Remains Found Near Guthrie Home Show No Link
Remains Found Near Guthrie Home Show No Link
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Human remains found in the Arizona desert about 15 miles from the home of missing Tucson woman Nancy Guthrie are not connected to her case, the Pima County Sheriff's Department says.
The remains were found in a desert area near West Ajo Way and South La Cholla Boulevard, the department said. Deputies said there is "no indication" of a link to the Guthrie case "at this time."
Investigators said the remains appear to have been at the location for an extended period. Officials have not released the person's identity or said how long the remains may have been there.
Guthrie, the mother of NBC "Today" host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since February 1 — more than six months. No one has been arrested.
Timeline
Nancy Guthrie is last seen. She was taken without her phone or her critical medications.
Guthrie is reported missing from her Tucson home.
A ransom note demands $4 million in cryptocurrency.
A second note claims Guthrie died after being taken.
Human remains are reported in the desert near West Ajo Way and South La Cholla Boulevard, roughly 15 miles from Guthrie's home. Pima County Sheriff's Search and Rescue deputies respond to the site.
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The Pima County Sheriff's Department said there is no indication the remains are connected to the Guthrie case so far, and cautioned that the discovery does not change the status of the active search.
Newsweek reported that discoveries of human remains in Pima County are not unusual, and that the department's assessment is that these remains do not appear tied to Guthrie.
A $1 million reward has been offered for information leading to Guthrie's recovery.
What's Next
The sheriff's department has not said when the remains will be formally identified, or when it will be able to rule them out of the Guthrie case definitively through forensic identification.
Lab analysis of DNA collected at Guthrie's home continues.
Investigators still have not said publicly how many people they believe were involved in the abduction, whether the perpetrators knew Guthrie, or what the motive was.
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The search for Guthrie remains active six months after she vanished. Two notes — one demanding $4 million in cryptocurrency on February 2, one claiming on February 6 that she had died — are the most concrete public leads investigators have disclosed, and neither has produced an arrest.
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