Nancy Guthrie’s family has been cleared of any suspicion in the search for the missing 84-year-old, according to police.
“The Guthrie family – to include all siblings and spouses – has been cleared as possible suspects in this case,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Monday.
“The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case,” he added. “To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple.”
That means Nancy’s kids — “Today” show host Savannah, her sister Annie and brother Camron — have been cleared of any wrongdoing.
It also means Tommaso Cioni – Annie’s husband who was the last person to see Nancy alive on Jan. 31 – is no longer a suspect following speculation that he was somehow involved.
However, Nanos did not say whether investigators have identified a suspect.
The announcement from Nanos came just a day after he told the Daily Mail he did not want Cioni to be wrongly scrutinized just because he was the last person to see Nancy before her disappearance.
The statement also came hours after law enforcement sources told NBC News that police were “leaning away” from considering family members suspects in the investigation.
Cioni last saw Nancy around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 31 after she had dinner with him and Annie.
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