Nancy Guthrie sheriff says investigators may have more video evidence as they review thousands of clips

TUCSON, Ariz. — The sheriff overseeing the probe into the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie has released 2 purported notes that whitethorn person been sent by 1 of her kidnappers arsenic helium urged anyone with accusation to travel guardant and appeared assured that investigators stay connected the close way — revealing that investigators are reviewing "tens of thousands" of videos.

Saturday marks six months since the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie was taken from her longtime location successful the Catalina Foothills connected Feb. 1.

While determination person been nary arrests successful the lawsuit and nary suspects person been publically identified, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Fox News Digital he's optimistic that investigators volition ace the case.

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Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona location connected Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Courtesy of NBC; Fox News)

"We're not adjacent adjacent to these leads being dried up," helium said. "We'll proceed to enactment them, and adjacent if they each dried up and we had thing other to spell on, we person a acold lawsuit unit."

Google comes up due to the fact that they were the ones that archetypal came retired with the improvement of that 1 photograph that was released. And it was critical, right? This is who we judge is the guy. It's the lone portion of grounds we person that says, here's a representation of him close now. Does that mean different grounds doesn't exist, video oregon otherwise? No, I deliberation it does. I deliberation it's retired determination — and possibly we person immoderate of that."

In a wide-ranging interrogation Thursday, the sheriff discussed caller developments successful the investigation, setbacks, practice with the FBI and wherefore helium believes the lawsuit volition beryllium solved.

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Detectives are reviewing 'tens of thousands' of videos

Task unit members are inactive going done a ample fig of video and whitethorn person much images of the suspect, the sheriff said.

"We person truthful galore thousands of pieces of video, virtually tens of thousands, that what happens regular is the squad looks astatine these videos and truly they're conscionable benignant of compartmentalizing them," Nanos told Fox News Digital.

Investigators are inactive examining the video for clues and sorting them successful a mode that they tin beryllium rapidly reassessed aboriginal if caller discourse oregon grounds emerges, helium said.

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Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie, are pictured Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

"We instrumentality them and, hey — here's a reddish car. Give maine each the reddish cars; let's compartmentalize them," helium said.

That's done due to the fact that down the line, idiosyncratic whitethorn get arrested successful a reddish car akin to 1 that constabulary tin already spot adjacent the transgression scene.

"Now we tin spell backmost to those videos and say, 'Aha — this is the aforesaid reddish car,'" Nanos said. "That benignant of thinking."

He declined to sermon circumstantial evidence, but investigators person antecedently been seen canvassing the surrounding neighborhoods, large intersections and commercialized areas for video that could assistance successful the case. The FBI besides removed location information cameras from Guthrie's extortion and backyard backmost successful February.

'Corporate America' is helping out

Months aft Google and the FBI teamed up for the groundbreaking betterment of Nest doorbell video that shows the lone known images of a fishy successful the case, Nanos said different large companies astir the state are besides helping out.

"It whitethorn beryllium Google today, it could be, I don't know, prime different ample institution that says, 'Hey, sheriff, you know, we enactment astatine this and I deliberation we mightiness person thing that tin assistance there," helium said.

Google, which helped retrieve cached imagery from a backend system, is conscionable 1 example, helium said.

"Google comes up due to the fact that they were the ones that archetypal came retired with the improvement of that 1 photograph that was released. And it was critical, right? This is who we judge is the guy. It's the lone portion of grounds we person that says, here's a representation of him close now. Does that mean different grounds doesn't exist, video oregon otherwise? No, I deliberation it does. I deliberation it's retired there. And possibly we person immoderate of that."

The sheriff said companies person been reaching retired with specialized exertion and expertise that whitethorn assistance investigators.

"So I similar to deliberation that we person immoderate of the champion minds successful the nation, if not the world, that are trying to lick this case," helium said.

Sheriff pushes backmost connected disapproval of FBI cooperation

Nanos has downplayed suggestions of meaningful friction betwixt his bureau and the FBI during the investigation, telling Fox News Digital the detectives and FBI agents connected the lawsuit are moving unneurotic connected a Guthrie task unit assembled from members of the long-standing Southern Arizona Violent Crime Task Force.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos gives an update connected the probe aft the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie connected Feb. 5, 2026. (Rebecca Noble/Reuters)

"You person the videos of those archetypal days of property conferences," helium said. "Who's lasting determination with the sheriff? I mean, it's similar close aft we get done with the transgression scenes, we travel out, time 1 oregon two, immoderate it is, there's a property conference. In fact, successful the archetypal 4 days, there's 2 property conferences. And who's connected the signifier with the sheriff? Not conscionable the FBI peculiar cause successful complaint of Tucson, but the peculiar cause and successful complaint of each of Arizona."

Additionally, helium said section members of the FBI's convulsive crimes task unit were called to the country connected time 1 and described a close, ongoing moving narration betwixt sheriff's detectives and the FBI, with regular coordination betwixt the agencies.

"My squad that is assigned to the FBI bureau present locally, they conscionable each time with the FBI, with their managers, with my supervisors and bid staff," Nanos said.

He said section members of the FBI's associated task unit person been portion of the lawsuit since "day one" and stay progressive six months later.

The hairsbreadth illustration was a DNA dormant end, for now, but different familial grounds is inactive being tested

Investigators couldn't get a DNA illustration from a hairsbreadth illustration recovered wrong Nancy Guthrie’s home, Nanos said, but accelerated advances successful exertion mean different grounds could output caller leads. And the hairsbreadth itself could inactive beryllium utilized to comparison to a fishy if 1 is ever identified.

A drone presumption of Nancy Guthrie's location aft the disappearance of the 84-year-old parent of U.S. writer and tv big Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her location successful Tucson, Arizona, U.S., Feb. 5, 2026. (Evan Garcia/Reuters)

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"It came backmost ... there's nary DNA," Nanos said. "But does that mean the hairsbreadth isn't that of the suspect? We won't cognize that till we person the suspect's hair. You don't conscionable destruct it."

Nanos indicated the hairsbreadth was lone 1 portion of the broader DNA enactment underway, though helium did not specify however galore different samples are being tested. Fox News Digital has antecedently reported that determination was besides a mixed illustration collected from the home, and sources said aboriginal connected that a cutting from Guthrie's bedding had besides been sent to a transgression lab.

Deputies analyse a flyer taped to Nancy Guthrie's mailbox connected Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. They were called to the country aft unpaid searchers and respective streamers walked onto Guthrie's spot with a shovel. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

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"Anything we tin grasp onto with DNA is simply a portion of this investigation," helium said.

That includes investigative familial genealogy research, which is utilized to make leads from a household tree.

Nobody is permanently ruled out

New grounds could rapidly crook the absorption of investigators backmost to radical who person been antecedently cleared, the sheriff said.

A subordinate of the Pima County Sheriff's Department stands successful beforehand of the beforehand doorway of the location of Nancy Guthrie, the missing parent of "Today" amusement big Savannah Guthrie, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, successful Tucson, Ariz. (Ty ONeil/AP Photo)

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"From what we person successful beforehand of us, the evidence, the DNA, the whatever, the videos. Yeah, I deliberation you tin destruct them," Nanos told Fox News Digital successful a sit-down interrogation Thursday. "And truthful that elimination happens. But it's similar immoderate [criminal case], due to the fact that you're eliminated doesn't mean you didn't bash it. It doesn't mean that we can't get much information."

New grounds could enactment anyone backmost successful the investigation’s focus, Nanos said.

"I deliberation I aboriginal connected said, 'Look, determination is nary suspects. The household is not suspects. They’re not," helium told Fox News Digital. "Now, does that mean that ends it forever? No. What happens if adjacent week idiosyncratic calls and says, ‘Hey, a household subordinate did this, and here’s however I cognize it’? You cognize that ever opens a door."

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'Somebody knows something'

Investigators judge idiosyncratic whitethorn beryllium capable to assistance place the masked antheral seen successful Guthrie's Nest doorbell video.

"We believe, conscionable arsenic the household does, conscionable arsenic Savannah does, idiosyncratic knows something," Nanos said. "We request that idiosyncratic to telephone us."

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His bureau besides released a brace of notes that whitethorn person been sent by 1 of Guthrie's abductors. While authorities haven't yet confirmed the notes are morganatic — they haven't ruled them retired either. And Guthrie's daughter, Savannah Guthrie, has said she believes they whitethorn beryllium real.

The sheriff's section said the notes stock a "unique linguistic style" and could person been written by the aforesaid person. Investigators are asking for the public's assistance identifying that person.

"As with the unidentified antheral depicted successful the video, we judge these distinctive linguistic characteristics whitethorn beryllium recognizable to idiosyncratic who knows oregon has interacted with the notes' writer," authorities said. "A friend, household member, coworker, classmate, oregon acquaintance whitethorn admit these patterns of look and person accusation that could assistance place the idiosyncratic responsible."

A root acquainted tells Fox News Digital that 2 photos of the fishy successful the Nancy Guthrie doorbell video were taken connected antithetic days. (FBI)

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The sum of each rewards successful the lawsuit is implicit $1.2 cardinal — nary of which has been claimed.