The kidnappers of Nancy Guthrie will face the “most severe” federal penalties if they do not release her unharmed, President Trump told the New York Post Monday.
Trump said in a phone interview that if the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie is killed, he would ask the Justice Department to seek the death penalty.
He reiterated that her abductors would be subject to “very, very severe – the most severe” federal consequences.
The president said the abductors would face “very, very severe — the most severe” federal consequences. Arizona does have the death penalty.
84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was declared missing on Feb. 1. The next day, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department declared her disappearance a crime in light of some “concerning” evidence found at her Arizona home.
On Thursday, the FBI raised its $50,000 reward to $100,000 to anyone with information leading to the location of Nancy Guthrie. The agency also released new identifying details about the suspected perpetrator, who was caught on a doorbell camera trying to break into Nancy Guthrie’s home. According to the Phoenix bureau of the FBI, the suspect is “a male, approximately 5’9” – 5’10” tall, with an average build. In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack.”
As the search enters its third week, investigators are analyzing the DNA on gloves found at Nancy Guthrie’s home and elsewhere in the neighborhood, as well as collecting DNA samples from family members and others who have been inside her house. On Friday night, police conducted a search of a home about two miles away from Guthrie’s house, but no arrests were made.
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