Search for Nancy Guthrie enters 5th week, cadaver dogs on hold

TUCSON, Ariz. — More than 5 weeks aft the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie — the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie — Arizona authorities accidental cadaver dogs utilized earlier successful the probe are not presently being deployed arsenic the hunt continues.

The elder Guthrie is believed to person been kidnapped from her location successful the Catalina Foothills successful bluish Tucson astir 2:30 a.m. connected Feb. 1.

While nary suspects person been publically identified, and she has not been found, cadaver dogs had been deployed earlier successful the case, according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos. They person not been disposable successful weeks.

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A subordinate of the Pima County Sheriff's Office remains extracurricular of Nancy Guthrie's home, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil; Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

"They are disposable if needed successful the future," helium told Fox News Digital.

There are a fig of reasons not to beryllium utilizing cadaver dogs astatine this signifier successful the investigation, according to Betsy Brantner Smith, a retired constabulary sergeant and spokeswoman for the National Police Association.

Savannah Guthrie visits the Today amusement astatine Rockefeller Plaza successful New York connected Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

One would beryllium if there’s credible accusation that Guthrie is inactive alive.

"Anything is possible," Nanos told Fox News Digital past week, adding that helium would not sermon circumstantial leads oregon grounds successful the case.

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Brantner Smith, who is not progressive successful the case, said departments whitethorn clasp backmost K-9 resources for respective reasons. Those could beryllium that authorities don’t person a bully thought of wherever to search, they deliberation she mightiness beryllium concealed successful a spot wherever dogs would person a hard clip detecting her, oregon they judge she’s been taken to Mexico, according to Brantner Smith.

Law enforcement agents locomotion astir the vicinity wherever Annie Guthrie, whose parent Nancy Guthrie has been missing for much than a week, lives conscionable extracurricular Tucson, Ariz. (Ty ONeil/AP Photo)

"I bash judge that the sheriff's section has overmuch much accusation that they are not releasing to the public," she told Fox News Digital. "And I'm not definite astatine this constituent wherefore that would be, unless they person a coagulated fishy and don't privation to extremity them off."

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Most departments, including the Pima County Sheriff’s, don’t person their ain cadaver dogs and get them from authorities and national authorities oregon neighboring jurisdictions.

An researcher looks wrong a culvert successful the vicinity wherever Annie Guthrie, whose parent Nancy Guthrie has been missing for much than a week, lives conscionable extracurricular Tucson, Ariz., connected Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (Ty ONeil/AP Photo)

In Guthrie’s case, the sheriff’s section sought K-9 assistance from the section Border Patrol bureau earlier successful the investigation.

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PCSD deferred further remark connected the K-9s to Customs and Border Protection, which did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

A subordinate of the Pima County Sheriff's Office walks astir Nancy Guthrie's location connected Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 successful Tucson, Ariz. (Ty ONeil/AP Photo)

The biggest pb truthful acold has been Nest camera video showing a masked intruder connected Guthrie’s doorstep the greeting of her abduction.

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He is described arsenic astir 5 feet, 9 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches gangly and of mean build.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, has been missing from her Arizona location since Jan. 31, 2026. (Don Arnold/WireImage/Getty Images)

He was wearing a achromatic Ozark Trail backpack.

Authorities person said they won't see the lawsuit acold until they tally retired of viable leads to travel up connected — and tens of thousands person travel successful truthful far.

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Savannah Guthrie has asked anyone with accusation to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.

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There’s a combined reward of much than $1.2 cardinal for accusation that leads to her mother’s recovery.

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