Nancy Guthrie live updates: Officials not ruling out possibility that multiple people were involved
Last updated: Sunday, February 22, 2026 9:03AM GMT
PIMA COUNTY, Ariz. -- The search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" host Savannah Guthrie, began after she was abducted from her home near Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday, Feb. 1, authorities said.
The Guthrie family has made multiple public pleas for any information surrounding their missing mother.
The FBI last week released photos and videos of an armed person in a mask in front of her home, appearing to tamper with a security camera.
The FBI updated their missing person poster for Nancy Guthrie, Feb. 10, 2026.
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Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 520-351-4900.
FBI has reached out to Mexican authorities: sources
The FBI has reached out to Mexican authorities to make them aware of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
There is no evidence she was taken across the border, but it's an avenue investigators are exploring given the proximity to Tucson, Arizona, the sources said.
-ABC News' Aaron Katersky and Luke Barr
ByAlex Stone
Feb 17, 2026, 8:15 PM GMT
Motive still unknown, sheriff says
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Phoenix ABC affiliate KNXV on Tuesday that the motive for Nancy Guthrie's abduction remains unknown, and investigators don't know if it was a kidnapping or a burglary gone wrong.
Pima County, Ariz., Sheriff Chris Nanos speaks with The Associated Press, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz.
When asked if there is any evidence that Guthrie is alive, Nanos said there's been no evidence that she is not alive.
Nanos also said that the two men who were briefly detained as part of the investigation are not suspects.
The sheriff said he believes authorities have received over 30,000 tips.
ByAaron Katersky
Feb 17, 2026, 7:53 PM GMT
Glove DNA doesn't match anyone in CODIS: Sheriff
The FBI ran DNA from a glove found during a roadside search through the national database known as CODIS, and did not get a match to any of the roughly 22 million samples in the database, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
That glove -- which was found about 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie's house -- also did not match DNA found at Guthrie's property, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
The DNA found at the property is being analyzed and further testing needs to be done on it, the sources said.
Feb 17, 2026, 6:17 PM GMT
DNA from glove found near Guthrie's home undergoing testing in Florida: Sources
DNA from the glove recovered near Nancy Guthrie's home remains at a private lab in Florida, where the Pima County Sheriff's Department sent it on Feb. 12, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
The sample is still undergoing quality control tests before the FBI hopes to run it through CoDIS in the "near future," the sources said.