Nancy Guthrie Update: New Complaint Emerges as Case Takes Turn
The search for Nancy Guthrie is nearing its fifth week as investigators continue to hunt for clues as to the whereabouts of the 84-year-old. The mother of Savannah Guthrie was last seen on Jan. 31 after she failed to show for a church service.
As the investigation continues, both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Pima County Sheriff's Department made changes to their personnel.
FBI, Pima County Sheriff's Department Changes Explained
NewsNation’s Brian Entin explained why the FBI made its changes and offered his take on why the Pima County Sheriff's Office followed suit - with a little help from Guthrie's neighbors.
“The fact they’re going back to Phoenix doesn’t really surprise me, and I don’t think it impacts the investigation that much. It just doesn’t feel that active in Tucson. They are still going to keep a contingent of FBI agents on the ground here in Tucson,” he said.
“In terms of the Pima County Sheriff’s Office, I’m told they are still keeping a number of detectives on the case, but it won’t be all the detectives like it was," he added. "...I mean, pretty much everyone with the Pima County Sheriff's Office was working the case at one point, so that's not going to be the case anymore. Which makes sense because they have other crimes here."
Entin revealed neighbors in the area have complained about the lack of police presence elsewhere as everyone remained focus on the search for Guthrie.
"I mean, that's been one complaint that I've heard from people who live here is their worried that other crimes aren't going to be investigated because all the focus was on Nancy Guthrie. So it makes sense that they would have to sort of reallocate some of those resources."
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Guthrie Family Offering $1 Million for Information
The Guthrie family offered a new reward of $1 million for information that leads to the whereabouts of the missing 84-year-old.
“Please keep praying without ceasing,” Savannah Guthrie said in a previous Instagram video. “We still believe. We still believe in a miracle. We still believe that she can come home, hope against hope. As my sister says, ‘We are blowing on the embers of hope.’”
Former FBI supervisor Jason Pack revealed the strategic pivot involved in ratcheting up the reward.
“There are some people who were close to what happened, that know what happened, that now have a decision to make, and that decision was really, really ratcheted up by this reward that Savannah and her family offered,” he said.
The search for Guthrie is 29 days old.