00:00tonight in the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie more than four months after she disappeared
00:05from her Tucson home. Volunteers in Mexico say they received a tip about where her remains could
00:11be. 12 News reporter Maria Stobbs is here with the latest. Maria. This is bad. They said she's
00:17dead after four months and whoever break into her house and take her with him or her. I know who's
00:24the kidnapper is a boy or girl or man or woman. We don't know the gender, but this is. Mark,
00:32that's right. This search group regularly looks for missing people and they've helped find the
00:36remains of dozens of people in the Nogales area. But this is the first time they've received a tip
00:41that specifically mentioned Nancy Guthrie. Okay, specifically. For the volunteers with
00:46Buscando Corazones, anonymous tips are common, often leading them to remote parts of Mexico as
00:52they search for missing people. We usually get anonymous calls almost every day. This time
00:58they're looking for answers in a case that has captured national attention. Yes, not only national
01:03but international. This is about Nancy Guthrie's remains. Some anonymous tip to them that they have
01:11known where the remains of Nancy Guthrie are. Were you familiar with Nancy Guthrie when you did get
01:17that tip? In reality, no, I didn't know. Once they told me, I looked her up. That's all I know.
01:24Okay. Here in Mexico, we search for all those who are missing the same way.
01:29Ramona Guadalupe. So, who is this?
01:31Lupe Ayala Ortiz, the leader of the collective, says a caller last month told her Nancy Guthrie's
01:37remains are buried close to the Mariposa port of Mexico, Nogales. Nogales in the U.S. and this is
01:44Arizona. And this is the search area in the Mexico. Okay. Entry in Nogales, just across the border.
01:52Nancy, 19 Interstate Highway. The mother of today co-host Savannah Guthrie has been missing since
01:58February 1st. It's been four months, four months from her home itself. She was missing. And this
02:04news is so big. Her police say she was taken from her Tucson home. Savannah Guthrie has since returned
02:11to work, but the pain remains. It's always, always with me. You know, I mean, I cry every morning on
02:19the way to work and I cry every morning on the way home. Oh my God, this is bad. This
02:23is the video of
02:24the man. Despite video showing a masked man at Nancy's home the night she disappeared,
02:29there are still no answers or suspects. We still need everybody's prayers. We still need. If this
02:36big of the co-host, known person have political powers and everything, she cannot be able to
02:43search for her mom. Who are we, the local civilians of the country? Wish someone would call and say what
02:51they know. After receiving the tip on a possible grave site, volunteers alongside Mexican authorities
02:58conducted a search on May 16th and returned again on Wednesday. They only told me to search
03:04near the streams under a velvet tree. Yes, early May they get the anonymous tip. On the May 16th,
03:10they do the first search and the June 10th, they did the second search. They are not only doing this
03:15particular search. They do all kinds of searches whenever they get the anonymous tip. That's all.
03:22So we as searchers have learned the techniques for finding a clandestine grave. Ramona says
03:27searchers are looking for any signs the ground may have been altered, including burn marks and uneven
03:33soil. But both searches have come up empty. Now they're planning to search another stream on Tuesday.
03:40Yes, they are just thinking of doing that and hope so we get some lead. Not just saying they get
03:48the
03:48remains. I mean, they get some lead, I guess. We have hope that we will find it. Yes, hope so.
03:56The Pima County Sheriff's Office says they are aware of the reports about the anonymous tip.
04:00They say they have not been contacted by Mexican authorities about the search efforts and that their
04:05investigation is ongoing. Live in studio, Maria Stobbs, 12 News. Yes, this is what is happening.
04:11What are your thoughts on this? Let me know in the comment section. Thank you.
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