The Nancy’s family has been in suspense for almost a month. The last news they had of Parent Guthrie was in the early morning of February 1 when they left her at her house after having had dinner together.
The next day, like every Sunday, they were waiting for her at mass, but she did not show up. That’s when his nightmare began.
The last and only clue that has been obtained in the case were the images captured by the surveillance camera that Nancy had installed at the door of her home.
In them you could see, in the early morning that he disappeared, a man with a balaclavabackpack, gloves and a holstered gun manipulating the camera. However, nothing enlightening.
Such has been the desperation at having made little progress on Mrs. Guthrie’s whereabouts that her daughter Savannah This Tuesday he published a video on his social networks in which offered “a family reward of up to one million dollars for any information that leads to his recovery”.
He said his family was “holding out hope” that his mother was still alive, but acknowledged that “it’s possible he’s already gone”.
“If this happens, we will accept it, but we need to know where it is“Savannah Guthrie said in the video. “Someone knows something that can bring her home.”
A few weeks earlier, Savannah Guthrie herself, long-time co-anchor of NBC’s ‘Today’ morning news show, shared images on Instagram with the caption: “We think she’s still alive. bring her home“.
It is not the first video that the family has published asking the public for help with clues and for the kidnappers to return their mother or communicate directly with them.
Added to this reward are $100,000 offered by the FBIat the beginning of February, in exchange for any information that helps clarify Nancy’s whereabouts.
Guthrie’s disappearance has sparked intense public interest worldwide. It has been so much so that he himself Donald Trump along with the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt reviewed the surveillance camera images from Nancy’s home.
“The president encourages any American across the country who has knowledge of the suspect to call the FBI, which continues to assist state and local authorities leading this investigation on the ground,” Leavitt said.
Likewise, Trump himself assured on February 6 that “there could be answers very soon.”
Although this progress has not yet arrived, days later She demanded that the kidnappers immediately release her unharmedand suggested that the Department of Justice would seek the death penalty if Guthrie is found dead.
Since their disappearance they have organized beatsformed by civilian volunteers in the Orange Grove Road area (Tucson), to look for clues about the disappearance.
A sign reads “found among yellow flowers” left at the home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of American journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie.
Reuters.
For their part, the Seeking Mothers of Sonoraone of the main organizations searching for the missing in Mexico, have joined the efforts in Tucson (Arizona), while the Mexican Government has assured that there is no indication that he is in the country.
Kidnapping timeline
The night of January 31 The Guthrie family gathered for dinner at the home of their eldest daughter, Annie, and her son-in-law. Nancy was seen that same morning when they accompanied him to his home in Tucson.
Early the next morning, the doorbell camera of the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s house captures images of a man with a balaclava, backpack, gloves and a holstered pistol manipulating the lens of the device and trying to place some flowers to obscure vision.
The individual has his head bowed as he approaches the door, suggesting that I knew the location of the cameraaccording to a police source. Facial hair is visible through the ski mask cutout around the man’s mouth.
County Sheriff Chris Nanos said the camera was disabled shortly before 2 a.m. local time on February 1
About half an hour later, Guthrie’s pacemaker app lost connection with your telephone line. Shortly before noon, her relatives notified the authorities that she had not attended mass and that they did not know anything about her.
Nanos said that old lady Guthrie had a extremely limited physical mobility and was unable to leave her home without assistance, leading investigators to conclude from the beginning that she had been taken against her will.
He February 5 Authorities confirmed that DNA testing showed that the blood found on Guthrie’s porch came from her. That same day, at 5 in the afternoon, the first deadline established in an alleged ransom letter.
Just five days later the sheriff’s department and the FBI They published the video of the armed man on Nancy Guthrie’s door, a recording that the sheriff later described as the main clue in the case.
Hours later, the authorities They searched a home in the border city of Río RicoArizona, 97 km south of Tucson, where a man was detained for questioning, but shortly after, he was released.
He February 15the FBI said it obtained a DNA sample from a glove which was found near Nancy’s house and appeared to match the pair worn by the masked man in the doorbell camera footage.
Hypothesis that two days later was rejected by the FBI itself as it “did not match any known genetic profile in a national database.”
So far, at least two alleged ransom notes have emerged since Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, both initially delivered to the media, although not with express confirmation.
The county sheriff stated on February 16 that no proof of life has emerged since the abduction, but added that “there has also been no evidence of death,” saying his working assumption is that Nancy Guthrie is still alive.
However, after 25 days missingher daughter Savannah acknowledged that “she may already be gone” and that all they want is “to know where she is and bring her home.”
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