Savannah Guthrie and her family said in a new appeal on 21 March that people in Tucson and across southern Arizona may hold the key to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, 84, who police believe was taken from her home against her will on 1 February. The wording was striking because it echoed a theory long circulated by investigators and experts. Brian Entin said it was the first time the family had addressed so directly the possibility that the abductor was from the Tucson area.
Concern first grew when Nancy Guthrie missed Mass on the morning of 1 February after she had last been seen at her home around 9:30 p.m. the previous evening, and the Pima County Sheriff's office later treated the property as a crime scene. Sheriff Chris Nanos has said investigators believe she was taken from the house against her will, a blunt assessment that has shaped the case from its earliest public briefing.
