By Jack Phillips
The Arizona sheriff investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie, said that his office is working with Google to obtain more camera footage at the missing woman’s home.
Speaking to NewsNation on Tuesday, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said that officials so far have obtained a Google News video from the entrance of Nancy Guthrie’s home.
He said that investigators have asked Google whether more video footage could be accessed.
“We don’t think we can get anything, but we’ll try,” he said, paraphrasing what Google told officials.
Authorities, he added, are still hopeful they can get more footage from the woman’s home.
“It’s like peeling paint—you have images over images over images,” Nanos told the outlet. “And you’ve got to peel back very easy because you might destroy the layer you wanted.”
Earlier this month, the FBI released video footage and still images of a man at Nancy Guthrie’s front door wearing a mask and gloves, who appeared to be tampering with her doorbell camera. He was wearing an Ozark Trail Hiker backpack, had a medium build, and was 5-feet-9 inches to 5-feet-10-inches tall, officials said.
Officials say they believe Nancy Guthrie, 84, was abducted from her home on the night of Jan. 31. She was reported missing a day later. DNA testing showed that some bloodstains found at her home belonged to her.
Guthrie has health issues, including problems with mobility, and requires life-sustaining medication. She was also fitted with a pacemaker, which officials said was disconnected from a monitoring device around the time they suspect she was forcibly removed from her home near Tucson.
Earlier this week, Nanos said that Guthrie’s family members and their spouses have been ruled out as possible suspects and suggested to media outlets or influencers that they should stop speculating.
“We recognize that anything is possible,” the sheriff said in the NewsNation interview. “The time to ask that question—motive—is when we actually know who’s done this.”
Also on Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a post on X that DNA testing by the FBI on a recovered glove did not produce a match in the bureau’s database.
“There is additional DNA evidence that was found at the residence that is also being analyzed,” the office also said.
The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information that could lead to the location of Nancy Guthrie or information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in the case. In an X post on Tuesday, the law enforcement agency reiterated that the reward is still available but provided no new information or photos.
The public is advised to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or call the Pima County Sheriff’s Department’s line at 1-520-351-4900 for information in the case.
The Epoch Times contacted Google for comment on Wednesday. An Epoch Times request to the FBI for comment on Tuesday evening was not returned.
