Suspect named in kidnapping case less than 7 miles from where Nancy Guthrie disappeared

A suspect was identified by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department after an alleged incident occurred on May 29, less than seven miles from where Nancy Guthrie went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona, on February 1. 

A woman has been named by authorities as being wanted in connection with an alleged kidnapping and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, with the department telling locals to “be on the lookout” for the suspect. 

While details of the alleged incident have been kept under wraps, it occurred 6.8 miles from Nancy’s home, and a $1,000 reward has been posted for information leading to the suspect’s arrest. There is no indication that the two cases are at all linked. 

This comes more than four months after Nancy, who is the elderly mother of Today star Savannah Guthrie, was taken from her home in Tucson in the early morning hours of February 1. 

She had spent time with her daughter, Annie Guthrie, and her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, the previous night, and was dropped home just before 10 p.m. Nancy’s doorbell camera was disconnected around 1:47 a.m. on February 1, and her pacemaker app disconnected from her device around 2:28 a.m.

Authorities were alerted of her disappearance around midday on February 1, when she failed to turn up to her virtual church service. They found blood droplets on her front porch, and Nancy’s daily medication had been left behind, sparking concerns for her health. 

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Police have arrested no suspects thus far, and have not revealed any leading theories as to what may have occurred in Nancy’s home. However, a major breakthrough in the case came in February, when the FBI released doorbell camera footage showing a masked individual tampering with the doorbell device at an earlier date. The individual wore a balaclava, gloves, and a backpack and carried a gun. 

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Savannah returned to work on the Today show in April after spending months in Arizona assisting authorities with the case. The 54-year-old got candid about coming back to NYC amid her mother’s disappearance in an emotional confession on Today with Jenna & Sheinelle on Monday.

“It’s really hard to come back,” she revealed. “I’ve been trying so hard to hold it together, and I promise I will.”

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“I’m happy to be back,” Savannah continued. “It’s like the two hours of my day – it’s not that I’m not thinking about it, because I am – but it’s something to do. It brings me a lot of joy to be with everybody. But no, it’s not easy.”

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The journalist added that coming to work was “a little respite” as her mom would’ve wanted her to continue with her life. “I just felt like, what else should I do? And my mom would’ve said the same, like, ‘Honey, just keep going, just keep going.’ And so, I am.”

“I know maybe people wonder like, ‘What’s going on? How is she able to do that job? Is she not thinking about it, did she forget?’ No, never. Never,” Savannah concluded.