As the investigation into the abduction of Nancy Guthrie enters its seventh week with no identified suspect, new details have emerged about the last known footage of the 84-year-old on the night she disappeared — while a recall effort against Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos continues to gain public attention.
Uber Footage Examined, Driver Cleared
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace reporter David Mack revealed this week that law enforcement obtained footage from inside the Uber vehicle that Nancy Guthrie rode on the evening of January 31, the night before she was reported missing. According to Mack, the footage was reviewed by investigators and yielded no useful leads.
"The Uber driver turned over all the video from inside the vehicle," Mack explained, according to Hello Magazine. "This was looked at by the investigation. They found nothing of substance — anything of Nancy Guthrie in the vehicle, anything she said, her demeanor, nothing was mentioned."
Mack added that investigators "interviewed the Uber driver at length" and found nothing suspicious. "It was just a regular pick up and drop off," he said. The clip has not been released to the public.
According to previous reporting, Nancy had attended a family dinner and game night at her daughter Annie's home that evening and was dropped off at her Tucson-area home by her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, at approximately 9:45 p.m. She was reported missing the following day, February 1. Investigators subsequently found drops of blood on her doorstep.
Recall Effort Against Sheriff Nanos Takes Shape
The formal recall effort against Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, launched on March 12, continued to draw attention Thursday as organizer Daniel Butierez appeared on Katie Pavlich Tonight to explain his motivations. Butierez, who is also collecting signatures to run for Congress, framed the effort as part of a broader frustration with local leadership.
"It's a shame that crime has risen to this point in our community, and I can't blame just Nanos," Butierez said, according to KOLD via Gray News. "We have failed leadership in Pima County."
According to the Pima County Elections Department, Butierez has 120 days from March 12 to collect more than 120,000 verified signatures to trigger a recall election. The recall effort also comes amid separate scrutiny of Nanos, including reported discrepancies in his work history and a lawsuit filed against him and his department by an inmate, according to WWNYTV.
Sheriff Nanos responded to the recall effort with measured language. "We're aware of the recall, and it's the right of the people," he told 13 News. "We'll always honor the will of the people, and that's what makes Democracy." Nanos also issued a broader public safety warning, telling NBC News: "Don't think for a minute that because it happened to the Guthrie family, you're safe. No, keep your wits about you. From day one, we had some strong beliefs about what happened, and those beliefs haven't diminished."
Tattoo Clue: Potential Lead or Speculation?
Analysts and former law enforcement officials continued to debate the significance of a tattoo visible on the wrist of the masked individual — referred to in media coverage as "Porch Guy" — captured on Nancy Guthrie's doorbell camera. The FBI released those surveillance images on February 10.
On a March 18 episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, retired FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam and tattoo artist Darren Rosa — the latter speaking via Crime Stories with Nancy Grace — offered competing assessments. Rosa described the tattoo style as "black and gray work," which he characterized as "a very prevalent style among gangs, Mexican people who might be in these gangs, or cartels," adding that it is "considered hallmarks of people who've moved up in the echelons of a gang," according to Sunday Guardian Live.
Gilliam urged caution. "It could be a lot of things," he said. "And that's the trouble — with all this supposed evidence it's basically speculation." He also questioned how much could be reliably concluded from a partial wrist image alone, noting that tattoo sleeves are common in Arizona broadly.
Nevertheless, Gilliam acknowledged the tattoo could still prove useful through law enforcement databases. "If someone has been arrested and they have tattoos, those tattoos get recorded," he said. "So there could be a database that matches that feature. And someone just has to connect the dots." As of the time of reporting, the tattoo has not led investigators to Nancy Guthrie.
Where the Investigation Stands
With more than 45 days elapsed since Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, the investigation has produced no publicly identified suspect. The FBI has been processing more than 40,000 tips from the public, according to Hello Magazine. Forensic genetic genealogy work is reportedly ongoing, though retired FBI supervisory special agent Lance Leising told CBS News on Wednesday that the process "takes a while" and may require independently investigating multiple individuals within the same DNA family.
Additional camera footage recovered from Nancy Guthrie's property — including images from a camera mounted on a fence focused on the back of the house and another covering the driveway and garage — captured family members, landscapers, and pool workers in the weeks prior to the abduction but revealed nothing deemed suspicious, CBS News confirmed. Critically, none of those images captured the masked individual seen on the front doorbell camera.
What to Watch For
Key developments to follow include any updates from the FBI regarding the tattoo database search or forensic genetic genealogy results, which investigators have not publicly commented on in recent days. The recall effort against Sheriff Nanos will also be worth monitoring as Butierez works to gather the more than 120,000 signatures required within his 120-day window. Sheriff Nanos' comment that his team's "strong beliefs" about what happened "haven't diminished" suggests investigators may be pursuing specific leads — though no arrests or named suspects have been announced.