Sheriff Chris Nanos Finally Explains Why January 11 Matters in Nancy Guthrie Case

Shortly after the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance began, January 11 emerged as a date of interest. The Pima County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) asked the missing woman’s neighbors to check their home security and doorbell camera footage from that date.

Given that Nancy Guthrie went missing about three weeks later, on February 1, many questioned why detectives were interested in reviewing footage from January 11. The significance of the date remained unclear until recently.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has now confirmed why that day matters in the investigation. Last February, the FBI released footage of a masked individual tampering with the Nest camera outside Guthrie’s home. The clip was believed to be from the night of her disappearance.

Nanos revealed that Nest’s owner, Google, initially told investigators that the footage could have been recorded on January 11. This raised questions about whether the suspect may have visited Guthrie’s home before her alleged abduction.

However, according to Nanos, Google later retracted the claim, stating it could not determine when the video was actually recorded.

The sheriff made the revelation in an interview with NBC News’ Liz Kreutz. He said, “Google initially reported that date as a ‘possibility’ then later retracted the statement.”

Elaborating on Nanos’ statement, Kreutz said, “Tonight for the first time, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos [is] explaining the significance of January 11. The Sheriff tells NBC News the date initially came from Google, the owner of Nest, which has been helping retrieve images from Nancy's doorbell camera.”

“Nanos said Google later took that back, and said they actually could not definitively peg the photo to January 11 or any specific day. He says it's for that reason he's maintained it's still unclear if the suspect visited Nancy's home prior to the kidnapping on February 1,” Kreutz added.

Investigators were still requesting January 11 surveillance footage from Guthrie’s neighbors as recently as mid-March. The Guthrie family also referenced the date in their public statement issued on March 21.

“It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant. We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11,” the family said.

Guthrie was reported missing on February 1 after she failed to attend a virtual church service. The previous night, she had visited her daughter, Annie Guthrie, and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, for dinner. Cioni had reportedly dropped her back at her home in Catalina Foothills around 10 p.m. on January 31.

Around four hours later, her home security cameras were disconnected, and her heart’s pacemaker stopped sending signals to her phone. The investigation has entered its eighth week, but the detectives have yet to name or arrest a suspect.