Nancy Guthrie’s family has been ‌cleared as possible suspects in her abduction, Pima County Sheriff ​Chris Nanos said on Monday (February 16, 2026), as the case involving ⁠the mother of “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie entered its third week.

Guthrie’s family, which includes “all siblings and spouses,” has been cooperative and gracious as authorities investigate the kidnapping, ‌Mr. Nanos said.

“To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel,” he said in a statement. “The Guthrie family ‌are victims plain and simple.” Investigators on Sunday (February 15, 2026) said they had ‌obtained ⁠a DNA sample from a glove that was found near ⁠84-year-old Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home and appears to match the pair worn by a masked prowler seen in doorbell camera footage before she was abducted two weeks ago.

Nancy ​Guthrie was last seen on ‌January 31 when family dropped her off at her home near Tucson after she had dined with them, and relatives reported her missing the following day, authorities have said.

Mr. Nanos has said the elder ‌Ms. Guthrie was extremely limited in her physical mobility and could ​not have left her home unassisted, leading investigators to conclude early on that she had been taken against her ⁠will.

No known contact with suspected captors

At least two purported ransom notes have surfaced since she vanished, both of them delivered initially to ‌news media outlets. But there has been no known direct contact between Ms. Guthrie’s presumed captors and her family, or with authorities.

Traces of blood found on her front porch were confirmed by DNA tests to have come from Ms. Guthrie, officials said last week. Law enforcement and family members have described her as being in frail health and ‌in need of daily medication to survive. She also had a pacemaker. Ms. Savannah Guthrie, 54, ​co-anchor of the popular NBC News morning show “Today,” has posted several video messages, along with her brother Camron Guthrie ⁠and sister Annie Guthrie, pleading for their mother’s return and appealing for ⁠the public’s help in solving the case.

Mr. Nanos has told Reuters that no proof of life has surfaced since the abduction, ‌but added that “there’s not been any proof of death either,” saying his working presumption is that Ms. Nancy Guthrie remains alive.

Authorities on Tuesday (February 10, 2026) released images of a masked ‌and armed person appearing to tamper with the door camera at the ​home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of television host Savannah Guthrie who was abducted about 10 days ago.

The photos and video released by the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department show a person wearing a face mask, gloves, backpack and what appears to be a gun holster.

A law enforcement official said the images recovered from a Google Nest camera on the front doorbell of Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson, Arizona, ​home were recorded at 3 a.m. on February 1, a day after ⁠her family last saw her. At one point in the video, the person appears to try to block the camera with foliage gathered nearby, then appears to damage it. The individual’s head is down ​when approaching the door, which suggests ⁠awareness of the camera’s location, the law enforcement official said. Police have said the camera was disabled in the early hours of February 1.

Ms. Guthrie’s pacemaker disconnected from her phone in the pre-dawn hours of February 1, when she presumably was kidnapped.

Disappearance reported after woman missed church

Guthrie disappeared hours after relatives dropped her ‌off at her home on January 31. Relatives reported her missing the following day when she failed to show up for Sunday church services. Law ‍enforcement officials have said they had no suspects or persons of interest in the case.

“Law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to ‍have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote in an X post accompanying the images.

Patel was at the investigation’s Tucson command post yesterday, the law enforcement official said.

At least two ransom notes were delivered initially to news media.

The elder Guthrie’s disappearance has attracted wide attention. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt began her press briefing on Tuesday by saying she and President Donald Trump had just reviewed the newly released images. “The president encourages any American across ⁠the country with any knowledge of the suspect to please call the FBI, who continue to assist state and local authorities who are ​leading this investigation on the ground,” Leavitt said.

Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have made several ⁠videos pleading for the public to help with tips and for the kidnappers to return their mother or communicate with them directly. The family has said that they would pay a ransom.

Savannah Guthrie shared the new images on Instagram on Tuesday with the caption: “We believe she is still alive. Bring her home.”

U.S. television network news host Savannah Guthrie took to social media on Monday (February 9, 2026) to plead ​for the public’s assistance in locating her elderly mother, who vanished from her ‌Arizona home more than a week ago in a presumed kidnapping for ransom.

Nancy ​Guthrie, 84, was last seen on January 31 when family members dropped her off at her home near Tucson after she had dinner with them, and relatives reported her missing the following day, according to authorities.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said the elder Guthrie had extremely limited mobility and could not have left her home unassisted, leading investigators to conclude early on that she had been kidnapped.

At least two apparent ransom notes have surfaced since then, both delivered initially ​to news media.

“We believe our mom is still out there,” Ms. Guthrie, 54, co-anchor of ⁠NBC’s “Today” show, said in the latest of four video messages she and other relatives have posted to Instagram in recent days.

“Law enforcement is working tirelessly around the clock trying to bring her home, trying to find her. She was taken, ​and we don’t know where. And we need ⁠your help,” Ms. Guthrie said.

She asked that anyone who notices “anything at all that seems strange” that might pertain to her mother’s fate, “even if you’re far from Tucson,” to report it to law enforcement, adding, “We are at an hour of desperation.”

The message coincided with a looming Monday (February 9, 2026) ‌deadline enumerated in a purported ransom letter sent to several media outlets last week, days ‌after the elder Guthrie disappeared. An initial deadline set in that letter for 5 p.m. last Friday came and went.

The FBI and sheriff’s department said a second ‍apparent ransom note surfaced on Friday after family members had appealed to whoever might be holding Nancy Guthrie to open a direct line of communication.

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On Saturday (February 7, 2026), Savannah Guthrie appeared with her brother and sister in ‍a grim video message directed at their mother’s presumed captors, pleading for her return but making no explicit mention of whether she was believed to still be alive. “This is the only way we will have peace,” the TV host said in Saturday’s (February 7, 2026) message. “This is very valuable to us and we will pay.”

Adding to concerns about Nancy Guthrie’s fate was the frail state of her health and the fact that she is said to be dependent on daily medication.

Nine days into the search for Nancy Guthrie, no proof of life is known to have been provided. And on Sunday, the ⁠sheriff said that investigators had yet to identify “any suspects, persons of interest or vehicles connected to this case.”

Asked last Thursday (February 5, 2026) whether he feared she was dead, Nanos acknowledged ​he did, but added, “We operate from a position that until we know, she’s out there, she’s alive, ⁠and we’re going to continue thinking that way until we find her.”

Nanos also confirmed reports that DNA test results had determined that blood found on the porch steps at the front door to the victim’s home came from her.

The FBI on Thursday (February 5, 2026) offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie or the arrest and conviction of ⁠anyone involved in her disappearance.