🚨 CASE QUESTIONS GROW: Tommaso Cioni — Savannah Guthrie’s brother-in-law — is now being discussed in reports about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie

Savannah Guthrie’s brother-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, was identified as a possible suspect in the disappearance of Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, according to Ashleigh Banfield.

Ashleigh Banfield, the former host of News Nation’s “Banfield,” claimed a “highly regarded” law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation informed her that Cioni “may be the prime suspect” in this case.

However, investigators quickly debunked the rumors, but Cioni’s name continued to circulate.

Who Is Tommaso Cioni?

Cioni is married to Nancy Guthrie’s eldest daughter, Annie Guthrie. They tied the knot in September 2006.

He was reportedly one of the the last people to see Nancy on Saturday evening during a family dinner.

While not much is known about Cioni, the couple reportedly reside near Nancy in Tucson, Arizona.

“My husband Tommaso Cioni is my greatest teacher. He is a great manifester; he writes poetry with his lifestyle,” Annie shared in a May 2013 interview. “I was trained as a reader. My family was book-centered. In junior high I always hid in the library at lunch time to avoid the other kids. I think writing is just what young readers begin to do. There was never a decision. My Mom always made us keep diaries.”

According to a LinkedIn profile attributed to Cioni, he works as a teacher at a charter school in Tucson. A biography seemingly written for Cioni from the Tapirulan Cultural Association, reads: “I was born in San Giovanni Valdarno on June 18, 1975.”

“Since 2006, I have been living in Tucson, Arizona. I write when it happens. I study lizards. I play the electric bass. I make homemade pasta.”

Cioni also plays bass for a local band called Early Black.

“Early Black was born on April 2007, when Dominic Evans (drums) and Tommaso Cioni (bass, vocals) met Walter I. Gonçalves, Jr. (guitar, vocals) over a series of online and newspaper ads (Evans met Gonçalves through a Craigslist posting, Cioni responded to a Tucson Weekly posting),” the band’s Reverb Nation profile reads.

Tommaso Cioni Has Not Been Seen in ‘Almost a Week’

Brian Entin, a reporter who has been on the scene in Tucson, Arizona, since Nancy went missing on February 1, revealed on Monday, February 9, that Cioni has not been seen in “almost a week.”

“He hasn’t been seen since I think it was Tuesday of last week. We got some photos of him outside the house here. He’s very recognizable with his big beard. He was outside with his wife, Savannah’s sister Annie. They were in the car together,” Entin told Megyn Kelly. “But it’s been, it’s now been almost a week.”

Sheriff Nanos Clears Tommaso Cioni as a Suspect

On Monday, February 16, more than two weeks after Nancy Guthrie was reported missing, Sheriff Nanos revealed that the entire Guthrie family, including Cioni, have been cleared as suspects in her disappearance.

“To be clear…the Guthrie family – to include all siblings and spouses – has been cleared as possible suspects in this case. The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case,” Nanos announced on Monday.

The statement continued, “To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple…please, I’m begging you the media to honor your profession and report with some sense of compassion and professionalism.”

Investigators have not named a suspect; however, the FBI revealed the profile for the individual seen on Guthrie’s front doorbell camera.

“The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5’9” – 5’10” tall, with an average build. In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack,” they announced on February 12.