A Madison, South Dakota, High School graduate and former Sioux Falls attorney is leading the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.
Heith Janke is currently serving as the FBI special agent in charge of Guthrie’s disappearance from her Arizona home.
The FBI is offering a $50,000 award for information that leads to the whereabouts of Guthrie, who has been missing since Feb. 1, 2026. Images of a mysterious person have been the most significant clues shared with the public during Guthrie’s disappearance in the Tucson area.
More than 4,000 calls came into an Arizona sheriff’s department within 24 hours after the release of videos of a masked person on Nancy Guthrie’s porch. The FBI says it has collected more than 13,000 tips since Feb. 1, and the sheriff’s office says it’s received at least 18,000.
Janke graduated from Madison High in 1994 and was a two-time champion in cross country and a five-time champion in track and field (3,200 and 1,600 meter runs).
Janke worked as an attorney at the Boyce Law Firm in Sioux Falls from 2002-04. He joined the FBI as a special agent from 2004-2017 and left to become the West Fargo, North Dakota, police chief. He started his second stint with the FBI in 2020.
South Dakota News Watch and the Associated Press contributed to this story.
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