Nancy Guthrie case: Sheriff Nanos says 'we are' closer to solving 84-year-old's abduction

EXCLUSIVE: TUCSON, Ariz. — Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who is starring the probe into the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie, told Fox News Digital Friday that the task unit handling the lawsuit is making advancement astir 100 days aft she vanished from her location successful the Catalina Foothills.

Asked whether investigators are person to solving the lawsuit astir 100 days in, Nanos replied, "We are."

He nodded, adding that the developments are "really great" arsenic helium got into his achromatic Corvette. He did not elaborate.

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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos exits the department's office successful a achromatic Chevrolet Corvette successful Tucson, Arizona, connected Friday, May 8, 2026. Nanos told Fox News Digital that investigators are getting person to solving the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie. (Matt Symons for Fox News Digital)

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Guthrie is the 84-year-old parent of "Today" amusement co-host Savannah Guthrie.

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He declined to reply different question astir Mother's Day, which is Sunday.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaks successful the Pima County Sheriff's Department successful Tucson, Arizona, connected Friday, May 8, 2026. Nanos said that investigators are getting person to solving the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie. (Matt Symons for Fox News Digital)

Late past month, a backstage forensic laboratory successful Florida sent a hairsbreadth illustration to the FBI for much precocious analysis.

Experts person told Fox News Digital the hairsbreadth could beryllium utilized for investigative oregon forensic familial genealogy if it doesn’t lucifer anyone known to person been successful Guthrie’s home, perchance pointing a task unit of region detectives and FBI agents toward a suspect.

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Relatives and workers who had crushed to beryllium astatine Guthrie's location person antecedently fixed voluntary DNA samples, truthful the hairsbreadth could constituent to a fishy if it doesn't lucifer immoderate of them.

An equipped idiosyncratic appears to tamper with a Google Nest camera astatine Nancy Guthrie's beforehand doorway successful Tucson, Ariz., connected Feb. 1, 2026, the greeting of her disappearance. (FBI)

"Building DNA profiles from hairsbreadth oregon different forensic grounds does not needfully instrumentality long," said Dr. David Mittelman, co-founder of Othram, a starring backstage forensics laboratory.

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An equipped idiosyncratic appears to tamper with a Google Nest camera astatine Nancy Guthrie's beforehand doorway successful Tucson, Ariz., connected Feb. 1, 2026, the greeting of her disappearance. (FBI)

"In the 'Idaho Four' murders, for example, the DNA illustration was developed wrong days. The situation successful forensic familial genealogy is not simply generating a DNA profile, but generating a high-quality profile. Poor-quality oregon incomplete DNA profiles tin marque familial genealogy difficult, ambiguous, oregon adjacent impossible."

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That's due to the fact that an incomplete illustration tin pb researchers to miss imaginable familial connections that could assistance find a suspect.

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"If you don't person a bully profile, you whitethorn not spot each the familial relatives," helium added. "It tin beryllium harder to resoluteness however radical are related oregon not."

Nanos said antecedently that investigators judge Guthrie was taken from her location astir 2:30 a.m. connected Feb. 1.

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Deputies arrived astir noon that time aft her girl and son-in-law called 911 to study her missing.

Nancy Guthrie, a missing pistillate successful Tucson, Arizona, and parent of "Today" amusement big Savannah Guthrie, is shown alongside Sheriff Nanos from the Pima County Sheriff's Department astatine a property conference. (NBC/Getty Images)

Since then, the FBI obtained Nest doorbell imagery with the assistance of Google that shows a masked antheral of mean tallness and physique carrying a holstered pistol astatine Guthrie's beforehand steps astir the clip of her abduction.

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A antheral successful akin covering was spotted astir 3 weeks earlier approaching her doorway again.

Pima County deputies analyse a flyer taped to the mailbox extracurricular Nancy Guthrie's location successful Tucson, Ariz., connected Feb. 23, 2026. Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, is believed to person been abducted from her location successful the aboriginal hours of Feb. 1. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

He has not been publically identified, but retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente told Fox News Digital this week that helium believes the fishy made a fig of mistakes that could assistance investigators place him, if idiosyncratic successful his interior ellipse doesn't travel guardant first.

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There is simply a combined reward of much than $1.2 cardinal to lick the case.

To stay anonymous, interaction Tucson's 88-Crime extremity enactment astatine 520-882-7463.

The Guthrie household is urging anyone with accusation to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.