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The Pima County Sheriff's Office confirmed to TMZ that a body found in Phoenix, Arizona, is not currently tied to the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of TODAY Show anchor Savannah Guthrie, on Sunday (March 8).
The department said it has "not been notified of any connection reference that case to the Nancy Guthrie case" after a woman was found dead in the Phoenix canal on Friday (March 6). The Phoenix Police Department issued a statement obtained by the California Post confirming it had located a body along a canal.
“Details on the call indicated that an adult female was on the nearby canal bank and was unresponsive,” the Phoenix Police Department said in a statement. “When officers arrived, they located the woman, who was ultimately pronounced deceased on scene.”
Authorities haven't released any information about the located body as of Monday (March 9). The investigation into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance has no clear suspects nor strong leads more than a month after being launched.
Savannah, her sister, Annie Guthrie, and brother-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, carried flowers while being escorted by Pima County Sheriff's Department deputies to the memorial site in front of Nancy's home in a video shared by NewsNation reporter Brian Entin last week. Savannah also shared a photo of flowers at the memorial on her Instagram account on Monday.
"We feel the love and prayers from our neighbors, from the Tucson community and from around the country 💛," Savannah wrote. "Please don’t stop praying and hoping with us. Bring her home."