Nancy Guthrie kidnapping: latest clues, main suspects and demands for her release

A mystery that began on January 31. The disappearance of Nancy Guthriemother of the famous American television presenter Savannah Guthrie has become one of the criminal cases most disturbing and media USA currently, to such an extent that it has even caught the attention of the president himself donald trump.

The 84-year-old woman was last seen at her home in Tucson, Arizonaafter having dinner with one of his daughters. She lived alone, needs medication and help to walk. The authorities They investigate the incident as a kidnapping after finding signs of a possible violent kidnapping.

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Sunday February 1 Nancy Guthrie He was supposed to go to mass, but he never came.

Upon noticing that he did not go to church and that he was not at home, his relatives alerted the police.

According to the Los Angeles Times, when officers entered Nancy’s home they found bloodsomething that reinforced the hypothesis that the woman had been kidnapped.

They also noticed signs that someone broke into the house.

Since then, Savannah Guthriehost of NBC News’ Today Show, has repeatedly asked the public for help in finding her mother.

On Sunday, Savannah published a new video where he asked the kidnapper to “do the right thing.”

“It’s been two weeks since they took our mom, and I just want to come here to say that we still have hope and we still believe.”said the journalist in the video published on her Instagram account.

Savannah addressed “whoever has her or knows where she is,” and said to him: “You are not lost or alone. It is never too late to do the right thing. We are here. We believe. We believe in the essential goodness of every human being. It is never too late…bring her home.”

FBI offers $100,000 reward for information leading to the location of Nancy Guthrie or the arrest of suspects.

Evidence and key clues

Today researchers are reviewing more than 30,000 tips received since the case began.

The police were able to reconstruct what happened to Nancy thanks to the technology. The researchers rescued video footage from your home doorbell camera.

The recording shows a man who is masked and wearing gloves outside the front door. The FBI later described the suspect as a man approximately 5’7″ to 5’7″ tall, with an average build.

The chronology of the events that occurred on the day of the kidnapping is as follows: in the early hours of Sunday, February 1, at approximately 01:47 am (08:47 GMT), the doorbell camera was disconnected.

At 02:12 am (09:12 GMT) software detected a person in the camera.

The individual appears to manipulate the camera for several seconds before moving away to uproot plants, which he then uses to cover the camera.

At 02:28 am (09:28 GMT), Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker app showed that she had disconnected from her phone.

“In the video, he is carrying a black 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack”the FBI said of the individual. He added that an investigation will be conducted into where and to whom backpacks of this type were sold.

As part of the investigationlast week the police accessed another video from a security camera from a home in Nancy’s neighborhood. This footage shows a man trying to scale a wall in the early hours of February 1, according to the Los Angeles Times.

A bald man appears in the video who wears a gray jacket and carries a backpack similar to the ones the masked subject of the doorbell recording.

The authorities are also analyzing another video where a person is seen with a baseball cap and a black backpack pulling on the door handle of a car in front of a home in the neighborhood on the morning of Feb. 1.

On February 14 it was reported that Pima County police found DNA on Nancy’s property that does not correspond to her or people with whom she had close contact.

Researchers are working to determine who the genetic material belongs to. They did not reveal the exact place where it was found.

While on Sunday, The authorities said they found a glove about 3 km from Nancy’s property, what it seems similar to the one worn by the kidnapping suspect.

As part of the investigations, the police detained and questioned a man, but released him because it was not proven that he was the kidnapper.

Cryptocurrency ransom

According to Univision, the kidnappers have demanded a ransom of 6 million dollars in bitcointhe most popular cryptocurrency in the world. In addition, he assured that they gave a deadline to the family of Nancy until February 9 to make the payment, something that has not happened.

Univisión explained that one of the advantages of cryptocurrencies is anonymity. For example, unlike a bank account, which requires official identification of the person, bitcoin wallets do not require personal data to be created. Criminals can then receive funds without revealing their identity.

Furthermore, payment in bitcoin eliminates the risks involved in collecting millions of dollars in cash from a kidnapping.

Trump: death penalty if Nancy dies

trump said in an exclusive phone interview with the New York Post that Nancy Guthrie must be safely released or her kidnappers could face the death penalty if she is found dead.

The interview came after Trump posted about the case on social media, saying that He hopes that “there will be a positive result.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press conference last week that the Trump administration wants the kidnappers to be “detained to the fullest extent of the law.”