Nancy Guthrie live updates: Guthrie family cleared as possible suspects, sheriff says

By Jack Moore, Jon Haworth, Bill Hutchinson, Emily Shapiro, Meredith Deliso, and Nadine El-Bawab

Last Updated: February 16, 2026, 1:59 PM MST

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was kidnapped on Sunday, Feb. 1.

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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Monday that members of the Guthrie family are “cleared” as suspects in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

“To be clear … the Guthrie family -- to include all siblings and spouses -- has been cleared as possible suspects in this case,” the sheriff said in a statement. “The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case.”

“The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple,” the statement said.

ABC News previously reported that, according to law enforcement sources, investigators were leaning away from the Guthries as suspects.

-ABC News’ Aaron Katersky