Crime scene tape goes back up outside missing Nancy Guthrie’s home as FBI deploys hostage negotiators to family

Federal agents were spotted removing items from the home of Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother’s home on Wednesday as investigators continue to probe what may have happened to the 84-year-old mother of three. 

Nancy Guthrie was last seen at 9.30pm on Saturday night when she was dropped off at her $1 million Tucson, Arizona home by her Italian son-in-law Tommaso Cioni, 50, after an evening of playing mahjong with daughter Annie, 56.

She was then reported missing the following day when she failed to show up for church services.

Disturbing evidence including a trail of blood leading from her doorway and a missing doorbell camera from the scene now suggests Nancy had been ‘abducted’ from the house, where she lives alone.

As the investigation into Nancy’s disappearance continued for a fourth consecutive day on Wednesday without any suspects, federal agents were seen carrying boxes outside her home as they put crime scene tape back up.

Two Pima County Sheriff’s Department vehicles were also at the scene, KVOA reports.

The bureau is now sending even more agents – including experts in hostage negotiations – to help reinforce efforts on the ground as the investigation into Nancy’s kidnapping continued for a fourth consecutive day, according to ABC 15. 

The 84-year-old mother-of-three lives alone at her $1 million home in the affluent Catalina Foothills neighborhood, where authorities found her phone, wallet and car following her mysterious disappearance on January 31.

An Apple Watch was also found inside the property, which investigators say stopped syncing with her pacemaker at around 2am – suggesting she was taken from her home at around that time.

Officers are now looking into Savannah’s superfans who have piled her with gifts and mail before her mother was abducted, the Daily Mail revealed earlier on Wednesday.

Investigators specifically asked NBC whether there were any troubling fan interactions that could be relevant to the case, a senior source claimed.

No suspect has been identified and police insist there is no danger to the wider public. However, investigators have not ruled out that Nancy may have been targeted because she is the mother of the famous Today show host.

At the same time, though, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department is looking into the possibility that Nancy’s kidnapping may be linked to a trespassing case in January, TMZ reports.  

In that case, one of her neighbors told authorities he noticed a suspicious person outside of his own home. 

But when the unidentified lurker triggered a motion sensor, causing floodlights to switch on, he fled the scene and witnesses were unable to provide a description of the suspect.

Police are now going door-to-door collecting security camera footage from neighbors as they attempt to identify a suspect and are searching for a vehicle of interest, a law enforcement source said.

Despite the lack of answers, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has faith that Nancy is still alive.

‘We have nothing else to go on but the belief that she is here,’ he said in an interview with NBC’s Liz Kreutz. ‘She’s present. She’s alive, and we want to save her.’

He noted that his department is taking all tips and leads very seriously.

‘The leads we’ve got coming in are critical to us. They’re valuable, and we’re sharing those with the FBI and others,’ Nanos said.

To aid in the investigation, President Donald Trump announced he was allocating additional federal support for the search.

He said on Tuesday he planned to call Savannah, noting that his thoughts were with the news anchor amid the ‘terrible’ situation.

‘I’m going to call her later on, I think it’s a terrible thing,’ Trump said. ‘Very unusual situation, but we’re going to find out.’

Then, on Wednesday, the president made good on his promise, NBC News anchor Tom Llamas reported on air.

He said that Trump took the moment to ‘offer words of support for her and her family as they search for her mother.’