The case of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is far from cold, according to a retired FBI agent. Jennifer Coffindaffer, a former FBI special agent, said the investigation remains very active and pushed back against speculation that it had gone cold.
Coffindaffer said federal authorities have uncovered numerous leads, including video footage and forensic evidence. She said investigators have relocated some of their work to Phoenix to use additional analytical resources. According to Coffindaffer, authorities are reviewing surveillance videos, a glove recovered during the investigation, DNA evidence collected inside the home, and leads involving a man investigators have identified as “Porch Guy.”
“This case is red hot in terms of actionable leads,” Coffindaffer said, noting that investigators sometimes need just one strong lead to break a case.
On Tuesday, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said investigators are “definitely closer” to identifying a suspect in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, as her daughter Savannah Guthrie visited the area to see the growing memorial outside her mother’s home.
Savannah Guthrie, along with her sister Annie and Annie’s husband, Tommaso Cioni, visited the area and placed yellow flowers and a card outside her mother’s home, according to a report by TODAY, where NBC’s Liz Kreutz covered the story.
In the same report, Nanos spoke about the investigation and said detectives are working through numerous leads. “We’ve got a lot of intel,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said on the Today show. “We are working through numerous leads as the investigation continues,” he added.
In another interview with NBC News, Nanos discussed Ring camera footage first reported by Fox News Digital. The video shows about a dozen vehicles passing a camera set up in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood around the time Nancy was last seen. Her pacemaker reportedly synced with her iPhone at 2:36 a.m. on Feb. 1. Nancy was 84 years old at the time.
Nanos was asked whether investigators had identified the vehicle seen passing the camera at 2:36 a.m. on Feb. 1.
“No,” he replied.
Nanos was then asked what investigators are doing with the video evidence. “We’re aware of it, and we’re looking into it, just like any other piece of evidence,” he said.
When asked whether detectives are reviewing the vehicle seen in the footage, Nanos said investigators are examining “hundreds of thousands of other vehicles that were on the road at that time.”
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was last seen at her home in Tucson’s Catalina Foothills area on Jan. 31 and has now been missing for more than a month.
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