A timeline of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance as search stretches on

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As the hunt for Nancy Guthrie, the parent of "Today" amusement co-host Savannah Guthrie, continues for a second week, the FBI released a carnal description of a antheral fishy wanted successful transportation with the 84-year-old's disappearance.

The FBI described the fishy arsenic having an mean physique and an approximate tallness of 5-foot-9 oregon 5-foot-10. In the Nest doorbell camera video taken astatine Nancy Guthrie's home, helium was wearing a black-colored 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack, the FBI said.

Nancy Guthrie was reported missing connected Sunday, Feb.1, aft not showing up for church, and the sheriff said it appeared she was abducted from her location successful Tucson, Arizona. Her household has been pleading for her return.

Savannah Guthrie and her 2 siblings person appealed straight to whoever whitethorn person taken their mother. The FBI said it was taking 2 emails seriously, including what appeared to beryllium a ransom enactment with a 2nd deadline that passed Monday.

Here is simply a timeline of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.

Jan. 31: Nancy Guthrie past seen

Nancy Guthrie was past seen connected Saturday night, Jan. 31, authorities said. She arrived astatine her girl Annie's location astatine 5:32 p.m. She dined determination and was dropped disconnected astatine her ain location aft meal astatine astir 9:48 p.m.

She was dropped disconnected astatine location by her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni. Police accidental helium waited until Nancy Guthrie was wrong earlier driving off.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said astatine a quality league Thursday that her store doorway closed astatine 9:50 p.m., astatine which clip authorities presume Nancy Guthrie was location and going to bed.

Feb. 1: Not astatine church

A doorbell camera astatine Nancy Guthrie's location disconnected astatine 1:47 a.m., and bundle detected someone, oregon perchance an animal, connected a camera astir 25 minutes later, Nanos said. He said astatine the clip the video wasn't available.

Guthrie's pacemaker app showed a disconnect from her telephone astatine 2:28 a.m.

On Sunday morning, a person called Guthrie's family, telling them she had not shown up for church. They notified the sheriff's section astir noon that day, minutes aft checking successful connected her.

Once constabulary arrived astatine the location astatine 12:15 p.m, they determined Nancy Guthrie was missing nether "concerning" circumstances.

Guthrie has constricted mobility and relies connected regular medicine for her health, officials person said. That prompted an urgent hunt for her successful Arizona connected Sunday night.

Feb. 2: Sheriff says "I judge she was abducted"

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed connected Monday that her disappearance was being treated arsenic a crime, and urged neighbors to reappraisal location video camera footage.

"We saw immoderate things astatine the location that were concerning to us," Nanos told reporters. "We judge present aft we've processed that transgression country that we bash successful information person a transgression scene, that we bash successful information person a crime, and we're asking the community's help."

He told CBS News helium believed Guthrie was "abducted" successful the mediate of the night.

"I judge she was abducted, yes," Nanos said. "She didn't locomotion from there. She didn't spell willingly."

A missing person's flier from the sheriff's section described her arsenic 5 feet, 5 inches tall, with brownish hairsbreadth and bluish eyes and weighing 150 pounds.

Feb. 3: Ransom enactment and humor astatine scene

On Tuesday, authorities said they were analyzing an evident ransom note with details astir what the 84-year-old was wearing connected the nighttime of the crime. The enactment demanded outgo successful bitcoin.

"We are alert of reports circulating astir imaginable ransom note(s) regarding the probe into Nancy Guthrie," Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said successful a social media statement. "We are taking each tips and leads precise seriously. Anything that comes in, goes straight to our detectives who are coordinating with the FBI."

They were besides looking astatine what appeared to beryllium drops of humor extracurricular the beforehand door. A instrumentality enforcement root besides told CBS News immoderate was besides found inside the house.

The humor recovered extracurricular Nancy Guthrie's location has been confirmed to beryllium hers, Nanos aboriginal said, adding that investigators were awaiting results from further samples.

Authorities said surveillance video from the location had led nowhere, and determination was inactive nary suspect.

"Nothing has travel up that says, 'Here helium is, here's your atrocious guy,'" Nanos told CBS News connected Tuesday.

Feb. 4: Video entreaty from Savannah Guthrie

Authorities said Wednesday morning that investigators inactive had not identified a fishy oregon idiosyncratic of involvement successful the case.

"Detectives proceed to talk with anyone who whitethorn person had interaction with Mrs. Guthrie," the Pima County Sheriff's Department said connected societal media.

On Wednesday night, the FBI was backmost astatine Nancy Guthrie's home, utilizing canines to hunt arsenic they worked to way down each lead.

Meanwhile, Savannah Guthrie released an affectional video pleading for her mother's instrumentality and saying her household is "ready to talk."

"We unrecorded successful a satellite wherever voices and images are easy manipulated. We request to cognize without a uncertainty that she is live and that you person her," Savannah Guthrie said successful the video with her 2 siblings, addressing a imaginable captor oregon captors. "We privation to perceive from you, and we are acceptable to listen. Please, scope retired to us."

Savannah Guthrie said her mother's wellness and bosom are fragile.

"She lives successful changeless pain. She is without immoderate medicine. She needs it to survive. She needs it not to suffer," Savannah Guthrie said.

She besides addressed her ma directly, saying: "Mommy, if you are proceeding this, you are a beardown woman. You are God's precious daughter, Nancy. We judge and cognize that adjacent successful this valley, He is with you. Everyone is looking for you, mommy, everywhere. We volition not rest, your children volition not rest, until we are unneurotic again."

Around the aforesaid clip that video was released, President Trump said connected societal media that helium spoke with Savannah Guthrie "and fto her cognize that I americium directing ALL Federal Law Enforcement to beryllium astatine the family's, and Local Law Enforcement's, implicit disposal, IMMEDIATELY."

"We are deploying each resources to get her parent location safely," helium posted.

Feb. 5: "Still retired there"

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said astatine a quality league Thursday, "We judge Nancy is inactive retired there." He besides said that arsenic of precocious greeting section time, authorities had not identified a fishy oregon a idiosyncratic of interest.

A ransom enactment that investigators said they're taking earnestly included a deadline of 5 p.m. Thursday, Heith Janke, the peculiar cause successful complaint of the FBI's tract bureau successful Phoenix, said astatine the quality conference.

"If a transportation wasn't made, past I deliberation a 2nd request was for adjacent Monday," Janke said. He wouldn't supply details astir what the enactment said would hap if the demands weren't met.

Separately, an alleged impostor was arrested for making a phony ransom request successful the case, Janke said.

Authorities are continuing to inquire for the public's assistance and urging anyone with imaginable accusation to interaction them. The FBI announced a $50,000 reward for accusation starring to Nancy Guthrie's betterment oregon the apprehension and condemnation of radical progressive successful her disappearance.

"It lone takes 1 tip, conscionable one, to interruption the lawsuit open, to connection that pb that we truthful desperately request successful this case," main of detectives for the Pima County Attorney's Office, Fabian Pacheco, who oversees 1 of the extremity lines, told CBS News successful an interrogation that aired connected "CBS Mornings" Thursday.

He said astir 10% of leads person value.

Anyone with accusation is being urged to telephone (520)-882-7463.

In a video posted to Savannah Guthrie's Instagram relationship connected Thursday night, her brother Camron Guthrie made different appeal for the instrumentality of their mother.

"Whoever is retired determination holding our mother, we privation to perceive from you," Camron Guthrie said. "We haven't heard thing directly. We request you to scope out, and we request a mode to pass with you truthful we tin determination forward. But first, we person to cognize that you person our mom. We privation to speech to you, and we are waiting for contact."

Feb. 6: Authorities accidental they're "aware of a caller message"

A second message was sent to CBS News' Tucson affiliate KOLD connected Friday. The presumption said it would not merchandise details astir its contents, citing respect for the household and the investigation.

Local and national authorities said they're "aware of a caller message" regarding Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.

"Investigators are actively inspecting the accusation provided successful the connection for its authenticity," the Pima County Sheriff's Department said successful a station connected societal media. The FBI besides posted a akin connection connected societal media. It's unclear what benignant of connection it is.

In another societal media post just aft 4 p.m. section clip Friday, the sheriff's section said investigators were "conducting follow-up" astatine the location of Nancy Guthrie and "surrounding areas."

FBI agents removed a camera from the extortion of Nancy Guthrie's location and towed a dark-colored SUV from her garage.

Feb. 7: Savannah Guthrie says "we volition pay" for Nancy's harmless return

Savannah Guthrie and her 2 siblings posted a caller video to societal media Saturday that appeared to beryllium directed astatine the alleged abductor oregon abductors, successful which she acknowledged having "received a message," and said that the Guthrie household would beryllium consenting to wage to spot the harmless instrumentality of Nancy Guthrie.

"We received your connection and we understand," Guthrie said successful the abbreviated video, appearing alongside her siblings Annie and Camron Guthrie. "We beg you present to instrumentality our parent to america truthful that we tin observe with her. This is the lone mode we volition person peace. This is precise invaluable to america and we volition pay."

An FBI spokesperson said Savannah Guthrie was referring to the connection sent to KOLD the time before, The Associated Press reported.

A fewer hours aft the video was released, investigators went to the location of Nancy Guthrie's girl Annie, wherever she had meal the nighttime earlier she disappeared. They were determination for astir 2.5 hours and focused chiefly connected the store of the home.

Two instrumentality enforcement sources told CBS News connected Saturday that investigators were "developing bully information" but that "nothing is imminent."

Feb. 8: Detectives backmost astatine the scene

Sheriff detectives were astatine Nancy Guthrie's location connected Sunday, focusing connected the property's perimeter on the backyard. Investigators besides searched what appeared to beryllium a septic vessel successful the backyard.

Feb. 9: Savannah Guthrie pleads for public's help

A 2nd ransom deadline was looming Monday arsenic the hunt for Nancy Guthrie entered its 2nd week.

CBS News has learned investigators are canvassing adjacent state stations successful an effort to way down immoderate suspicious vehicles captured connected surveillance cameras astir the clip Nancy Guthrie went missing.

A sheriff's lawman volition present beryllium stationed extracurricular Nancy Guthrie's home, astir the clock, for information purposes.

On Monday afternoon, Savannah Guthrie issued a plea for the public's assistance, saying the household is "at an hr of desperation and we request your help."

"Law enforcement is moving tirelessly astir the timepiece trying to bring her home, trying to find her," Savannah said of her mom. "She was taken and we don't cognize where, and we request your help." She asked the public, "even if you're acold from Tucson," if idiosyncratic sees oregon hears anything, oregon "if there's thing astatine each that seems unusual to you," to study it to instrumentality enforcement.

The FBI reiterated that the bureau has not identified a fishy oregon idiosyncratic of involvement successful the lawsuit truthful far.

Anyone with imaginable accusation connected Nancy Guthrie's disappearance is asked to telephone 520-882-7463.

Feb. 10: Surveillance images released; idiosyncratic detained hours later

FBI Director Kash PateI and the Pima County Sheriff's Department successful Arizona posted surveillance images and video of a taxable successful Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, showing a masked idiosyncratic wearing a backpack and gloves astatine her door.

The FBI said instrumentality enforcement agencies were capable to retrieve information of the antecedently inaccessible images from the location information camera system.

The images amusement an equipped idiosyncratic appearing to tamper with the camera astatine her beforehand doorway connected the greeting Guthrie went missing. A 27-second video shows the idiosyncratic approaching the beforehand doorway and raising a gloved manus to the camera earlier walking away. A 14-second video shows the idiosyncratic facing the camera and holding a flashlight successful their rima earlier covering the camera lens with immoderate vegetation.

Two instrumentality enforcement sources told CBS News the antheral successful the images is considered a taxable that they were seeking to identify.

Savannah Guthrie reacted to the images, writing on societal media: "We judge she is inactive alive. Bring her home."

Hours later, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said a taxable had been detained during a postulation stop southbound of Tucson and was being questioned successful transportation with Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.

The idiosyncratic was taken into custody pursuing a postulation halt successful Rio Rico, Arizona, a tiny assemblage located conscionable northbound of the Mexican border, 2 sources acquainted with the probe told CBS News. Pima County Sheriff's investigators, with the assistance of the FBI, were searching the Rio Rico residence of the idiosyncratic of interest, the sources said.

The sheriff's section did not specify if the idiosyncratic detained was the aforesaid idiosyncratic seen successful the videos.

Feb. 11: "I didn't bash anything," antheral says

A antheral who says helium was the idiosyncratic of involvement being questioned successful the kidnapping has been released. The man, who lone wanted to beryllium identified arsenic Carlos, spoke with reporters aboriginal Wednesday outside his location successful Rio Rico, Arizona, saying helium was shocked erstwhile helium got pulled over, and doesn't cognize who Guthrie is oregon wherefore instrumentality enforcement thought helium mightiness beryllium connected to her disappearance.

"I didn't bash anything. ... I'm innocent," helium said.

Authorities haven't confirmed Carlos was the idiosyncratic of involvement oregon that the idiosyncratic of involvement has been released.

Meanwhile, a pistillate successful Rio Rico, Josefina Maddox, told reporters her son-in-law was the idiosyncratic of involvement but had "nothing to bash with it." There was nary confirmation of her assertions.

Maddox besides told reporters extracurricular a location authorities were searching that the location is hers. She said "they're conscionable invading my property" and that "we're not hiding anything. ... You won't find thing due to the fact that we don't person thing to hide."

Angelica Carrillo, a spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff's Department, told CBS News aboriginal Wednesday that Nancy Guthrie inactive hasn't been found.

Feb. 12: FBI releases archetypal statement of suspect, investigating gloves

Authorities released the archetypal carnal description of a antheral fishy wanted successful transportation with Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. The fishy is described arsenic having an mean physique and an approximate tallness of 5-foot-9 oregon 5-foot-10, the FBI said.

He was carrying black-colored 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack, which could beryllium seen successful the doorbell camera video from Nancy Guthrie's home, the FBI said.

The FBI said it besides doubled its reward to $100,000 for accusation starring to either the determination of Nancy Guthrie, and/or the apprehension and condemnation of anyone progressive successful her disappearance.

Earlier, a brace of achromatic gloves was recovered arsenic investigators continued their hunt of the area, sources adjacent to the probe confirmed to CBS News. The gloves volition beryllium tested for DNA.

Video from the New York Post shows investigators picking up 1 of the gloves from the broadside of a road, reportedly astir a mile and a fractional from Nancy Guthrie's location successful Arizona. The mitt appears to lucifer those worn by the idiosyncratic who was captured connected security video outside Guthrie's home.

Feb. 13: Second residence searched

Law enforcement agencies, including a Pima County Sheriff SWAT team, descended connected a residence little than 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie's location Friday evening.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS affiliate KOLD that the enactment was the effect of pursuing up connected "a pb that led to a hunt warrant and nary arrest."

Nanos told KOLD that a postulation halt was made connected a idiosyncratic of involvement and that the idiosyncratic was cooperative and aboriginal released.

Feb. 15: Glove recovered appears to lucifer video

The black glove found adjacent Guthrie's location appears to lucifer those worn by the suspect seen successful a doorbell camera video, the FBI said.

The glove, which contains DNA evidence, was 1 of astir 16 gloves collected by investigators successful assorted areas adjacent the house. Most of those gloves belonged to searchers who discarded them portion moving the area, according to the FBI.

Kiki Intarasuwan, Pat Milton, Alex Sundby and Brian Dakss contributed to this report.

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