Nancy Guthrie’s abductor could strike again, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos warned on Thursday.
The investigator said on NBC News that “it’d be silly to tell people, ‘Yeah, don’t worry about it. You’re, you’re not his target.’”
He urged others not to “think for a minute that because it happened to the Guthrie family, [it’s] safe” for everyone else.
“No,” Nanos said, “keep your wits about you.”
He acknowledged that while officials “believe [Savannah Guthrie’s mom] was targeted,” they are “not 100 percent sure of that.”
He added, “We believe we know why he did this.”
Nanos did not elaborate on that statement, nor did he provide further details on where the investigation stands as it nears its sixth week.
Nancy was last seen at her Tucson, Ariz., home on Jan. 31, with the 84-year-old subsequently vanishing from the residence.
Savannah, 54, has been off air throughout the desperate search for her mother.
She and her siblings, Annie Guthrie and Camron Guthrie, have released multiple social media pleas to Nancy’s kidnapper.
In the last one, shared Feb. 24, the journalist acknowledged their mom “may already be gone.”
The former attorney said, “If this is what is to be, then we will accept it, but we need to know where she is. We need her to come home.”
The following week, Savannah returned to Studio 1A to tearfully reunite with her colleagues.
While the NBC personality did not get in front of cameras, a spokesperson for the morning show confirmed to Page Six that “she plans to return.”
Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones echoed this, with the former, 44, explaining, “Even though it feels like the hardest thing to do, it’s also her home and where she feels so loved.”
Jones, 47, chimed in, “Whenever [she is] ready, we are here.”
