There is no indication that human remains found near the home of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother were related to the ongoing investigation into her disappearance, Arizona's Pima County Sheriff's Department announced on Monday.
CNN reported that the sheriff's department had declined to comment about who found the remains, when they were located, and why the announcement had indicated that they were unrelated to Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
Earlier this month, two ransom notes purportedly written by kidnappers who abducted Nancy Guthrie were released, six months after she vanished.
Copies of the two email messages were posted online by the Pima County Sheriff's Department with a notice appealing again to members of the public to come forward with information that might help identify the masked prowler caught on video by Nancy Guthrie's doorbell camera outside her home around the time she went missing.
Nancy Guthrie last seen nearly eight months ago
Nancy Guthrie, in frail health with limited mobility, was last seen alive on January 31 at her home in Tucson. She was reported missing on February 1 after a friend alerted family that she did not appear for Sunday church services as expected.