Nancy Guthrie, the mother of American broadcast journalist and Today Show host, Savannah Guthrie, has been missing from her Tucson, Arizona home after being last seen at midnight on January 31, 2026 (ET). On February 10, 2026 (ET), the case received a big breakthrough as the FBI released visuals of a masked person of interest in the 84-year-old’s abduction case. Recently, officials also publicised a description of the suspect’s physical appearance, after which public opinion of Nancy’s son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, changed. Read to know why they ruled him out as the potential kidnapper.
The FBI released description of Nancy Guthrie’s masked kidnapper’s physique
The FBI Phoenix office released a detailed physical description of the masked suspect believed to have kidnapped Nancy Guthrie on February 12, 2026 (ET). Based on forensic analysis of doorbell camera footage, the suspect is described as a male approximately 5’9″ to 5’10” tall with an average build. He carried a black 25-litre Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack and wore a ski mask, gloves, and a zip-up jacket during the incident. The masked abductor appeared to have a handgun holstered at his waist in the surveillance footage previously released by the FBI.
