Anonymous tip – An anonymous call led a volunteer group in northern Mexico to search near a stream in the Mariposa area for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie—but the latest sweep found no confirmed results so far. Four months after her abduction from her Tucson-area home, her
For the fifth day in a row, the work in northern Mexico is grueling in a way that doesn’t show up on camera: searching, sweeping, checking ground that has held too many other tragedies.
A volunteer group. Buscando Corazones Nogales. returned to the Mariposa area after receiving an anonymous tip that suggested 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie may have been buried in an unmarked grave near the U.S.-Mexico border. The search renewed attention on a case already under active investigation, but with no confirmed results announced so far.
The group’s leader, Ramona Guadalupe Ayala Ortiz, said the anonymous call gave specific directions—pointing to a burial site “in the Mariposa area — in a grave over a stream.” Ayala Ortiz described the tip as placing Guthrie’s remains near a stream in the region.
Buscando Corazones Nogales says it traveled to the area earlier this week to follow the lead. Ayala Ortiz also explained the search route was tied to a location that has previously raised alarms: the area has already been connected to the discovery of 25 unmarked graves.
When this latest sweep was completed, organizers said they did not find Guthrie’s remains. Even so, they said they plan to keep searching, underscoring that missing persons cases and previously undocumented burial sites remain a concern in the region.
The effort had backing on multiple levels. The Sonora State Commission for the Search of Missing Persons supported the operation, while local and state authorities provided security assistance during the search.
The contrast in this case is sharp: the tip offered a concrete image of where Guthrie might be, but the ground in Mariposa has not yet turned up evidence to confirm it.
That uncertainty is felt just as strongly back in the U.S., where Savannah Guthrie has kept the absence close to the surface. It has now been four months since Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
In a recent emotional Instagram Story, Savannah shared a post featuring the message, “Oh my, my soul it cries out, soul it cries out,” alongside a direct plea: “Bring her home.” The post reflects the ongoing emotional toll as the family continues to search for answers.
Earlier, Savannah Guthrie posted a separate Instagram video in which she urged anyone with information to come forward. In that appeal, she said the family is seeking confirmation that Nancy Guthrie is alive, while also expressing concerns about misinformation or manipulated media.
She described her mother as a “kind, faithful, loyal, fiercely loving woman of goodness and light,” and spoke about the bond she shares with her children and grandchildren.
Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Tucson, Arizona-area home more than 70 miles north of Nogales. The timeline the family and authorities are working from begins with the evening of Feb. 1, when her family dropped her off at her home; she did not attend church the following day.
Savannah Guthrie has also pointed to her mother’s health challenges, saying Nancy Guthrie lives in “constant pain” and relies on medication to survive. She added that Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker reportedly stopped syncing with her Apple Watch.
Officials with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department continue to investigate the suspected abduction. The case is also supported by federal agencies including the FBI. So far. authorities have not identified any suspects or persons of interest. and there is no confirmed evidence publicly pointing to who may be responsible.
For now. the Mariposa search ends without an answer—another set of hours spent chasing a lead that did not deliver proof. But Buscando Corazones Nogales says it will keep working. and the family’s public pleas for Nancy Guthrie to come home remain tied to the same hard reality: there’s still no confirmed update on her whereabouts.
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