New details have emerged describing Nancy Guthrie‘s million-dollar Arizona home after her abduction, as the frantic investigation approaches its second month.
The Guthrie family was hit with an unimaginable nightmare on February 1, when Nancy, 84, was believed to have been abducted from her home in the middle of the night.
She was last seen the evening before at a family dinner. Police have since come up on multiple dead ends with no trace of Nancy or arrests made in connection with her disappearance.
Investigators believed Nancy was snatched from her home in the dead of the night after they found her front door camera disconnected and blood on the doorway.
However, a source has now revealed to NewsNation that there were ‘no signs of an assault in Nancy’s home.’
Certain rooms in the Catalina Foothills mansion were described as ‘immaculate,’ and the house was reportedly clean.
The new revelation contrasts with initial reports that investigators found signs of forced entry at Nancy’s home.
Savannah Guthrie spoke for the first time about her mother’s harrowing abduction in an interview last week with Today host colleague Hoda Kotb.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, pictured above with Savannah on the Today show set, disappeared from her home on February 1
Investigators found blood on the front doorway of her Tucson home, pictured above. A new report has now claimed the house’s interior did not show signs of an assault, describing some rooms as ‘immaculate’
A break in the case came when the FBI uncovered previously lost footage of a suspect disabling the front door camera, pictured above
She recalled the shocking moments she first learned of Nancy’s disappearance, revealing that she believed paramedics were at the home.
‘We thought that she must have had some kind of medical episode in the night and that somehow the paramedics had come because the back doors were propped open, you know, and that didn’t make any sense,’ she said.
NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield said on her podcast, Drop Dead Serious, that a source previously revealed to her that the back door of Nancy’s home was ‘wide open’ and propped up with flower pots.
The revelations have fed theories that there were multiple abductors. Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer told Newsweek that she speculated more than one person was involved.
‘Normally people who abduct people need help. They need somebody to handle the person,’ she said.
‘They need somebody where they’re taking the person to, you know, to help care for that person. If indeed, they wanted to keep them alive, they would need somebody.’
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said they have not publicly disclosed information about the interior condition of Nancy’s home, adding that the investigation is still active when approached for comment by the Daily Mail.
It’s unclear why Nancy’s back door was propped open when investigators arrived. The Federal Bureau of Investigation previously obtained video footage of a suspect entering the home through the front door.
Savannah also described the back door of her mother’s home as ‘propped open,’ leading to theories that there were multiple captors
Sheriff Chris Nanos, pictured above, said in a recent media interview that he had ‘no regrets’ about how his department handled Nancy’s case
The chilling video revealed a masked man with a backpack. The FBI said he was about 5 feet 9 inches with an average build.
The exhaustive search has yielded multiple dead ends for the sheriff’s department. False hope came about two weeks into the investigation when SWAT teams descended on a nearby home in Tucson.
A Range Rover driver was apprehended that same night, but no arrests were made, and the individuals were released.
Multiple ransom notes sent to local news affiliates and TMZ were also recovered during the investigation, but have not led to any arrests in connection with Nancy’s abduction.
As the investigation fast approaches its second month, the sheriff’s department faces mounting pressure and questions over how the case was handled.
Sheriff Chris Nanos said last week in an interview with News4 Tucson that he had no regrets over the investigation.
When asked if the search had gone the way he wanted, Nanos responded confidently: ‘Yes, absolutely.’
The department had released and resealed the crime scene several times in the initial days of the investigation, leading to claims that evidence was lost or contaminated.
Authorities have faced dozens of questions and mounting pressure to solve the case as the investigation approaches the three-month mark. Officials are pictured above in front of Nancy’s home on February 25
The Guthrie family has offered a $1 million reward for information leading to Nancy’s location. Nancy and Savannah are pictured above
Savannah Guthrie broke down in tears during her first interview since her mother’s abduction, pictured above
Nanos dismissed allegations that his department mishandled the crime scene, calling the claims ‘silly.’
He affirmed that his deputies were still pursuing leads in the case, including cell phone analysis and cell tower data.
In a message to Nancy’s alleged captors, Nanos pleaded: ‘Just give her up. Just let her go. Just take her to a clinic, a hospital, drop her off… just let her go.’
The Guthrie family has offered a $1 million reward for information leading to their mother’s location.
In Savannah’s recent interview, she echoed Nanos’s message, pleading with her mother’s captors to return her.
‘Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. We are in agony,’ she said.
