Urgent New Lead in Nancy Guthrie Case Takes Investigators to Mexico
The Nancy Guthrie disappearance deepens as 40,000 leads are probed and the FBI contacts Mexico authorities in a dramatic cross-border investigation.
US investigators are reportedly in contact with Mexican authorities regarding the disappearance of American news anchor Savannah Guthrie's mother, as the search for her continues into its third week.
The sheriff's department and the FBI in the US state of Arizona declined to confirm whether they had contacted authorities across the border for help locating Nancy Guthrie.
However, her family has contacted a Mexican non-profit organization that works to find missing persons in the region.
Investigators have been following 40,000 leads since the 84-year-old woman was reported missing this month, but have had no success despite emotional public appeals for help from her NBC presenter daughter.
US News reported on Wednesday that the FBI had contacted authorities in Mexico, believing Guthrie may have been taken across the border.
A law enforcement source said the FBI had informed Mexican authorities of Guthrie's disappearance, although they had no evidence that she had been taken across the border. A Mexican security official told the New York Times that the FBI had contacted authorities in the state of Sonora, bordering Arizona, to investigate an alleged "buy" in the case, although that potential lead had apparently been exhausted.
According to a Fox News report, it is common for federal investigators to speak with their Mexican counterparts, especially in cases so close to the border.
The Searching Mothers of Sonora, a Mexican non-profit organization dedicated to finding missing people in that state, often in cases involving drug cartels, said a member of Guthrie's family had asked them to assist in the search.
Authorities have found no indication that Guthrie was kidnapped by narco-traffickers.
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TMZ also said it received a new ransom note via email demanding approximately $6 million in cryptocurrency.
The outlet, which previously reported receiving another possible Guthrie ransom note, said it forwarded the new email to the FBI.
Guthrie was last seen at her home in Tucson, Arizona, on January 31, when a family member dropped her off after spending the evening at her daughter's house nearby.
Investigators believe she was kidnapped on the morning of February 1.
Authorities say her family members have been ruled out as possible suspects.
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On Tuesday, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos reported that DNA evidence taken from a glove found near Guthrie's home did not match any evidence in the FBI database.
The glove appeared to match the one worn by the masked man captured on surveillance footage the night of Guthrie's disappearance.
The sheriff said he was confident they would find her, whether it took "10 days, 10 months, or worse."
Nanos also said he believed Guthrie was being held somewhere near her home.
A law enforcement source said investigators were now using a device that could detect Bluetooth signals from her pacemaker. Sources said the tool, called a "signal sniffer," was mounted on a helicopter.
Guthrie's pacemaker was disconnected from her phone app the night she disappeared.
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