Savannah Guthrie is back on Today, but the case to find her mom, Nancy Guthrie, is still underway. While there has not been any new evidence, there is new technology that may help bring answers surrounding a strand of hair.
© IG: @savannahguthrieAccording to ABC News, investigators recently sent a hair sample recovered from Nancy’s home to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The sample had been sitting with a private lab since February before finally being transferred, and now the FBI is using more advanced tech to try to make sense of it.
"The FBI requested this material over two months ago," an FBI official said, clarifying that it is not new evidence. "The Pima County Sheriff's Office sent it to a private lab in Florida. Eleven weeks later, that lab has now transferred an original hair sample to the FBI Laboratory for testing. We remain fully committed to this investigation."
Authorities have already said the DNA is mixed, meaning it came from more than one person, and separating it could take months. Like, up to six more months to separate the strands.
© IG: @savannahguthrieMeanwhile, behind the scenes, this isn’t just one lab quietly working. Multiple labs across the country are reportedly involved, with around two dozen investigators still actively trying to piece things together. And yet, despite early evidence releases, like the doorbell camera footage, there hasn’t been a real break.
© ZUMA PressAnd then there’s the other movie-like layer of all this. An anonymous person has been contacting authorities for weeks, claiming they know exactly who took Nancy.
In one note sent earlier this month, they claimed Nancy is dead. In another, they said they saw her alive in Sonora, Mexico, just across the Arizona border. "I Saw her alive with them in the state of Sonora, Mexico,” the person wrote.
The mysterious writer is asking for one bitcoin in exchange for information. No payment has been made, and the FBI reportedly remains skeptical, especially given the contradictions.
The sender, however, pushed back on that doubt, writing, "It's unbelievable that millions have been wasted and yet here I am willing to deliver them on a silver platter since the 11th of February for a bitcoin, but I am disregarded as a scam." "They are free, and the case is frozen, but the egos remain hot when it comes to me. Arrogance at its finest," they continued.
© NBCThrough all of this, Savannah has been trying to hold it together publicly. In a recent interview, she admitted the guilt had been overwhelming, even questioning if her own visibility somehow played a role.
“I’m so sorry, Mommy,” she said through tears. “If it is me, I’m so sorry.” But the hardest part is the uncertainty. “We still don’t know anything,” she said. “We cannot be at peace without answers.”
