Police in Arizona are still searching for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie, more than four months after she vanished from her Tucson home on 31 January, as conflicting ransom claims and fruitless searches in Mexico deepen the mystery around her disappearance.
Nancy's family reported her missing on 1 February, triggering a large-scale investigation led by the Pima County Sheriff's Department with support from the FBI. In the early days, the case appeared to move quickly and ominously. Several media outlets reported receiving ransom notes linked to her disappearance, and on 5 February a man was arrested after allegedly posing as her abductor and demanding money from the family. Yet despite that early flurry of activity, detectives have not identified a suspect, confirmed the authenticity of any ransom demand, or located Guthrie.
