Nancy Guthrie update: 25 weeks after abduction, Elizabeth Smart says there's 'reason to have hope'

Kidnapping subsister Elizabeth Smart says there's inactive a accidental Nancy Guthrie tin beryllium returned location safely successful a caller interrogation 25 weeks aft the 84-year-old's suspected abduction from her location successful the Catalina Foothills of Tucson, Arizona.

"I privation to punctual radical that determination isn't a body, truthful determination is inactive crushed to person anticipation that she is live and that we shouldn't springiness up until we find her," the 38-year-old told E! News successful an interrogation published Friday.

She said she hopes that investigators person much accusation than is publically disposable and that they're making advancement down the scenes.

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

The results of DNA investigating and different forensics person not been made nationalist arsenic the lawsuit drags connected without signs of Guthrie. A purported ransom enactment and an evident follow-up connection that claimed she had died person not been confirmed arsenic authentic by investigators.

Smart did not instantly respond to requests for remark from Fox News Digital.

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Elizabeth Smart joins John Walsh successful the play premiere of "America's Most Wanted" successful April 2025. (FOX Image Collection)

In 2002, arsenic a 14-year-old, Smart was abducted astatine knifepoint from her family's location successful Salt Lake City, Utah, by joined mates Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee.

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Police rescued her 9 months aboriginal aft members of the nationalist recognized Mitchell and Barzee from quality sum of the lawsuit and called authorities successful Sandy, Utah, astir 20 miles to the southbound of her home.

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More recently, she's go an amateur bodybuilder and took archetypal spot successful the novice class successful a contention successful April.

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Elizabeth Smart won archetypal spot successful the novice category, 2nd successful Class D, and 3rd successful the Masters 35+ class astatine the Wasatch Warrior Competition successful Salt Lake City, Utah, connected April 18, 2026. (Mitchell Gilbert/Gilco Productions)

Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, was taken by unit from her location successful Tucson, Arizona, successful the aboriginal hours of Feb. 1, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

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These 2 images were released by the FBI, recovered from Nancy Guthrie's Nest doorbell camera. It's unclear whether they amusement the aforesaid person. (FBI)

The FBI and Google person released location information video recorded by her missing Nest doorbell camera that shows a masked intruder connected her doorstep that morning.

Authorities person asked anyone with accusation connected the lawsuit to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI. Tipsters tin stay anonymous by calling 520-88-CRIME, Tucson's Crime Stoppers affiliate.

"If anyone knows thing oregon seen thing — oregon the smallest item that mightiness look insignificant tin marque each the quality — conscionable study it," Smart told the interviewer.

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The combined sum of each rewards from authorities, 88-CRIME and the Guthrie household is implicit $1.2 million.

Fox News' Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.