[Sportschosun Reporter Park Aram] The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of Savannah Guthrie, 54, host of NBC's flagship program Today, has taken a new turn. A volunteer search team from Mexico launched a search near the border after receiving an anonymous tip.
According to foreign media outlets including People and TMZ on the 12th local time, the Mexican missing-person search group Buscando Corazones Nogales recently conducted an intensive search in an area near Nogales, Mexico, after receiving an anonymous tip. The informant reportedly claimed that Nancy Guthrie may have been secretly buried in the area.
The search took place in an area where numerous unclaimed graves had previously been found. Volunteers used shovels and detection equipment during the operation, but no trace of Nancy Guthrie has been found so far.
The group also searched the same area last month after receiving a similar tip, but did not achieve any meaningful results. After additional information came in, the team returned to the site, and further searches are also being planned.
Nancy Guthrie went missing in February from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Bloodstains were found at the front door, and investigators are continuing to pursue the case with kidnapping as the leading possibility.
CCTV footage released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and gloves wandering around Nancy Guthrie's home on the night of the incident. The person was carrying a backpack and wearing a pistol holster, and the FBI considers him a key person of interest.
More than four months after the incident, no major suspect has been identified. The FBI has offered a reward for anyone who helps locate Nancy Guthrie or provides a crucial lead to solve the case, and the family is also said to have promised a separate large reward.
Meanwhile, her daughter Savannah Guthrie stepped away from broadcasting for a time after her mother's disappearance, but has recently returned as a Today host. Even so, her mother's whereabouts remain unknown, and public interest in the case continues in the United States.
tokkig@sportschosun.com
