It’s been over a week since “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mother vanished — and authorities are leaving no stone unturned.
According to reports, they are searching every inch of her home, even places you wouldn’t expect a person could be.
The frantic search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC “today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, continues as authorities scramble for answers and worry about her well-being.
Officials are treating the case as a potential kidnapping, with reports suggesting possible ransom demands have been made, raising the stakes in the tense investigation.
The mystery surrounding Nancy Guthrie took a dramatic turn on February 6, when a neighbor’s keen observation led authorities to search the roof of the 84-year-old’s Tucson home. Law enforcement reportedly removed a wired device believed to be a camera and towed a blue Subaru SUV from the property as part of the expanding investigation.
Neighbor’s suspicion
Laura Gargano, who lives nearby, first raised alarms after noticing something unusual in aerial footage of Nancy Guthrie’s home aired on TV.
“I did notice on an aerial shot that it looked like her roof had been recoated recently,” Gargano told CNN. “When you recoat your roof, it gets dirty pretty quickly, and we’ve had a lot of rain the previous three weeks, so it would be normal for a roof to be a little dirty.”
She pointed out that the roof stood out because flat garage roofs in the area tend to collect dirt quickly. “If you’re looking for surface people that visited, that’s just one thing to check. It could be nothing, but I noticed it,” she added.
Within hours of Gargano’s tip, FBI agents were on the scene, climbing onto the roof and carefully removing a wired camera. Retired NYPD Inspector Paul Mauro said the device could prove critical if it captured movement around the house during the overnight window when Nancy Guthrie vanished.
Surprising spot
“Apparently, on that roof, the agents recovered a new camera, a camera that they hadn’t been aware of,” Mauro told Fox News. “I don’t know more than that as to why it hadn’t been recovered or what it might see.”
He added that security or wildlife cameras are common in the area and may have recorded movement that was previously overlooked.
On Sunday, police took their search to a surprising spot Sunday: the septic tank behind Nancy’s Tucson home.
Drone footage from Fox News captured officers lifting a manhole cover in the backyard, as three detectives poked a long pole into the tank, though officials haven’t revealed what they were hoping to find.
A marked police vehicle was parked outside the residence around 11 a.m. local time as the unusual search unfolded.
After several tense minutes, the detectives left without discovering anything. It remains unclear why the septic tank was targeted or whether it had been inspected during earlier stages of the investigation.
SUV towed
Law enforcement is also reviewing a new message sent to a local Arizona news outlet. The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department said they are “actively inspecting the information provided in the message for its authenticity.”
Reports suggest the message resembles prior communications sent to media outlets, though officials cautioned that no determination has been made about its legitimacy or connection to Nancy’s disappearance.
Authorities emphasized that they still have no suspects or persons of interest in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. On Saturday, Savannah Guthrie posted a second video alongside her two siblings, revealing that they had received a message from their mother’s alleged kidnappers.
“We have received your message and we understand,” Savannah, the “Today” show co-anchor, told her 1.5 million Instagram followers.
“We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,” she added.
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