New Delhi, March 13 -- A deceased person was discovered in southeast Tucson on Thursday as law enforcement continues the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who went missing on 1 February.

Officials suspect the mother of TODAY show anchor Savannah Guthrie was abducted from her Catalina Foothills residence near Tucson, Arizona, the preceding night. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos recently provided a sombre update regarding a potential kidnapping motive.

The discovery of the body initiated a fresh investigation.

According to the Tucson Police Department, Operations Division East officers were dispatched to a desert site near Kolb Road, situated between Escalante and Irvington, on 12 March following reports of a deceased person, reporte...