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Police in Tucson are racing against time to find 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie.<\/p>\n

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Now, a veteran Border Patrol agent is revealing a chilling reason why the person believed to be behind her disappearance may never be identified.<\/p>\n

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\u201dWe will not rest\u201d
\nNancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, has now been missing for five days, and authorities believe she may have been abducted. So far, no suspects have been identified.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Savannah and her family made a tearful public plea, urging whoever took their mother to come forward.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe will not rest,\u201d Savannah Guthrie said in the video. \u201dYour children will not rest until we are together again.\u201d She also adressed the reports of a ransom note, saying, \u201dPlease reach out to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

But catching Nancy Guthrie\u2019s kidnapper could prove extremely difficult. An expert warns that her abductor may never be found, and it all comes down to one troubling factor. Art Del Cueto, a longtime U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who lives just minutes from Guthrie\u2019s home, told the Daily Mail that the surrounding terrain presents a major obstacle for investigators.<\/p>\n

The rugged Tucson landscape
\nDel Cueto is not involved in the case, but has years of experience tracking individuals through the rugged Tucson landscape.<\/p>\n

The area around Guthrie\u2019s home is remote and surrounded by dense desert vegetation, which Del Cueto says could easily conceal someone trying to flee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re on the southern border. You\u2019re dealing with international crime all the time, and there are just too many variables to rule anything out,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

He added that Tucson\u2019s proximity to Mexico could allow a suspect to disappear quickly, possibly before authorities even have a clear picture of what happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf somebody gets spooked, they can make it into Mexico in under an hour and a half, that\u2019s why authorities may not be sharing everything they know,\u201d Del Cueto said.<\/p>\n

Former FBI special agent weighs in
\nAccording to him, that combination of harsh terrain, limited visibility, and international access may be one reason investigators have been tight-lipped as the case unfolds.<\/p>\n

Nancy Guthrie\u2019s neighborhood has also been described by her neighbor, Morgan Brown, who lives just a quarter mile down the street from her home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you step two feet off the road, you are basically in the thick of the cactus. It\u2019s not gated at all. You just walk on the street and then there\u2019s desert, so [they] thought she walked off into the desert or something, but she walks with a cane, so I can\u2019t imagine why she would do that. It\u2019s desert-y, scrubby mesquite trees and cactus and rocks everywhere,\u201d Brown told US Magazine.<\/p>\n

Del Cueto isn\u2019t the only expert offering insight.<\/p>\n

Former FBI special agent Dr. Bryanna Cox, now a criminology professor at the University of South Florida, has also weighed in on the case. She believes the abductor is likely a man in his 30s or 40s, based on the available details. She also believes that the person was stranger to Nancy.<\/p>\n

\u201dIf it were a family member or somebody who knows the house, they wouldn\u2019t have forced entry,\u201d Dr Fox explained. \u201dIf she knew them, they would have been likely to have carried out a ruse to get her to go with them and get into the vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the investigation continues, authorities have said time is critical \u2014 and the environment itself may be working against them. We\u2019re praying that Nancy is found safe and unharmed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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