The family of Nancy Guthrie, 84, issued another plea to the public as the investigation into the Arizona woman’s disappearance concluded its seventh week.
“We continue to believe it is Tucsonans, and the greater Southern Arizona community, that hold the key to finding a resolution in this case,” the family’s statement said on Saturday.
“Someone knows something. It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant.”
Guthrie family asks the community to look through their cameras
The family urged people to look through their security cameras, “especially around the key timelines.”
That includes Jan. 31 and the early morning hours of Feb. 1, when Guthrie is believed to have been taken, as well as Jan. 11, when a masked man appeared on Nancy Guthrie’s doorstep, according to the authorities.
“We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case — please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations, or conversations that, in retrospect, may hold significance,” wrote the Guthrie family in an Instagram post Saturday night.
“No detail is too small. It may be the key,” the statement said. It was shared on the NBC “Today” and KVOA Instagram pages.
The FBI is searching for a male described as being between 5 feet 9 inches and 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with an average build.
Doorbell camera images recovered by investigators showed an armed, masked man outside the Guthrie home the morning of her disappearance. The man wore a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail Hike Pack backpack in the videos.
The authorities conducted searches of several roadways in the Catalina Foothills area, where the Guthrie family lived, and took two black gloves discarded on the side of the road into evidence, as the Deseret News reported. The DNA found on the gloves and at the Guthrie home hasn’t yet produced a match in the federal databases.
Guthrie family expresses their loss
The Guthrie family is offering a reward of up to $1 million for any information that could help in this case.
The family is also donating $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which aids families coping with loss and actively looking for their lost loved ones. The organization’s website states it has assisted in the recovery of more than 450,000 cases of missing children.
Savannah Guthrie has drawn national attention for her video messages addressed to the public and the potential abductors in her mother’s case.
She returned to the “Today” show earlier in March, nearly a month after her mother was reported missing.
In one of her videos to the public, Savannah Guthrie acknowledged the possibility that her mother “may already be gone.”
The Guthrie siblings, in their latest statement, expressed their love for Nancy Guthrie and their grief over her loss.
“We miss our mom with every breath, and we cannot be at peace until she is home. We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home,” the statement said.
“We want to celebrate her beautiful and courageous life, but we cannot do that until she is brought to her final place of rest.”
The Pima County sheriff said the investigation remains active until either Guthrie is located or all the leads are exhausted.