Investigators are sifting through thousands of tips as the search for Nancy Guthrie continues for a 12th day.
It has been exactly a week since authorities briefed the media on the case, with the local sheriff’s department saying it will call a news conference “should a significant development occur.”
Here are the latest developments:
- Thousands of tips: The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said it has received over 18,000 tips since Guthrie was reported missing, with more than 4,000 of those coming in over 24 hours. Investigators are undergoing an intensive process to work through them.
- Search near Guthrie home: FBI agents were out on the roads yesterday in Catalina Foothills, north of Tucson, searching for any new evidence they could find. CNN saw agents searching the ground through thick brush and cacti.
- Glove found: A New York Post reporter witnessed agents pick up a dark glove off the side of the road, about a mile and a half from Guthrie’s home. It’s not clear if it is the same one worn by the person seen in surveillance footage from Guthrie’s doorbell camera released by the FBI.
- Footage scrutinized: Authorities are looking at the type of backpack the person in the doorbell footage was wearing. The person appears to be armed, and the “universal nylon style holster” is not the type of holster someone who regularly carries a gun would use, according to a former police captain.
- New letter: TMZ reported it received a letter from someone purporting to know who Guthrie’s kidnapper is and demanding a single bitcoin in exchange for that information. TMZ says it has handed the email note over to the FBI. There is a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Guthrie.
Former FBI Assistant Director for the Criminal Investigative Division, Chris Swecker, discussed the investigation last night with CNN’s Laura Coates.
The FBI searched area around Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson yesterday. Here’s the latest
FBI agents were seen searching the desert terrain yesterday outside Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Arizona.
Arizona investigators say they’ve gotten more than 18,000 tips
Nearly 18,000 calls related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie case have come through to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department’s tip line since she was reported missing February 1, the department said yesterday.
Authorities have encouraged anyone with information or tips to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI, 88-CRIME or tips.fbi.gov. You can also contact the Pima County Sheriff’s office by calling 520-351-4900.
