Authorities have found remains in a northwestern Arizona desert and are now trying to figure out how he ended up there. It comes as the search for Nancy Guthrie continues
Skeletal remains have been found in Arizona(Image: Getty Images)
The search for Nancy Guthrie is continuing after Arizona cops identified remains of a dead body found just miles away from her multi-million dollar home.
It is suspected that Nancy, the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, was taken against her will from her home in the Catalina Foothills at some point in the early hours of February 1.
Ever since, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department has been scouring the area for clues and leads as to where she could be or who could have taken her, all with no luck. It comes after a criminal attorney revealed the 6 huge red flags in Nancy’s case that “don’t add up.”
The case comes after another tragic moment in local history as, in late 2025, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department identified human remains found near North Swan Road as 77-year-old Thomas Reuter.
Deputies said Thomas’ remains were reported on October 2, 2025, at around 3 p.m. in a desert area near North Swan Road, south of East Sunrise Drive, about 8 to 11 miles, roughly a 20–25 minute drive depending on traffic, from Nancy’s home.
Nancy Guthrie has been missing since February 1(Image: Instagram)
The latest known update was around the time the remains were identified, being that detectives with the Homicide Unit were in control of the investigation and had not released any information on Thomas’ cause of death. Deputies are urging anyone with information about the case to call 88-CRIME.
It is not believed to be connected to Nancy’s disappearance, but Mirror US has reached out to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to determine whether there is any connection.
And now, in another rather concerning update, authorities have identified another set of remains found in a northwestern Arizona desert. They are believed to belong to a man who was missing for nearly 30 years and now, they are trying to figure out how he ended up there.
The remains were identified using advanced DNA technology as those of Dennis Craig Edmondson, a 26-year-old man who was last heard from in August 1997 and reported missing in February 1998, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.
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Dennis Craig Edmondson was reported missing in 1998(Image: Mohave County Sheriff’s Office)
On October 22, 2000, nearly three years after Dennis was reported missing, teens found the remains in a desert area in Golden Valley, about 15 miles west of Kingman, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said in a March 3 Facebook post.
“One part of this 28-year-old mystery has been solved,” the sheriff’s office announced on March 3. “The case must now transition into a death investigation. Investigators are exploring the probability that Edmondson did not die of natural causes and are urging anyone who may have information about this case to come forward.”
When the unidentified human remains were first found over two decades ago, the sheriff’s office Special Investigation Unit (SIU) investigators thought that they could be Dennis’, but dental records returned negative results.
The SIU was assigned the missing persons case in January 2022, prompting them to create and distribute updated flyers seeking more information. At the time, new DNA samples were obtained from Dennis’ family members and sent to NamUs (the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System) for review.
“SIU Investigators were informed that the DNA samples from the unidentified human remains were degraded, making comparison of them to other DNA samples extremely difficult,” the MCSO said in its release.
“Due to the difficulty of electronic comparison, a manual review of the comparison was requested by investigators.” Investigators received confirmation from UNT Health on February 24 that the human remains were a match to the familial DNA samples that were provided, the MCSO added.
While there have been some answers for Dennis’ family, the same can’t be said for Nancy’s. At this time, the findings aren’t belived to be connected to the disappearance of the 84-year-old, but it does, however, provide hope. Nancy’s home in Tucson is approximately 316 miles away and typically takes about 5 hours and 30 minutes to arrive by car.
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