Because the investigation into the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrierolls into its third week, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was requested whether or not Nancy’s suspected abduction could also be related to her well-known daughter.
Nancy, 84, has been lacking for the reason that early hours of February 1, when police suspect she was taken towards her will from her house within the Catalina Foothills exterior of Tucson, Arizona.
In an interview on Tuesday, February 17, NewsNation’s Brian Entin requested Nanos, “Savannah Guthrie, Nancy’s daughter, clearly very well-known, cherished across the nation … is that this actually random, or do you assume somebody could have had a grievance towards Savannah?”
“Something’s potential,” Nanos responded. “There was discuss (that) this was a housebreaking gone dangerous, this was that … these issues have by no means come out of this workplace. We acknowledge that something is feasible and we’ll permit that proof to indicate us what that’s.”
The sheriff continued, “The time to ask that query (about) motive is once we truly know who’s accomplished this.”
“I get the hypothesis, however for me, I simply checked out it and mentioned from day one which Nancy was faraway from her house towards her will. We have to discover her,” he added.
On Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Division confirmed that DNA on a pair of gloves discovered two miles from Nancy’s house didn’t match DNA profiles within the FBI’s CODIS database.
“The DNA that was submitted to CODIS was from the set of gloves discovered 2 miles away. It didn’t set off a match in CODIS & didn’t match DNA discovered on the property,” the division mentioned through X.
Extra DNA proof discovered at Nancy’s property, in the meantime, is “being analyzed & additional testing must be accomplished as a part of the investigation,” Pima County police mentioned.
Investigators additionally confirmed they are going to now attempt to match the DNA discovered utilizing investigative genetic family tree, which was beforehand used to establish College of Idaho convicted assassin Bryan Kohberger. (Investigators within the Kohberger case related DNA on a knife sheath left on the crime scene to a member of the family who had used a business family tree tracing service.)
As we speak present host Savannah, 54, has been off air since early February after it was first reported that her mother had gone lacking on February 1. Nancy was final seen on the night time of January 31 when she was dropped off at house by her daughter, Annie Guthriefollowing a household dinner.
Earlier this week, Nanos confirmed that the Guthrie household have been dominated out as suspects “within the first few days” of the police investigation into Nancy’s disappearance. He mentioned that the household — which additionally contains Savannah’s brother, Cameronand Annie’s husband, Tommaso Cioni — have been “one hundred pc cooperative” with authorities.
“Not one single individual within the household is a suspect,” Nanos advised native Tucson outlet KOLD Information 13 on Monday, February 16. “So I’m telling everybody, efficient immediately, you guys (media) have to knock it off, stop. Persons are hurting. They’re victims. I’m saying they’re clear. Now we have cleared them.”
Earlier on Monday, the sheriff insisted that the Guthrie household was not being handled as suspects.
“To be clear … the Guthrie household — to incorporate all siblings and spouses — have been cleared as potential suspects on this case. The household has been nothing however cooperative and gracious and are victims on this case,” Nanos mentioned in an announcement shared through X. “To counsel in any other case just isn’t solely flawed, it’s merciless. The Guthrie household are victims, plain and easy.”

