Nancy Guthrie Update: Petition Launched for Private Investigative Group to Join Search
Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie‘s mom, Nancy Guthrie, is still missing after she was abducted from her Tucson, Ariz., home on Feb. 1-and a petition was recently launched for a private investigative group, the United Cajun Navy, to join the Pima County Sheriff's department in the search.
On Monday, April 20, Fox News Digital reported that an independent journalist, Cherise "Pebbles" Wilson, started a Change.org petition calling for Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos to approve the United Cajun Navy's (UCN) 41-page plan.
"I lost my vulnerable grandmother a couple of years ago, and Nancy Guthrie's disappearance pulled at my heartstrings," Wilson told Fox. "Knowing that somebody took advantage of a loving lady, an elderly lady like that, is really disturbing."
As of writing, Wilson's petition to Nanos has more than 620 signatures.
Days after Nancy went missing in February, the UNC submitted its plan to the Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD). In the proposal, the volunteer search-and-rescue group said it would operate under the sheriff's command and have no independent authority.
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"We want permission from the lead agency," Josh Gill, an incident commander at UCN, told Fox. "I don't think there would be any harm, I think it would be one step closer to providing some closure not just to the family or the community, but to the nation."
However, Gill said the PCSD has not contacted the UCN about the plan that it provided. "I'm open to developing a new plan with law enforcement," he said.
Nancy was last seen at her Catalina Foothills home on the evening of Jan. 31. The PCSD launched its search on Feb. 1, with the FBI joining soon afterward. Despite Savannah offering a $1 million reward, no suspect has been named in the case.
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This story was originally published April 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM.