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The subject of my investigation is the drama playing out in real time in Tucson.

The abduction of Nancy Guthrie, a case with new developments every day, but still no answers.

Here's the story.

In the normally peaceful Catalina Foothills north of Tucson, a disturbing mystery has shattered the calm.

84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of today's show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported

missing February 1 after she failed to arrive at a church service and family members

discovered her home in troubling disarray.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nano says investigators believe Nancy was taken from the house

against her will.

That set off a search that has now transformed into the biggest true crime mystery in America.

Who is the mysterious man caught on camera in the middle of the night carrying a gun and wearing a mask

who wrote the ransom letters and how much more do investigators know with thousands of tips pouring in

and the eyes of the nation watching when when will Nancy Guthrie be found?

I want to bring this story back to its genesis, and we know people go missing every day, unfortunately, across the country.

This case is very different, though, which is the abduction of an 84 year old. That like never happens.

I've never covered a story like that.

But the other part of this story that made it such a big story from the beginning is the

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