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As the search for Nancy Guthrie continues, Megyn Kelly claimed Savannah Guthrie is “livid” over reports that her brother in law, Tommaso Cioni, was investigated as a prime suspect in the disappearance.

“I have not been able to confirm that the Guthrie family wants to sue Ashleigh Banfield, but I have confirmed that Savannah is livid about that report and definitely does not suspect her or her brother in law,” Kelly said during the March 13 episode of her eponymous SiriusXM show.

Kelly added, “Can you blame her? I mean, of course she loves her sister, I’m sure she loves her brother in law, and I’m sure she genuinely doesn’t believe they had anything to do with it.”

Nancy was last seen on January 31 after daughter Annie Guthrie and son-in-law Cioni dropped her off at her Catalina Foothills home in Tucson, Arizona. The next morning, she failed to show up to watch a streaming church service and a friend alerted a family member of her absence.

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Former NewsNation host Ashleigh Banfield first claimed that Cioni was being investigated in connection with Nancy’s disappearance shortly after the 84 year old went missing. Days later, Rob Shuter reported on February 5 that Savannah, 54, was considering possible legal action against Banfield.

As In Touch previously reported, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department quickly pushed back on Banfield’s claims.

“We have not identified a suspect or person of interest in this case,” a spokesperson from the department told TMZ on February 4. “Detectives continue to speak with anyone who may have had contact with Mrs. Guthrie. We are also awaiting additional forensic results.”

Soon after, the department announced that “all siblings and spouses have been cleared as possible suspects.” Since then, there have been few leads in the case.

People with any information regarding the case are asked to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). You may also contact your local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or you can submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.

Nancy Guthrie update: Retired K-9 officer says decision not to use cadaver dogs ‘defies logic’

A retired K-9 officer is raising questions about the public handling of the Nancy Guthrie case, arguing that the decision not to deploy cadaver dogs “defies logic” as the investigation stretches into its seventh week with few answers.

“We’re just chasing shadows,” said Michael Gould, a former K-9 investigator with the NYPD and Nassau County Police Department.

Still, he told Fox News Digital that it’s very likely investigators are following up on leads behind closed doors and may be further along than observers think.

“Cadaver dogs, [or] human remains detection dogs, they are the primary technology available to humans to detect odor of people missing,” he said Tuesday. “They’re considered in court a scientific instrument. So why the sheriff chose not to use them, I don’t understand.“

Pima County deputies examine a flyer taped to the mailbox at Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2026.
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Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, is believed to have been abducted from her home in Tucson’s Catalina Foothills neighborhood against her will in the early hours of Feb. 1, according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department, like many local law enforcement agencies around the country, does not have its own cadaver dogs. They borrowed K-9s from the local Border Patrol office earlier in the case but are no longer deploying them as part of the investigation.

“There’s only two assumptions, two implications there, that A, she’s still alive, that’s one implication, or B, they’ve given up searching for her,” Gould said

He called on the sheriff to either deploy them in a pattern search or explain why that’s not happening.

“I stretch my head to think, without him guiding us, giving us answers to this, I can’t think of any other rationale why you would say we’re putting cadaver dogs on hold,” Gould said. “It defies logic.”

Nanos, for his part, told Fox News Digital earlier that if he deemed they were needed, he’d send them back out. He declined to discuss specific leads or evidence.

Law enforcement agents check vegetation areas around Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Feb. 11, 2026.

“Anything is possible,” he said when asked if he believed Guthrie is still alive.

However, with the investigation dragging on for more than 40 days, Gould said the case does not fit the profile of an abduction.

“After six weeks, without proof of life, without anything else, the family has come to terms with the fact, I think, that this is a homicide investigation, and it’s got to be treated like that,” he said.

An investigator looks inside a culvert in the neighborhood where Annie Guthrie, daughter of missing Nancy Guthrie, lives just outside Tucson, on Feb. 10, 2026.

In a heartbreaking Instagram video posted last month, Savannah Guthrie thanked millions of supporters for their prayers and acknowledged that her mother may no longer be alive.

The elder Guthrie’s pacemaker last synced with her Apple devices around 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 1. There was a light trail of blood outside of her front door, which authorities later said belonged to her. And nothing significant had been stolen.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaks to the media in Catalina, Arizona, on Feb. 3, while answering questions about the search for Nancy Guthrie.

Authorities issued a silver alert, describing Guthrie as a vulnerable adult whose life depends on prescription medication and who has mobility issues that could have prevented her from traveling far on foot.

Her Nest doorbell camera was missing, but the FBI and Google were able to recover video of a masked suspect at her doorstep. He visited her home at least once prior, according to federal law enforcement sources — on Jan. 11.

He is described as standing around 5 feet, 9 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall with a medium build. He remained unidentified as of Tuesday morning.

Two men were briefly detained as separate warrants were being served in connection with the case. Both were released without charges. The most recent was on Feb. 13 after the FBI towed his Range Rover from a Culver’s parking lot and raided his mother’s home, which is about 2 miles from Guthrie’s.

Pima County officers at the intersection of Camino de Michael and East Orange Grove Road in Tucson on Feb. 13, 2026. The location is approximately two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home.

“It was considered a kidnapping so they were investigating as a life and death situation — that’s why they executed a lot of search warrants that people questioned the legitimacy of the search warrant,” Gould said. “But if you’re thinking of the fact that somebody might still be alive and being held hostage, it’s different than a homicide investigation.”

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Since then, updates have slowed to a trickle. But a task force of Pima County homicide detectives and FBI agents remains on the investigation.

“If there’s tips coming in, it’s not a cold case,” Gould said. “I feel confident that this is gonna be a solve, but not on our timeline.”

A Pima County sheriff’s deputy inspects a Range Rover following a traffic stop in Tucson, Feb. 13,

Tips could come in from someone in jail, from a relative of the suspect, a romantic partner or even an accomplice, he said.

“Very rarely is there only one person that knows what happened,” he told Fox News Digital.

Savannah Guthrie visits the “Today” show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York on March 5, 2026.

And although a mixed DNA sample is still undergoing analysis in a private lab in Florida, he predicts that genetics will play a key role in cracking the case.

“It’s gonna be resolved,” he said. “And people are going to be surprised by the outcome of it.”

There is a combined reward of more than $1.2 million for information that leads to Guthrie’s recovery.

The family is asking anyone with information to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.