Federal investigators are currently investigating an unoccupied property located nearby. Nancy Guthrie’s live in ArizonaThe search for a missing 84-year-old man has entered its seventh week, according to latest reports.
Authorities have said they suspect Guthrie was intentionally targeted for kidnapping, a hypothesis that has led to increased scrutiny of whether the crime was premeditated.
The latest investigative efforts mean agents are revisiting previous investigative leads. FBI agents have reportedly returned Catalina In the Foothills area where Guthrie disappeared in the early hours of Feb. 1, he interacted with residents by going door-to-door and asking new questions.
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Nancy Guthrie Search: FBI revisits Catalina Foothills region
Investigators are currently focusing on a nearby property that was abandoned shortly before Guthrie disappeared, NewsNation reporter Brian Entin reported.
Entin, who has been reporting in the area for weeks, said agents are not suggesting the vacant home is directly related to the crime. Rather, it appears to be one of multiple avenues of investigation being explored as the investigation progresses.
“I have confirmed through sources that the FBI has returned Nancy Guthrie’s Over the last 24 hours or so, we’ve surveyed the neighbors, gone back to the neighbors’ homes and asked more questions,” Entin said on his podcast Brian Entin Investigates .
“There was a neighbor who moved away before Nancy disappeared and they’ve been asking more questions about the situation. Not that it has anything to do with what happened, but that’s what the FBI agents are asking about.”
“Investigators are looking for specific details”
Authorities are also questioning locals about other homes being built and asking for the names of contractors and employees who worked in the area in the days and weeks before Guthrie disappeared, according to Entin.
“Investigators are looking for specific details rather than general information, which suggests they are trying to track activity in the neighborhood,” Entin continued.
“I’m talking about details like that, like they wanted the names of all the contractors and workers who were working on these homes. I saw the construction while I was there, just driving around. There were several homes under construction in the area. So to me, that was an interesting new nugget.”
Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, was last seen on Jan. 31 when she was taken to her residence after a family dinner.
