Nancy Guthrie Case: New Information on Bone Found Near Her Home Revealed
New information has surfaced about a bone found near Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie's mom Nancy Guthrie's Tucson, Ariz., home as the 84-year-old remains missing after her Feb. 1 abduction.
On May 7, a livestreamer named Alec Wysopalfound a bone near trails in Tucson, just a few miles from Nancy's house, while searching for any sign of the missing woman. He stumbled upon what looked to be a human leg bone and called 911.
Although many crime enthusiasts immediately wondered if the bone belonged to Nancy, it wasn't what it seemed, and had no connection to the case.
"The bone found near Craycroft and River was determined to be human. This will be a prehistoric anthropological investigation," the Tucson Police Department said in a statement, per Fox News Digital reporter Michael Ruiz. "The University of Arizona's Anthropology Department and the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner assisted. This is not a criminal investigation."
As it turns out, the bone was more than 750 years old, James T. Watson, the curator of bioarchaeology at the Arizona State Museum, told The New York Times in an article published on Thursday, May 21. More specifically, he narrowed it down to a time between 650 and 1250 A.D.
Wysopal recorded himself nudging the bone with a hiking pole on what he now knows is a Native American archaeological site, telling the outlet that had he known he stepped on the burial site, he would've stayed away from the area.
"Whether it's Nancy Guthrie or an ancient individual, you shouldn't be poking at them with a stick," Watson pointed out. "It's common decency. Would you do that with your grandmother's remains?"
Nancy was last seen at her Catalina Foothills residence on the evening of Jan. 31. Despite more than $1 million in reward money on the table and the FBI releasing footage and stills of a masked man on the 84-year-old's front porch, no suspect has been named in the case.
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This story was originally published May 21, 2026 at 1:43 PM.