Nancy Guthrie Latest Update: FBI releases new details on suspect, raises reward to $100,000 on day 13 of search

Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since January 31. Believing it to be a kidnapping, authorities have shared CCTV footage and images of a masked man on the porch of Nancy’s Arizona home the night she disappeared.

The FBI provided a new account of the kidnapping as the desperate search for the 84-year-old entered its 13th day on Friday. Suspect.

Based on forensic evidence from the doorbell camera, the FBI described the man as “approximately 5 feet 9 inches – 5 feet 10 inches tall” with a medium build.

The agency also revealed the man was “wearing a black 25L”Ozark Trail Hikers Packing his backpack as he was caught on CCTV”.

“We hope the updated description will help focus the tips we receive from the public,” the FBI said in a statement. “Since February 1, 2026, the FBI has collected more than 13,000 tips from the public related to this case.”

“Each tip is reviewed to ensure it is credible, relevant and information that law enforcement can act on. National Threat Operations Center (NTOC) threat intake inspectors and FBI personnel are supporting a 24-hour command post that assigns tips and action tips to dozens of agents and investigators every shift.”

also, FBI The reward for information leading to her location was doubled from $50,000 to $100,000.

“Continue to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or http://tips.fbi.gov to submit information to the FBI to help us bring Nancy home,” the FBI wrote.

A law enforcement official told Reuters the FBI asked Nanos to provide physical evidence in the case, including a glove and DNA from her home, for processing at the FBI’s national crime laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. Nanos insisted that the materials be analyzed by a private laboratory in Florida, according to the official.

Outsourcing forensic analysis to a contractor in Florida, rather than sending it to an FBI lab, effectively deprived the FBI of access to key evidence and delayed its ability to assist the investigation, the official said.

In an interview with KVOA-TV on Friday, Nanos dismissed the report, calling it “far from the truth.”

He said he had discussed sending the recently discovered gloves to an FBI lab but decided it was not necessary.

“I said ‘No, why do that? Let’s send them all to where all the DNA, all the profiles and markers are,'” Nanos explained. “They agreed, and it made sense.”