Nancy Guthrie Sheriff Chris Nanos says he's 'still positive' case will be resolved despite long wait

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos says he's "still positive" the Nancy Guthrie case will be resolved as investigators continue to dig through evidence more than 25 weeks after her home invasion abduction in Tucson, Arizona."We have so much DNA to sort through," Nanos said in an interview aired on "Today."Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of one of the show's co-hosts, Savannah Guthrie.NANCY GUTHRIE'S SUSPECTED ABDUCTION: TIMELINE OF EVENTS IN DISAPPEARANCE OF 'TODAY' HOST'S MOMPima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaks in the Pima County Sheriff's Department in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, May 8, 2026.Nanos said that investigators are getting closer to solving the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie.
(Matt Symons for Fox News Digital)"We have so much, in terms of video evidence, to look at," Nanos added."So I'm still positive that we're here to resolve this case."The sheriff's remarks came hours after Savannah Guthrie released a new video plea to her mother's abductors on Instagram, urging them to "make the right choice" and tell the family where to look for her.A federal source told Fox News Monday that Guthrie consulted with law enforcement before releasing the video.SAVANNAH GUTHRIE'S EMOTIONAL PLEA TO MOM'S KIDNAPPER MAY SIGNAL 'NEW LINE OF COMMUNICATION': REPORTSavannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie are pictured Thursday, June 15, 2023.
(Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)"It's not clear why Savannah decided to release this message now, but it could be a response to a potential new line of communication," Guthrie's NBC colleague Erin McLaughlin reported Tuesday."Experts say the language appears to be pointed at whoever committed the crime, though law enforcement have not provided any public updates in the investigation recently."FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XRecent comments from FBI Director Kash Patel explained the technical process investigators used to recover cached recordings from Guthrie's Nest...