Guthrie Family Are Not Suspects In Kidnapping, Sheriff Says - Beritaja

The family of Nancy Guthrie are not suspects successful her kidnapping, the sheriff has confirmed.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said her family, including "all siblings and spouses", had been cooperative and gracious arsenic authorities investigated the kidnapping.

Mr Nanos said: "To ​suggest different is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple."

It comes arsenic the case involving the mother of Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie entered its 3rd week.

On Sunday, investigators said they had obtained a DNA sample from a mitt recovered adjacent the Arizona location of Nancy, 84, which appears to lucifer the brace worn by a masked prowler seen successful doorbell camera footage earlier she was abducted.

Nancy was past seen connected 31 January erstwhile her family dropped her disconnected astatine her location adjacent Tucson pursuing meal pinch them.

Relatives reported her missing the pursuing day, authorities said.

Mr Nanos added that Nancy, who has a pacemaker, was highly constricted successful her beingness mobility and could not person near her location unassisted, starring investigators to judge she had been taken against her will early on.

Since her disappearance, astatine slightest 2 purported ransom notes person surfaced.

Both were initially delivered to media outlets, but location has been nary known nonstop interaction betwixt Ms Guthrie's presumed captors and her family, aliases pinch authorities.

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Traces of humor connected her beforehand structure were later confirmed by DNA tests to person travel from Ms Guthrie, officials said past week.

She is described by rule enforcement and family members arsenic being successful frail wellness and successful request of regular medicine to survive.

Savannah, 54, is co-anchor of the celebrated NBC show and has shared respective video messages on pinch her brother, Camron Guthrie and sister, Annie Guthrie.

Together, they person been pleading for their mother's return and are appealing for accusation from the public.

Mr Nanos said location had been nary impervious of life since the abduction but added "there's not been immoderate impervious of decease either".

He added that his moving presumption is that she remains alive.