Nancy Guthrie cops DNA twist as employed house assist are swabbed
Nancy Guthrie‘s household employees have been swabbed for DNA as the investigation into her disappearance takes a new turn.
The 84-year-old mother of NBC News Today host Savannah Guthrie went missing in the early hours of February 1 and she has not been seen since.
Investigators are now taking swabs from Nancy’s landscaper, pool cleaner and other hired help according to Fox News. Police are yet to identify a suspect.
Law enforcement has previously taken DNA samples from outside the home in Tucson, Arizona, including blood droplets that belonged to Nancy.
The new DNA samples will be used to help ‘eliminate individuals or obtain information about them,’ former Las Vegas Police Lieutenant Randy Sutton told Fox News.
Police are also expected to release a surveillance photo of a potential subject soon, senior law enforcement officials told NBC News. It could be shared as soon as this afternoon.
This comes after the deadlines for two ransom notes have passed, including a note where the family was demanded to pay $6 million in Bitcoin.
Nancy Guthrie’s children told captors in an emotional video that they would pay the large sum to have their mother safely returned.
Nancy Guthrie’s household employees have been swabbed for DNA as the investigation into her disappearance takes a new turn
Nancy is the mother of NBC News Today Show host Savannah Guthrie
The new DNA swabs come after police already collected her DNA off blood droplets near the door of her $1million home in Tucson
The elderly mother was reported missing on February 1 after not attending a church event.
Her daughter, Annie, and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, realized she was missing around 11.10am, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office said.
They reported Nancy’s disappearance to police at 12.15pm. Her phone, wallet, vital daily medications and car were all still at her $1 million Catalina Foothills home.
Nancy had dinner at the home of Annie and Cioni, just four miles away from her own house, before Cioni dropped her back at her home around 9.45pm MT on January 31.
Cioni said he saw his mother-in-law enter her home through the garage before driving away.
Investigators found drops of blood on Nancy’s front porch that were later confirmed to be hers, and that her doorbell camera was disconnected at around 1.45am.
Less than 30 minutes later, her security camera detected movement. Her pacemaker stopped transmitting data to her Apple Watch and phone shortly afterwards, suggesting she had been taken out of the devices’ range.
Nancy requires medication every 24 hours and it is unclear if whoever abducted her has ensured she has access to her medications.
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The Pima County Sheriff’s Office said it has no suspects and that there has been little new information about the case since last week.
A ransom note sent to multiple news outlets last week stipulated an initial deadline of Thursday evening, with a final deadline for Monday evening.
The notes are said to have made specific reference to damage to Nancy’s home and the placement of a possession, both details that have not been shared with the public.
It is unclear whether those specific pieces of information were accurate.
Guthrie said she and her family were taking the demands seriously but there has been no official update on whether the notes’ contents have been verified and if their senders really are holding Nancy captive.
Efforts to negotiate with alleged captors also came to a standstill as a digital wallet referenced in the first letter for a potential transaction remained empty, according to TMZ, which was sent a copy of the note.
Once the payment was made, the alleged kidnappers claimed they would return Nancy to Tucson within 12 hours, the outlet reported.
After Monday’s deadline passed, the FBI said it ‘is not aware of any continued communication between the Guthrie family and suspected kidnappers.’
