Nancy Guthrie live updates: New details about suspect released
The search is intensifying for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, who investigators say appears to have been kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the early hours of Sunday, Feb. 1.
The FBI this week released photos and videos of an armed person in a mask in front of her home, appearing to tamper with a security camera.
@FBIDirectorKash/X – PHOTO: FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo, Feb. 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in investigation of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, AZ.
Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900.
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Feb 12, 6:31 PM
New details about suspect, backpack released
The FBI released new details about the suspect sought in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, who was seen outside her front door early on Feb. 1, armed while wearing a backpack, mask and gloves.
“The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5’9″ – 5’10” tall, with an average build,” the FBI said Thursday. “In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack.”
FBI Phoenix – PHOTO: The FBI Phoenix posted this photo to their X account, Feb. 12, 2026, of the black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack the suspect was wearing in the Ring video in connection to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
The FBI released several images of the type of backpack worn by the suspect alongside a still from Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera video.
The FBI said it confirmed the new details “after a forensic analysis of the doorbell camera footage.”
“We hope this updated description will help concentrate the public tips we are receiving,” the FBI said.
@FBIDirectorKash/X – PHOTO: FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo, Feb. 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in investigation of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Az.
Feb 12, 6:18 PM
Reward doubles to $100,000
The FBI announced Thursday it has increased the reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance to $100,000.
The reward was previously $50,000.
Since Feb. 1, the FBI said it has received more than 13,000 tips in the case.
Gloves among ‘several items of evidence’ recovered
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said “several items of evidence” have been recovered, including gloves. The evidence is being analyzed, authorities said.
The sheriff’s department also said it is using Ring’s Neighbors app to reach out to residents in the area. The department said it’s requesting any video footage from Jan. 1 to Feb. 2 “that includes vehicles, vehicle traffic, people/pedestrians, and anything neighbors deem out of the ordinary or important to our investigation.”
Caitlin O’Hara/AP – PHOTO: The home of Nancy Guthrie is seen, Feb. 5, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz.
Feb 12, 1:38 PM
Authorities investigating video circulating online
The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department are looking into a video posted online that shows a man in a backpack about 5 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s house shortly before her abduction, sources told ABC News.
The backpack on the video may be different from the backpack in the doorbell camera footage from Nancy Guthrie’s house, sources said.
Rebecca Noble/Reuters – PHOTO: A well-wisher leaves flowers outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills in Tucson, Arizona, February 11, 2026.
-ABC News’ Aaron Katersky and Trevor Ault
Feb 12, 11:20 AM
Police tent briefly set up at Nancy Guthrie’s home
Investigators arrived at Nancy Guthrie’s home on Thursday morning to briefly erect a white tent — typically used for privacy — outside her front door.
Investigators took the tent down after about an hour and drove away in unmarked vehicles with a large pelican case labeled “video forensics.” They also carried what appeared to be a laser measuring device.
ABC News – PHOTO: Investigators arrived at Nancy Guthrie’s home to briefly erect a white tent at her front door inn Tucson, Az., Feb. 12, 2026.
-ABC News’ Aaron Katersky
Feb 12, 10:58 AM
Savannah Guthrie posts old home video: ‘We will never give up on her’
In a new Instagram post on Thursday, Savannah Guthrie shared an old home video from her childhood, showing her and her sister with their mother, Nancy Guthrie. The video is followed by a still photo of all three siblings with Nancy Guthrie.
“[O]ur lovely mom,” Savannah Guthrie wrote in the caption. “we will never give up on her. thank you for your prayers and hope.”
Feb 12, 9:03 AM
Guthrie neighbors asked to look for video footage from Jan. 11, Jan. 31
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is now asking Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors to check their home security cameras for footage from an earlier timeframe than the early morning of Feb. 1, when she was likely abducted.
Rebecca Noble/Reuters – PHOTO: An FBI investigator searches the area near Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills in Tucson, Arizona, February 11, 2026.
Investigators on Thursday asked homeowners for video footage from Jan. 11 between 9 p.m. and midnight. They did not specify why.
They also asked for footage from Jan. 31 between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Authorities said there was a suspicious vehicle on a nearby street around 10 a.m.
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The request came through the app Neighbors.
-ABC News’ Aaron Katersky
Feb 11, 3:33 PM
Sheriff says 18,000 tips have come in on Nancy Guthrie case
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI said on Wednesday they are continuing to follow up on all 18,000 calls to investigators related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
Up to 4,000 calls to investigators have been made since the FBI released doorbell-camera images and video of an “armed individual” apparently tampering with a security camera at the front door of the 84-year-old woman’s house near Tucson, Arizona, authorities said.
Rebecca Noble/Reuters – PHOTO: An investigator canvasses Annie Guthrie’s neighborhood after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Feb. 10, 2026.
“We thank the media and the public for the thousands of tips submitted through the various tip lines,” the sheriff’s office and the FBI said in a joint statement.
Several hundred detectives and agents are assigned to this case, and authorities said, “You will continue to see increased law enforcement activity throughout Pima County as the investigation expands.”
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-ABC News’ Aaron Katersky
Feb 11, 2:30 PM
Man detained in Guthrie case was under surveillance before images were released: Sources
The individual detained for questioning in connection with the disappearance and abduction of Nancy Guthrie had been on the radar of the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department before Tuesday’s public release of the images of a masked subject at her front door, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
The individual, who identified himself as Carlos, was detained for questioning in Rio Rico, Arizona, south of Tucson, after the FBI identified him by using a series of electronic investigative tools, including cell phone usage information and traffic data, the sources said, without specifying the exact techniques.
Rebecca Noble/Reuters – PHOTO: Investigators canvasses Annie Guthrie’s neighborhood after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Feb. 10, 2026.
A local judge from Santa Cruz County, Arizona, signed the warrant for the search of Carlos’ house, which was carried out overnight.
Carlos was questioned for several hours before being released without charge. He is under no law enforcement restrictions.
Separately, investigators are studying every pixel of the new video the FBI released publicly on Tuesday to try to find any identifying feature, including the apparent weapon and characteristics of what the subject was wearing, according to the sources.
FBI conducting ‘extensive search’ in Nancy Guthrie neighborhood
The FBI agents are conducting an “extensive search” on Wednesday along multiple roads in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood surrounding Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson-area home, the bureau’s Phoenix office said.
“We are asking the media and motorists to follow all traffic laws and to remain especially cautious when passing law enforcement near roadways,” FBI Phoenix said in a statement.
The FBI said it continues to offer a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie.
