Human bones found close to Nancy Guthrie’s home do not belong to the missing 84-year-old, investigators have confirmed. 

The elderly mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie disappeared on February 1, and police believe she was kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona home. 

Fox News reporter Michael Ruiz joined investigators combing a desert region about 15 minutes east of the property on Thursday, where streamer A.J. Double U News covering Guthrie’s case said bones had been found.  

However, Tucson Police said the human bones were ‘prehistoric’ and did not belong to the missing grandmother.  

Ruiz posted video showing investigators searching the area, which has been cordoned off with police tape. 

Tucson Police quickly clarified that the bones were not linked to Guthrie. 

‘The bone found near Craycroft and River was determined to be human,’ the department said in a statement. ‘This will be a prehistoric anthropological investigation.   

‘The University of Arizona’s Anthropology Department and the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner assisted. This is not a criminal investigation.’

The 84-year-old mother of NBC News Today anchor Savannah Guthrie disappeared on February 1, and police believe she was kidnapped from her home

Fox News reporter Michael Ruiz joined investigators combing a desert region about 15 minutes east of the property on Thursday, where streamer A.J. Double U News covering Guthrie’s case said bones had been found. Ruiz’s photograph posted to X is shown above 

Tucson Police said the human bones were ‘prehistoric’ and did not belong to the missing grandmother. Fox News reporter Michael Ruiz’s photograph posted to X is shown above

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