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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has expressed concerns that the suspect involved in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie may “absolutely” pose a recurring threat, 40 days after her vanishing. Despite ongoing investigations, the sheriff has provided limited insight into the potential motive behind the kidnapping.
“Criminal minds are criminal minds,” Nanos commented during an interview with NBC, where Nancy Guthrie’s daughter, Savannah Guthrie, is a co-host of the “Today” show.
While Sheriff Nanos has some ideas about why Guthrie might have been targeted, he has chosen not to disclose these theories to the public at this time.
FBI agents have been conducting door-to-door inquiries near Nancy Guthrie’s residence in Tucson as part of the ongoing investigation. Guthrie was last seen on a Saturday night. A photo shared by NBC shows Nancy Guthrie and her daughter Savannah together. (Photo credits: Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital; Courtesy of NBC)
“We suspect that this was a targeted act, but we can’t be entirely certain,” Nanos stated. “It would be irresponsible to assure people that they’re not potential targets. Anyone could be at risk.”
The 84-year-old mother and grandmother lived alone in the Catalina Foothills, a wealthy enclave in northern Tucson, Arizona.
She vanished under suspicious circumstances on the morning of Feb. 1 and has not been seen since.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaks at a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz., to provide updates in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. (Sejal Govindarao/AP Photo)
“When the sheriff says investigators believe they know the motive but won’t share it, there’s an investigative reason,” said Jason Pack, a retired FBI supervisory agent and the CEO of Media Rep Global Strategies. “This is it: You don’t hand the suspect a roadmap of what you know.”
However, the suggestion that the perpetrator could strike again complicates things, he told Fox News Digital.
“Once you put that out there, every person watching wants to know who’s at risk and what they ought to do about it,” Pack said. “If you can’t answer those questions, you probably shouldn’t lead with that statement.”
Answers have been in short supply throughout the ordeal.
WATCH: Nancy Guthrie’s Nest doorbell cam records masked suspect
Guthrie’s front doorbell camera is missing, but her phone and Apple watch were left behind. Authorities have so far been unable to recover any video from her other home security cameras.
Investigators said previously that her pacemaker last synced via Bluetooth around 2:30 a.m. the night she went missing.
And although the FBI and Google were able to recover some footage from her front door showing a masked man with a gun, he has not been identified.
A mixed DNA sample sent to a private Florida lab rather than the FBI has also not yet been unraveled, according to the report.
Savannah Guthrie visits the Today show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Federal law enforcement sources previously told Fox News Digital it provided only a partial profile that was insufficient for the FBI’s CODIS database of known offenders as well as investigative genetic genealogy techniques.
Separately, Nanos confirmed that investigators are looking into some kind of power or internet outage the morning of Nancy’s abduction, but he said it was not connected to a utility box around the corner from the home showing signs of having been tampered with.
Pima County Sheriff’s deputies speak outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills after the disappearance of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. February 12, 2026. (Rebecca Noble/Reuters)
Authorities said last week they had looked into the box and ruled it out.
He did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
There’s a combined reward of over $1.2 million for info that cracks the case.
The family is asking anyone with information to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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