For eight months, Patty Morin worried her daughter's killer might never be caught — then a detective pulled her aside and said something that changed her perspective.Two months later, Victor Martinez-Hernandez was in custody.Now, 16 weeks into the Nancy Guthrie investigation, Morin has the same message for another family facing agonizing uncertainty."Four months and they have nothing — they have nothing that they've shared with us," said Morin, the mom of Maryland mother of five Rachel Morin."It doesn't mean that they don't have anything, especially if they're working with multiple agencies."NANCY GUTHRIE CASE: SHERIFF NANOS SAYS 'WE ARE' CLOSER TO SOLVING 84-YEAR-OLD'S ABDUCTIONA photograph of Nancy Guthrie is displayed on a sign where people can leave messages in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb.
26, 2026.Law enforcement officials continue to search for Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on Feb.
1.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Her 37-year-old daughter was killed on a Maryland running trail by a man who fled his native country of El Salvador while suspected of killing another woman.He went on to allegedly rape another mother and her 9-year-old daughter in a California home invasion, leaving a DNA trail.
Police ultimately captured him at a bar in Tulsa, Oklahoma.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XRachel Morin was dragged off a hiking trail and murdered on Aug.5, 2023.
(Family Handout)Monday marked four months since Guthrie's unsolved abduction.She is the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, and there have been no publicly identified suspects.MULTIPLE SUSPECTS ARE POSSIBLE IN NANCY GUTHRIE'S ABDUCTIONFor Morin, two months before police announced a suspect and an arrest, she said the lead detective quietly inspired confidence when he pulled her aside.SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERSpeaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Patty Morin holds a picture of her da...