Authorities appeal for video footage as Nancy Guthrie search enters third week with no arrests | Arizona

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC’s Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie, has entered its third week, as investigators ask neighbors within a two-mile radius to share video footage of their homes and authorities await DNA test results from a pair of gloves found near the home.

Nancy Guthrie was last seen on the evening of January 31, when she was dropped off at her home in the Catalina Foothills, north of Tucson, Arizona, after having dinner with her eldest daughter and son-in-law. She was reported missing the next day, after failing to arrive at a friend’s house to attend a church service.

Authorities are investigating her disappearance as a kidnapping, and as of Sunday morning, two weeks after she was reported missing, no arrests have been made and no one is in custody.

On Sunday, the FBI said in a statement reported by several media outlets: that gloves found about two miles from Guthrie’s home “appear to match the subject’s gloves in the surveillance video.”

The agency said it sent the gloves to a laboratory in Florida for DNA testing, received preliminary results on Saturday and “expects quality control and official confirmation today.”

“This process typically takes 24 hours from the time the office receives the DNA,” the FBI added.

Investigators released doorbell camera footage recovered from Guthrie’s home that showed a masked individual arriving early on the morning of Feb. 1, carrying a backpack and what appeared to be a holstered handgun.

On Thursday, the FBI released new details about the person in the video, describing him as “a male, approximately 5’9″ to 5’10”, with a medium build.”

As the search continues, authorities are asking residents within a two-mile radius of Guthrie’s home to submit all surveillance footage recorded between January 1 and February 2. They asked neighbors to provide “all video footage including vehicles, vehicle traffic, people/pedestrians and anything neighbors deem out of the ordinary or important.”

As the investigation enters its third week and continues to attract enormous national attention, some crime bloggers and crime podcasters have traveled to Arizona to cover the case.

On Saturday evening, Arizona State Representative Alma Hernandez released a statement, saying she was “sick of watching” the “insane speculation, lies and nonsense from aspiring journalists and random YouTubers who have now caused more harm than good to this entire situation and put this serious matter in jeopardy.”

“Please go home,” she said. “Let law enforcement do their job. Stop following them on swat operations and playing detective.”

Late Friday evening, law enforcement converged on an area about two miles from Guthrie’s home, where they searched a home and also investigated a car in the parking lot of a nearby Culver’s.

On Saturday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a federal court-ordered search warrant was executed at a residence in connection with the case. But they said no arrests were made during the operation.

Authorities briefly arrested a man earlier this week, but he was released after questioning.

Investigators said blood spatter found on the porch of Guthrie’s home tested positive for his DNA. They also said additional DNA collected on her property, which does not match Guthrie or those in close contact with her, is being tested, as well as several gloves believed to have been discovered several miles from her residence.

“All evidence collected was subjected to laboratory analysis,” officials said this week.

The FBI increased the reward to $100,000 for information leading to the finding of Guthrie or leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in his disappearance. The office said it has received more than 13,000 tips from the public about the case since Feb. 1.

There have also been unverified reports of ransom demands sent to several Arizona television stations and celebrity news site TMZ.

Since Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have posted several videos on social media, pleading for the public’s help in finding their mother.

A spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department told CNN on Sunday that no news conferences are currently planned.