Three weeks and still no sign of Nancy Guthrie. The 84-year-old mother ofTodayshow anchorSavannah Guthrievanished from her Catalina Foothills home on 1 February, and investigators still cannot say where she is or who took her. What they have are two new names and a lot of noise from the internet.
Kayla Noel Daywas detained at her Tucson residence around 11:00pm on 12 February. Hours earlier, police had seized a grey Range Rover from a Culver's car park miles from where Nancy disappeared,Channel 2 Now reported. The next evening, a SWAT team hit a house in the 6200 block of North Placita de Rojelio, roughly two miles from Nancy's home. Luke Anthony Daley, 37, and his mother were pulled from the property.
Neither has been charged in connection with the disappearance. Multiple vehicles were towed from the scene. And if you listen to Daley's lawyer, there is nothing to charge him with.
NEW: I've confirmed that the man recently detained and questioned in connection to the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case is 37-year-old Luke Daley. His criminal defense attorney in multiple Pima County cases, Chris Scileppi, issued@12Newsthe statement below denying any involvement.pic.twitter.com/EjkGMQUoB1
Defence attorney Chris Scileppi went public quickly. 'Mr. Daley has no link whatsoever to Nancy Guthrie and has no information related to her kidnapping,' he told12News. Daley complied with two search warrants, provided physical samples and a statement, then walked free.
Sheriff Chris Nanos would not go that far. 'Does that mean he's not a suspect any longer? No, we'll do our work,' he said. 'We've got evidence to process from the home.'
Two sources familiar with the probe toldNBC Newsthat investigators are 'leaning away' from Daley, though nobody has been officially ruled out. His record includes 18 months in prison between 2019 and 2020, a 2022 drug distribution conviction, and a 2025 arrest in Marana involving fentanyl and a firearm. That history means his DNA would already sit in CODIS, the FBI's national database. So far, investigators have confirmed zero matches from any evidence in the case.
Day's situation is murkier. She remains in Pima County jail with no attorney speaking on her behalf. Court records show prior arrests stretching back to 2011 for burglary, drug offences, and stolen property, perChannel 2 Now. She is described as Daley's girlfriend.
Some online users claim Day is a relative of Nancy Guthrie. No such connection has been verified by law enforcement or the family. Nanos has urged people to stop spreading unverified claims, warning the rumour mill is hurting the investigation.
Nancy was last seen on 31 January. Her garage door closed at 9:50pm after the family dropped her home from dinner. Her doorbell camera went dark at 1:47am. She never showed up for church the next morning. FBI footage from that camera shows a masked man with a handgun, roughly 5 feet 9 to 5 feet 10 inches tall, carrying a 25-litre Ozark Trail backpack sold exclusively at Walmart.
Source: International Business Times UK
