ about Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper
TMZ says it received another note related to Nancy Guthrie’s apparent abduction and forwarded it to the FBI.
Last week, TMZ was one of three news outlets to receive a ransom note demanding $6 million from the family. The FBI has not publicly verified the authenticity of that note.
Harvey Levin, TMZ founder, said the sender of the latest note claims to “have information about who the kidnapper is.” According to Levin, the person who sent it said that they have been trying to get in touch with two of Nancy’s adult children, Annie Guthrie and Camron Guthrie, but have been unsuccessful.
The sender is demanding one bitcoin in exchange for the information, per TMZ.
According to Yahoo Finance, one bitcoin is currently worth about $67,000. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for “information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.”
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Kate Murphy
FBI says it is ‘conducting an extensive search’ in the Catalina Foothills
The FBI’s field office in Phoenix issued a statement on Wednesday saying that “numerous” agents are “conducting an extensive search along multiple roadways in the Catalina Foothills area related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation.”
Guthrie’s home, where she was last seen, is in the same area, just north of Tucson.
“We are asking the media and motorists to follow all traffic laws and to remain especially cautious when passing law enforcement personnel near the roadways,” the statement added.
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Kate Murphy
A recap of what happened Tuesday in the investigation
A lot unfolded on Tuesday in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Here’s a recap to get you caught up:
Tuesday afternoon:
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The FBI released a total of three videos and six images of what it said was an “armed individual” appearing to tamper with a doorbell camera at Nancy Guthrie’s home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1, the same day she was reported missing.
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An FBI webpage dedicated to the Nancy Guthrie case was launched, featuring an updated missing person poster, along with the surveillance videos and photos. A reward of up to $50,000 is being offered for “information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.”
Tuesday night:
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Deputies from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department detained a person at a traffic stop in an area south of Tucson, Ariz., for questioning.
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A “court-authorized search” of a home in Rio Rico, Ariz., was carried out by the sheriff’s department and the FBI’s Evidence Response Team related to the investigation.
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Authorities released the detained person after several hours. The man, a delivery driver who identified himself as Carlos, told reporters that authorities said he looked like the person in the FBI-released surveillance footage. “I hope they get the suspect,” he said. “Because I am not it.”
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Despite the law enforcement activity, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said it did not have plans for a scheduled press conference.
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FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News that his agents are “looking at” multiple ”persons of interest” in the investigation. “We have made substantial progress in these last 36 to 48 hours,” Patel said. “We are looking at people who, as we say, are persons of interest.”
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Dylan Stableford
Sheriff’s department asks public not to call 911 to ‘share opinions’ on Nancy Guthrie case
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public not to call 911 to “share opinions or commentary” about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
“To ensure we can respond to other emergencies, we must keep 9-1-1 lines open for situations requiring immediate assistance,” the sheriff’s department said Tuesday in a post on X. “These lines are not the appropriate place to share opinions or commentary.”
Last week, the sheriff’s department urged people wanting to express their “thoughts and prayers” to the Guthrie family to stop calling its nonemergency line.
“Calls expressing condolences have overwhelmed our communications staff,” the department said.
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Dylan Stableford
No press conference scheduled today
Despite the law enforcement activity overnight, authorities have not scheduled a news conference to update the public on the investigation.
“There are no press briefings or interviews scheduled at this time,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a post on X. “Should a significant development occur, a press conference will be called & media will be notified via email and our X account.

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