Authorities have likely ruled out Nancy Guthrie’s family as suspects in her kidnapping through alibis, cell phone data and other methods.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office officially cleared the Guthrie family — including “all siblings and spouses” — of the kidnapping in a statement to Page Six on Monday, as the search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom enters week 3.
Former CIA member and FBI special agent Tracy Walder tells Page Six of the methods used to clear the family, “Authorities have been able to alibi all of them and account for their whereabouts on that evening.
“They look at their cell phone data and figure out if it matches up to where they were. They also use license plate scanners to see if they’re driving at the time and if they’re caught on cameras.”
The NewsNation contributor speculated, “The Sheriff can make that statement confidently.”
Second expert Jason Pack, a retired FBI agent, tells Page Six, “This statement appears to be about protecting a grieving family as much as it is about the investigation.
“It seems like they are confident in their work … alibis, phone records, financials, digital forensics and the evidence has told them what they need to know.”
Pack believes of Sheriff Chris Nanos, “He seems to feel a real obligation to step in. He’s running a case and he’s trying to stop additional harm to victim families.”
The full statement from the Pima County Sheriff’s Office read, “To be clear … the Guthrie family – to include all siblings and spouses – has been cleared as possible suspects in this case. The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case.
“To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple.”
The announcement means Savannah, her brother Camron, and her sister, Annie, are all cleared, as well as the “Today” show host’s spouse, Michael Feldman, and Annie’s husband, Tommaso Cioni, who was the last person to see her before she was reported missing.
Cioni became the target of online speculation connected to Nancy’s kidnapping after being the last person to see her before the abduction.
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The Post reported sources familiar with the investigation are upset over the speculation surrounding Cioni.
“Instead of criticizing law enforcement, maybe criticize the people and outlets who have been reporting certain storylines with zero evidence,” a source told the outlet.
Nancy was reported missing on Feb. 1 when she failed to attend a virtual church service.
Investigators believed she was kidnapped and “harmed,” as a trail of blood — which authorities confirmed was hers — was found outside her front door.
While authorities have questioned a number of people, the investigation enters week 3 with no known suspects.
Authorities released videos and photos of a masked man seen breaking into Nancy’s Tucson, Ariz., home on the night of the abduction.
Cops have determined he stands at around 5-foot-9 or 5-foot 10 and has an “average build.”
President Trump weighted in on Monday in an interview with The Post, as he vowed to invoke the death penalty if Nancy is not found alive.
The NBC anchor took to Instagram Sunday night with another emotional plea to the kidnapper.
“I wanted to say to whoever has her, or who knows where she is, that, it’s never too late,” Savannah said in the social media video. “And you’re not lost, or alone, and it is never too late to do the right thing.”
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