Fourteen days after Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her Tucson home, authorities have delivered a sobering message: this search could take years.

In a candid and emotionally charged update, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos admitted the investigation has become physically and mentally draining — not only for law enforcement, but for everyone desperately waiting for answers.

A Search With No End Date

Speaking on Friday, Sheriff Nanos acknowledged what many feared but few expected to hear so plainly.

“Maybe it’s an hour from now,” he said.
“Maybe it’s weeks, or months… or years. But we won’t quit.”

The sheriff’s words came just hours before a dramatic SWAT raid and an FBI traffic stop near Nancy’s neighborhood — operations that ended without any arrests and yielded no sign of Nancy.

“It’s exhausting,” Nanos admitted.
“These emotional highs and lows take a toll. But we keep moving forward.”

False Leads and Crushing Setbacks

Authorities revealed they believed they were close to a breakthrough earlier this week, when a delivery driver was detained nearly 60 miles from Tucson.

At the time, investigators thought the evidence “all lined up.”

It didn’t.

The man was questioned for hours and released without charge, denying any involvement and claiming he was followed before being detained. No suspect or person of interest has been officially named.

“This case keeps pulling us forward — and then pulling the ground out from under us,” one source close to the investigation said.

The Chilling Video That Changed Everything

The following day, the FBI released disturbing surveillance footage showing a masked figure wearing black gloves standing at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the night she disappeared.

The individual appeared to tamper with a doorbell camera, attempt to block the lens, and linger at the entrance — actions investigators describe as deeply concerning.

The suspect is believed to be:

• Male

• Average build

• Approximately 5’9”–5’10”

• Wearing a black 25-liter Ozark Trail backpack

Despite thousands of tips and intense scrutiny, the person has not been identified.

SWAT Raids, Surveillance, and Silence

On Friday night, law enforcement descended on a home less than two miles from Nancy’s residence. A Range Rover was also stopped and searched by federal agents.

Initial reports suggested multiple people were detained.
By morning, it was confirmed: no arrests.

Authorities later clarified the operations were “lead-driven,” but offered no further details, citing the ongoing FBI-led investigation.

“There are moments that feel promising,” a former FBI agent commented.
“But when nothing comes of them, the emotional cost is enormous.”

Hundreds Searching, Thousands Waiting

Roughly 400 investigators are now involved in the case. DNA samples have been collected from family members and workers connected to Nancy’s home. Gloves found miles away are undergoing lab analysis.

The FBI has offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to Nancy’s location or the arrest of anyone involved.

Still, two weeks on, there are no confirmed sightings, no arrests, and no answers.

A Family Caught in Time

For Savannah Guthrie and her family, the investigation has entered a painful limbo — where hope must coexist with an increasingly difficult reality.

As days stretch into weeks, and weeks threaten to become something longer, the question now haunting this case is no longer just where is Nancy Guthrie —

—but how long can this search continue without breaking the people behind it?

The sheriff’s promise remains unchanged:

“We’re going to find Nancy.
And we’re going to find whoever did this.”

But for the first time, officials are openly admitting:
it may be a very long road ahead.