Buscando Corazones Nogales Search follows tip on Nancy Guthrie remains
An independent buscandо corazones nogales search is underway near the U.S.-Mexico border after an anonymous tip claimed Nancy Guthrie’s remains had been found. The Mexican volunteer group Buscando Corazones Nogales said it coordinated the effort with local authorities, while Mexican authorities said there is no evidence to support a search in Nogales.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the early hours of Feb. 1. The case remains active and ongoing, and the latest search puts a fresh claim into a probe that has already drawn scrutiny over access, evidence, and cross-border coordination.
Buscando Corazones Nogales and local authorities
Buscando Corazones Nogales said the search was organized with local authorities after the anonymous tip. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said it was aware of reports about the tip but was not contacted by Mexican authorities. In a social media post, the department said: "This investigation remains active and ongoing, and we will continue to follow up on any credible information," and the department also said there was no delay in coordination with the FBI.
The search collective’s role is straightforward: it acted on the tip and moved to the border area. That creates a practical split between field activity and the evidentiary record, because Mexican authorities said there is no evidence, information, or objective elements suggesting that U.S. citizen Nancy Guthrie entered, remained in, or traveled through the state of Sonora.
Sonora authorities reject the tip
Mexican authorities said there is no evidence to support a search in the city of Nogales. The attorney general of the Mexican state involved said the verification carried out by the Prosecutor's Office had not uncovered information to support an investigative line related to Guthrie’s possible presence in the state, adding, "As a result, the claims made by representatives of the search collective currently lack verifiable supporting evidence."
That leaves the anonymous claim in a narrow lane: it prompted a search, but Mexican officials have not backed it with evidence. The difference matters on the ground, where a search can move quickly while investigators still treat the tip as unproven.
Arizona case remains open
The Pima County Sheriff's Department said the investigation remains active and ongoing. Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Tucson home in the early hours of Feb. 1, and the person who took her remains unidentified. Her daughter, Savannah Guthrie, is the host of Today, but the current search centers on the border-area tip and the official response to it.
Last month, FBI Director Kash Patel said the FBI was shut out of the investigation for the first four days after her disappearance. In the same interview, Patel said, "For four days, we were kept out of the investigation," and added, "The first 48 hours of anyone's disappearance are the most critical." He also said, "We have Quantico, best lab in the world," and, "I understand everybody's frustrations."
The case now sits between two tracks: an active missing-person investigation in Arizona and an unverified tip that pushed volunteers toward Nogales. For anyone following the search, the next meaningful step is whether credible information reaches the Pima County Sheriff's Department or Mexican authorities that can connect the Tucson abduction to Sonora or to the border area named in the tip.
