The Pima County Sheriff's Department said Monday it has increased patrols in both Nancy Guthrie's and Annie Guthrie's neighborhoods as the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's alleged kidnapping continues. The move came after neighbors complained about a YouTuber harassing residents in the area, and after Annie Guthrie made similar complaints about her own neighborhood.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, has been missing for more than 70 days after disappearing from her secluded Tucson, Arizona, home in the early hours of Feb. 1. Authorities have said she was taken against her will and was the victim of a targeted kidnapping, while the FBI released surveillance footage showing a masked suspect seemingly trying to disable her doorbell camera and said it had found DNA evidence at the scene that is still being analyzed.
The patrol increase lands in a case that has drawn intense public scrutiny online and in the neighborhood around the Guthries. Law enforcement has cleared Nancy Guthrie's relatives as suspects, but the family has still been forced to live with accusations, speculation and attention that have only grown as the search has dragged on.
Savannah Guthrie has spoken publicly about how hard the disappearance has been on her sister and brother-in-law, who were with Nancy every day. In a Feb. 24 post, she said her mother may be dead but the family was still praying for her recovery, and she later returned to Today on Monday, April 6, after a two-month absence. The reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie's return has been raised to $1 million.
That is the immediate answer to Monday's patrol increase: deputies are there because the complaints were real, the harassment was disruptive and the case remains active. What still hangs over the family is the same question that has shadowed the investigation from the start — where Nancy Guthrie is, and whether the evidence being reviewed will finally show what happened to her on Feb. 1.
