Investigators haven't questioned Tucson restaurant where Guthries filmed 'Today' show

NewsNation reporter Brian Entin reported last Friday that FBI agents had spoken with employees of the downtown El Charro Café, where Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie, spent hours filming on Oct. 17.

But Ray Flores, president of the restaurant's parent company Flores Concepts/Si Charro, said Monday that he has yet to hear from investigators. 

"We would have talked to the FBI," he said. "They never called us." 

In an email Monday, FBI Public Affairs Officer Brooke Brennan said the FBI, as a matter of course, does not comment on ongoing investigations.

Entin, in an episode of his "Brian Entin Investigates" show published Friday on YouTube, reported that investigators had returned to a number of locations where the "Today" show had filmed last fall, including the Mexican restaurant, which Entin did not name, to see if anyone could recall seeing someone suspicious. 

Flores said Savannah and Nancy Guthrie had spent a few hours at the restaurant filming in a dining room that was closed off to the public. But the restaurant was open for business that day and had about 50 or so customers, he said.

Flores said that in the days and weeks after Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Catalina Foothills home on Feb. 1, no one from the restaurant had been questioned. 

"They never asked us if we had cameras there (at El Charro)," he said. "We would speak to any federal investigator, but we have not been contacted. We would gladly assist in any investigation. We really miss Nancy."

Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home near North Campbell Avenue and East Sunrise Drive on Jan. 31. Investigators have said the 84-year-old was taken against her will; ransom communications were sent to some media outlets on Feb. 4.

The investigation, now in its seventh week, has generated tens of thousands of tips, but investigators to date have no suspects, even after images of a masked, armed man from a doorbell camera at Nancy Guthrie's home were released on Feb. 12.

Investigators executed warrants on two homes — one in Rio Rico on Feb. 10 and at a residence two miles from Guthrie's home on Feb. 13 — but no arrests were made.

Savannah Guthrie and her siblings, Annie and Camron, on Feb. 24, offered a $1 million reward leading to their mother's return. The FBI has offered a $100,000 reward, and 88-CRIME's reward is $102,500.