The Guthrie family requested police presence at Nancy Guthrie’s home.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday that they are stationed at the Tuscon, Ariz., home of the missing 84-year-old and will continue to search for him.
“At the request of the Guthrie family, PCSD will continue to maintain a permanent presence at Nancy Guthrie’s residence for her safety,” the statement reads. “The media and the public are reminded to obey all traffic and private property laws.”
“Entry to the Guthrie property is prohibited,” the statement continues. “Violations will be subject to enforcement.”
On Sunday, police were seen searching the septic tank behind Nancy’s house.
Drone footage showed three police officers opening a manhole in the backyard of the house and sticking long sticks inside.
However, the police officers finished searching the septic tank empty-handed. No further information has been released about what exactly they were looking for.
The investigation into Nancy’s disappearance entered its eighth day on Sunday, but no suspect has yet been named.
Nancy was last seen on January 31st, when her daughter Annie’s husband, Tommaso Cioni, dropped her off after dinner with Annie.
Authorities were reportedly seen searching Annie and Cioni’s Tucson home in the middle of the night on Saturday, taking photos in Montana until about 10:30 p.m.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office told Page Six in a statement Sunday: “This remains an active and ongoing investigation. Detectives and investigators continue to follow up at multiple locations.”
“Details of the follow-up investigation are not being released at this time. Investigators have not identified any suspects, persons, or vehicles involved in this incident.”
Savannah, along with Annie and her brother Camron, took to social media on Saturday night to issue another emotional appeal against their mother’s alleged kidnappers, in which they also offered to pay a ransom.
ABC affiliate KGUN9 in Tucson reported that the would-be kidnappers demanded that the Guthrie family pay them $6 million in Bitcoin by a deadline of Monday, February 9th at 5pm (Montana).
“I received the message and I understand,” the “Today” anchor said in a video posted to social media.
“Please give us back our mother now so we can celebrate with her,” she added. “This is the only way we can achieve peace. This is something that is very valuable to us and we will pay the price for it.”
Tracy Walder, a former CIA officer and FBI special agent, told Page Six that Savannah, who was the only one to speak in the new video, appeared “defeated” and not “hopeful” against her suspected kidnapper in the second video.
However, former FBI agent Jason Pack also weighed in on the video, telling Page Six that he believes the family is “reacting as if the mother was alive and in custody.”
“Savannah could have said a lot. She said she wanted to ‘celebrate’ with her mother,” he noted. “Now, you don’t accidentally use that word when your mother is missing for a week. It’s like a family saying to the person on the other side of this, ‘We’re not out for blood. We just want her back.’ That’s as graceful as a human being can be under that kind of pressure.”
