Sheriff in Nancy Guthrie case says no glove found at home, defends ongoing work with FBI

TUSCON, Ariz. — Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said that his section did not retrieve a mitt from Nancy Guthrie’s location and rejected reports of friction betwixt his bureau and the FBI.

"We person nary glove. We ne'er recovered a mitt connected that property," Nanos told Fox News Correspondent Matt Finn successful an interrogation Friday.

Nanos besides forcefully denied claims that his section has not been cooperating with national authorities.

"That’s perfectly crazy," helium said erstwhile asked astir reports that helium was reluctant to impact the FBI. "Why would we beryllium reluctant to get each the partners who person large resources and connection them to us?"

He added: "We don’t clasp accusation from anybody that’s going to assistance us. Why would we bash that? There are nary egos here. This is each astir uncovering Nancy."

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaks to the media successful Catalina, Arizona, connected Feb. 3, portion answering questions astir the hunt for Nancy Guthrie. ( Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)

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Nanos said helium contacted the FBI the adjacent moving time aft Guthrie went missing and said that national agents are embedded with his team.

"They beryllium close adjacent to the FBI. Come to my office, and I’ll amusement you — they’re sitting close determination with my team," helium said. "They are determination each infinitesimal of the day, and they privation to find her."

FBI investigators hunt Catalina Foothills successful Tucson, Arizona, Wednesday, February 11, 2026. The probe into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie continues. (DWS for Fox News Digital)

On the handling of evidence, Nanos defended his department’s determination to usage a long-standing backstage laboratory alternatively than splitting grounds betwixt facilities, including the FBI’s transgression laboratory successful Quantico, Virginia.

He said the Guthrie household DNA markers and different swabs were already sent to that laboratory aboriginal successful the investigation, making it much businesslike to proceed utilizing the aforesaid facility.

"Why divided your grounds to 2 antithetic labs that could make a conflict, but much importantly, it adds that further step?" helium said. "This laboratory has this piece; this laboratory has that piece. Now they’ve got to converge those 2 pieces to marque an elimination oregon identification. No, conscionable nonstop it to 1 lab, let’s go."

"They're some large labs. They some person large instrumentality and astute people. We spot the FBI's transgression lab. We've utilized them before. But successful this case, we conscionable started with this lab," helium said. "It's conscionable that simple."

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos updates media connected the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of "Today" big Savannah Guthrie, successful Tucson, Ariz., connected Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.  (Sejal Govindarao/AP Photo)

Regarding ransom notes, Nanos said the FBI is taking the lead.

"All the ransom worldly we’ve fixed to the FBI — they’re the experts connected that," helium said. "It would beryllium precise inappropriate for maine to remark connected thing that I told them to do."

Authorities "believe it’s a kidnapping," Nanos said, portion saying that investigators are considering each possibilities.

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"You ever see each possibilities," helium said. "But yeah, the evident is what? It is an evident kidnapping."

When asked whether anyone has been ruled out, Nanos said investigators whitethorn deprioritize individuals but stay unfastened to revisiting leads.

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"Nobody’s truly ever eliminated," helium said.

A structure was placed implicit the beforehand entranceway to Nancy Guthrie's location successful Tucson, Arizona, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. The structure is covering wherever Guthrie's humor was found. (Fox Flight Team)

The sheriff besides rejected disapproval that investigators released the transgression country excessively soon.

"We region the evidence, we swab evidence, we instrumentality evidence, and we go," helium told Finn. "We got each the grounds that was determination to gather."

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Cleaning humor from a scene, helium added, "is not what we do."

Nanos said lawman vehicles presently stationed extracurricular the location are determination astatine the family’s petition for security.

Those cars "are determination due to the fact that the household said they can’t — they don’t privation to beryllium astatine the location and they’ve asked, tin we supply security, truthful cipher breaks into the home," helium said.

The FBI released a statement of a fishy successful Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, who was seen successful doorbell camera footage earlier she vanished. (Fox News)

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Nancy Guthrie disappearance timeline:

Jan. 31, 2026

• Between 9:30–9:45 p.m. — Family drops Nancy disconnected astatine home
• 9:50 p.m. — Garage doorway closes (per authorities)

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Feb. 1, 2026

• 1:47 a.m. — Doorbell camera disconnects
• 2:12 a.m. — Security camera detects motion
• 2:28 a.m. — Pacemaker disconnects from telephone application
• 11:56 a.m. — Family checks connected Nancy aft she misses play religion livestream gathering
• 12:03 p.m. — 911 called
• 12:15 p.m. — Sheriff’s deputies get astatine home