Investigators carried out a late-night search of Savannah Guthrie‘s sister Annie’s home late Saturday night amid a renewed hunt for evidence of her missing mom Nancy.
As the search for Nancy Guthrie, 84, stretched past its seventh day, law enforcement returned to her daughter’s home in Tucson, Arizona, and were seen taking photographs inside the property for several hours late into the evening.
A mysterious silver briefcase was also seen being carried inside by an agent, as reporters at the home struggled to see what officers were photographing or seizing from inside.
Annie’s home was previously searched earlier this week, as cops said that she and her husband Tommaso Cioni were the last people to see Nancy after having dinner with her on January 31, before she vanished hours later.
Authorities have not said what new evidence was collected, but it comes a day after a car was towed from Nancy’s garage and a camera was taken from her roof that appeared to be missed in previous searches.
Hours before Saturday night’s search at Annie’s home, she joined her Today Show host sister Savannah and brother Camron in a bombshell video to social media addressing their mother’s abductors.
The siblings directed their remarks to the kidnappers, telling them they ‘received your message’ and ‘will pay’ ransom demands.
Savannah did not offer details over the communication her family received nor the demands that she agreed to pay, but appeared to indicate that her family had been contacted directly by those claiming to hold her mother hostage.
Investigators pictured carrying out a late-night search of Savannah Guthrie’s sister Annie’s home late Saturday night amid a renewed hunt for evidence of her missing mom Nancy
Camera flashes could be seen in a number of rooms inside Annie Guthrie’s home for several hours throughout the evening as investigators returned to the property
Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of Today Show star Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her home in Tucson, Arizona on the night of January 31
On Saturday evening, Savannah Guthrie shared a video with her sister Annie and brother Camron, directly addressing their mother’s abductors and telling them they ‘will pay’ ransom demands
Outside the home on Saturday evening, NewsNation reporter Brian Entin shared footage from the scene showing camera flashes in a number of rooms throughout Annie’s home, including two bedrooms and a large family room.
Entin said a high number of photographs were being taken inside the home, and several law enforcement vehicles waited outside while the search was carried out for several hours.
Another reporter at the scene, Fox News’s Michael Ruiz, said journalists had been kept at a distance from the home as photographs were being taken, and said the media was in the dark over why agents had returned.
He questioned in an X post: ‘My question is why would you go back to take photographs in the dead of night?’
While it is unclear what prompted investigators to return to Annie’s home, it came just hours after she appeared alongside Savannah in a video shared to social media.
The siblings spoke directly to their mother’s captors in the clip, which follows a series of reported ‘ransom notes’ being sent to TMZ and KOLD newsrooms in the week since Nancy was abducted from her home.
Investigators were seen scouring the roof of Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Arizona on Friday evening, and reportedly found a camera that had been missed in previous searches
A dark SUV was towed from the property on Friday
Police said Annie Guthrie and her husband Tommaso Cioni were the last people to see Nancy after having dinner with her on January 31, before she vanished hours later
The previous ‘ransom letters’ demanded millions in Bitcoin in exchange for Nancy’s return, and set a final deadline of Monday for payment to be made ‘or else’, TMZ said.
Savannah and her siblings previously shared a video this week demanding ‘proof of life’ of their mother after news broke that ransom demands had been made to TMZ and KOLD.
It is unclear if any proof of life has been made, but Savannah’s latest video appears to indicate her family believe they have been contacted by her legitimate abductors.
At the same time Savannah and her siblings were sharing their devastating video, the man in charge of the search for their mother, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, was seen in exclusive Daily Mail images enjoying a basketball game.
Nanos, whose face has been plastered across national media for the past six days, was seen in a khaki hoodie top amid spectators watching number one ranked Arizona Wildcats defeat Oklahoma State 47-84 at the McKale Memorial Center in Tucson.
But the decision to take time out for the game has not gone down well with deputies swamped with chasing leads as the clock ticks unmercifully for the 84-year-old.
‘It’s tone deaf while Nancy is still out there’, one senior source inside the sheriff’s department told the Daily Mail.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos took time off the ongoing search for Nancy Guthrie to enjoy a basketball game on Saturday evening, exclusive Daily Mail images show
Blood was spotted on the walkway of Nancy’s Tucson, Arizona home after she was reported missing
Nancy’s Ring doorbell camera was also missing
‘Everybody deserves, of course, their time off. It’s been a very stressful, hard, long week,’ the law enforcement source said.
‘But given how hard detectives and search and rescue are working, including all the overtime they’re doing, it’s a poor decision and it doesn’t look good for the agency.
‘It just seems very odd given how emotional he was throughout the week during interviews, saying he believes she’s still alive and how desperate he is to find her.’
Nanos said on Friday that he is still holding out hope of returning Nancy to her family, and said that he believes she is ‘still alive.’
While Nanos offered an optimistic view of the search, he previously admitted investigators are in a race against time, with Nancy suffering health problems and is believed to be without daily medications.
In separate messages sent to TMZ and KOLD earlier this week, deadlines of 5pm on Thursday and a more serious deadline of Monday evening were set for millions in Bitcoin to be paid – ‘or else.’
Following the passage of the first deadline, Camron shared another video to social media pleading for his mother’s abductors to contact the family.
‘Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you,’ he said. ‘We haven’t heard anything directly. We need you to reach out and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward.
‘But first we have to know that you have our mom. We want to talk to you, and we are waiting for contact.’
With no suspects or persons of interest publicly named, President Donald Trump suggested the investigation had progressed promisingly on Friday evening.
Trump told reporters on Air Force One that the investigation was going ‘very well’, and said he understands investigators ‘have some clues that I think are very strong.’
‘We could have some answers coming up fairly soon,’ Trump teased, saying that ‘a lot has taken place in the last couple hours’ in the search.
Officials previously said they have no reason to suspect the abduction is tied to Nancy’s daughter Savannah’s celebrity, but said they have not ruled out any inquiries.
