Authorities continue to look into the disappearance of Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, with a local sheriff providing new details on what they discovered at the scene.
According to PEOPLE, investigators found “biological DNA” evidence at Nancy’s home after they declared it a “crime scene.” The outlet added that authorities announced on Feb. 3 that the DNA evidence “belongs to Nancy, but did not specify its nature.”
Law Enforcement Believes Nancy Guthrie Might Have Been Kidnapped
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told TMZ that authorities believe Nancy “may have been taken by force from her Arizona home. Specifically, Nanos told the outlet that she was “in bed at some point during the night, but investigators don’t know specifically if she was taken from her bed.”
Nanos also spoke with Us Weekly, emphasizing the urgency to bring Nancy home.
“We don’t want anybody to lose hope,” Nanos said. “But in the same sense, just as there’s hope, there’s also things that point to us that say, ‘This lady’s in danger.’”
“Something unusual at that house occurred that made us go, ‘Wow … something’s wrong here. Something doesn’t fit,’” he added.
Savannah Guthrie’s Mom’s Pacemaker No Longer Syncing To Her Apple Watch
Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker has stopped syncing with her Apple devices, with the device having lost contact with the 84-year-old’s Apple products around 2 a.m, according to a law enforcement source who spoke with Fox News Digital. They added that “investigators believe she was taken out of range around that time.”
“The law enforcement source also said that there were “blood drops” leading from the entryway outside down the house’s pathway towards the driveway,” the outlet wrote.
Savannah Guthrie Makes Passionate Plea To The Public
Guthrie broke her silence on Feb. 2, sharing an emotional Instagram post with the words “Please Pray’ written on it.
“we believe in prayer. we believe in voices raised in unison, in love, in hope. we believe in goodness. we believe in humanity. above all, we believe in Him,” she captioned the post. “thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant. raise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment.”
“Bring her home,” she concluded.
And with that, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) announced that they’re offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information related to Nancy’s disappearance.
