AZ Nancy Guthrie, 84, (mother of TODAY Show host Savannah Guthrie) missing - last seen in the Catalina foothills area on Jan 31, 2026

[Chimera]

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Nanos has had a long career in law enforcement, but he admits he isn’t used to the amount of scrutiny that has come with leading the investigation into the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother.

With the case now in its second week, Nanos has also acknowledged missteps, including that he probably should have waited longer to relinquish Nancy Guthrie’s home to her family after his detectives finished combing through it for evidence.

And critics, including a fellow Democrat, called him out for going to a University of Arizona basketball game last weekend while the victim was still missing.

Arizona sheriff finds himself under a microscope with the Nancy Guthrie case in its 2nd week

Chris Nanos has had a long career in law enforcement, but he admits he isn’t used to the amount of scrutiny that has come with leading the investigation into the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother.

apnews.com

Thanks for linking this, @GuyfromCanada .

Was wondering whose decision it was, to release Nancy's house so early ?
Pity, as someone had time to clean up any evidence or remove items.
Can't turn the clock back, but this seemed like a misstep.

A caveat for sheriff Nanos, though; What if the fbi advised him to do this and they placed hidden cams to observe what the family did once back inside ?
Did they 'over clean' an area or take something out ?
Etc.
Jmo.

 

[Auburnlucky7]

Odd that a glove would be found on side of road...

Not at all imo

 

[shadowsc]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021696831298974038

Still seems vague. It's possible he did actually deliver a package to the home recently for his job. FBI probably has gotten records from all recent deliveries and drivers. They may have already been pursuing leads of anyone who has been at the home recently.

 

[gitana1]

IMO, the masked person moves in a comfortable way & doesn’t seem stressed. His backpack is somewhat full, so I believe it was not a robbery or the backpack would most likely be empty.The intent was something different here. The way the person moves makes me feel like they walked her out carefully which keeps hope alive somehow in my mind.

I agree with everything except the last sentence. The rest of it reminds me of Missy Bevers case, with the exception that the perp left the body.

 

[su5ie]

But that does not show proof of life days later. I thought that was what was being discussed. We must be talking about two different things. Also, purchasing a Polaroid camera does give the potential for evidence.

The point I'm making is if this was a kidnap for ransom ,the kidnapper would not wait 24 hours to lodge demand . They would want a payment within 24/48 hours

The longer you are with a captive , the bigger the chance of being caught .

There is a lot of preplanning and possible dry runs similar to a military recon mission

 

[TheDinks]

Those are extremely common screen doors. I'm a neigbhorhood volunteer and see them all of the time. The door doesn't prevent a homeowner from opening it. There does not appear any forced entry. Yes, she could talk through the screen door, but he either accessed through the front door that was cracked open or entered the home another way.

I was responding to the person who said she opened the door a crack and they pushed their way in. That's what the doors are there for... to stop that as well as forced entry.

When commenting on a post... I also read the comment to which they are responding... for context.

 

[milkshakedonkey]

If, as many have speculated, the person on camera was wearing multiple gloves, unsure how helpful this glove will be. Any thoughts? Also seems odd to dispose of it so relatively close to the scene. Wonder how they knew to look at roadsides. Is that typical?

 

[An Interloper]

MOO.

I would imagine the abductor, trying to prevent leaving any DNA from stray hairs, etc., wore fresh clothes to NG’s house. (However bumbling they may be in some ways, they seem to have managed not to leave DNA that got found–and some article said the ransom note bragged about that, though I don’t know if that was validated.) I was initially thinking the jacket was likely to be from Walmart since the backpack seems to be. I agree with others that the overall jacket style is pretty basic–but the zipper is not. It’s got contrasting piping on each side of the zipper rather than the zipper itself being high-contrast. I could not find any like it at Walmart online, with both the horizontal dark line across and the contrast zipper style. But I did find a soft shell that’s sold in Europe that is very similar to that style. I believe Pitch Stone is a Scandinavian brand. I do not know if it’s sold in the US. (I’m an American who moved to Scandinavia.)

Suspect from video did not have velcro on sleeve cuffs, nor a sleeve pocket. I see what is a simple elasticized strip of fabric, common to many fleece jackets.

On the matter of the piping around the zipper, it appears to me to be an effect of the IR light reflecting differently based on fabric (vs. say reflective piping). The reflector tabs on the shoulder straps are bright and scattering the rays as it reflects back. The zipper appears to glow in a more subdued way and in a way that matches the elastic cuffs, more of a luminescence from the IR reacting differently with that fabric than purely reflecting.

 

[submarine7]

Yes, but typical kidnap for ransom cases don’t wait 3 days to make a request. Someone posted a prior FBI agent that said this case doesn’t line up with a typical kidnap for ransom case. If it did they would have medicine on hand, make a clear request right away, and want the transaction done quickly. They usually send via mail a lock of hair or anything that would show confirmation that they have the person. It’s exceptionally uncommon to kidnap someone and expect someone to fund an account without any proof or confirmation. MO

She was kidnapped on Sunday and the first note arrived Monday.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

As the search for Savannah Guthrie's mom, Nancy Guthrie, continues, Paul Mauro, a FOX News contributor and former NYPD inspector, sheds insight to ET's Denny Directo. Mauro breaks down why police detained, questioned and ultimately released Carlos Palazuelos on Monday night. He also analyzes the chilling doorbell footage of the suspect arriving at Nancy's home, whom he calls 'not a professional.' Mauro explains why he suspects the man acted alone.

Nancy Guthrie (née Long) grew up in Fort Wright, Kentucky, a small Cincinnati suburb.

She attended Catholic, all-girls elementary and high schools, and went on to enroll at the University of Kentucky.

While there, she worked with the student-run newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel, as a society editor and staff member. She covered Greek life for the publication, her former editor told local Kentucky outlet WKYT.

What to know about Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mom of 'Today' host Savannah Guthrie

Savannah Guthrie has described her mother as the "rock" who held her family together after her father's death when she was a teenager.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Millhouse]

Maybe the two photos are from entirely different nights..A dry run so to speak.

The FBI shared these photos, and specifically says they are all from the morning she went missing. Unless the FBI is being intentionally misleading, it's unlikely that they are from a different night or a dry run. They specifically state "the morning of her disappearance."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021281103454072983

 

[LarryLujack]

Not at all imo

Disagree, why would there be a glove on the side of the road? Explain to me how it would get there, specifically relating it to this case.

 

[Turkeytrot]

If, as many have speculated, the person on camera was wearing multiple gloves, unsure how helpful this glove will be. Any thoughts? Also seems odd to dispose of it so relatively close to the scene. Wonder how they knew to look at roadsides. Is that typical?

It was mentioned earlier that they would be searching along multiple roadways so maybe something/someone pointed them there

 

[SlimPickens]

Criminals that don't tend to get caught and leave little to no trace tend to be professionals, IMO. They have no connection to the victim, and ensure that they don't leave one. In this day and age, they'd also know how to research, navigate, and circumvent the digital world, and perhaps even contributed to its development and/or enforced its security protocols at one time. If they wanted to setup a digital crypto account that is untraceable, they could. If they wanted to spoof an IP and swat an unsuspecting immigrant delivering food 40 miles to the South, they could.

Indeed, they may not just be criminals. They may be agents of some kind and from some place. Either way, the arrogance is palpable.

And the silence, deafening.

JMO.

 

[AZYaYa]

Agree 100%. I've been trying to wrap my head around the possible motivators for kidnapping NG:

Money - always a possibility

Revenge - against something SG reported on, probably fairly recently but possibly long ago

Threat - (SG) Keep your mouth shut, we can get you

I keep coming back to this having to do with SG's celebrity. I'm not familiar with her work but I'm not aware of any recent reporting on anything terribly controversial. But she could also be a proxy for any national reporter if it was meant as a threat.

I'm fairly confident this will be solved. It's a question of when. And after almost two weeks I don't think it is looking good for NG.

Super far-fetched thought, but another motive -- maybe NG/SG is supposed to be an example to other reporters..."watch out, or what happened to NG will happen to your loved one." National reporters have potentially been put on notice. Will they not pursue certain stories now? Will they back down if threatened? Of course, the abductor has not (yet) drawn any such link, but that could happen down the road.

 

[nightowl2728]

Exclusive | Investigators find black glove during hunt for Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers — and The Post was there

Detectives recovered the clothing item, which resembles the pair worn by the armed perpetrator caught on video, about one and a half miles from Guthrie’s home.

nypost.com

"Investigators have recovered a black glove from a roadside near Nancy Guthrie’s house — potentially a major clue in the search for the masked who is suspected of abducting the 84-year-old woman, The Post can reveal.

Detectives recovered the clothing item, which resembles the pair worn by the armed perpetrator caught on video, about one and a half miles from Guthrie’s home."

Has LE used dogs much yet?
There was likely scent on items: in NG's home, the "flowers" picked up by the Nest camera, the camera itself, etc. that would have enough scent - even if cloaked or related to the clothing/gloves as opposed to the perp - to locate any clues in either NG's or AG's neighborhood.

I just don't understand what LE would be looking for on in those neighborhoods (other than the general canvassing they've been doing talking to people) that a dog wouldn't do a better job with.

 

[VTHOMM]

Wondering if anyone can think of a case where hiring a private investigator helped more than it added to the confusion.
I really can't think of any off the top of my head.

I don't know, but it's interesting they hired their own given that most of law enforcement in country is already working on this. i don't understand any of this.

 

[Tugb0ats]

Exclusive | Investigators find black glove during hunt for Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers — and The Post was there

Detectives recovered the clothing item, which resembles the pair worn by the armed perpetrator caught on video, about one and a half miles from Guthrie’s home.

nypost.com

"Investigators have recovered a black glove from a roadside near Nancy Guthrie’s house — potentially a major clue in the search for the masked who is suspected of abducting the 84-year-old woman, The Post can reveal.

Detectives recovered the clothing item, which resembles the pair worn by the armed perpetrator caught on video, about one and a half miles from Guthrie’s home."

Wow. If that’s legit, I’m shocked it was only 1.5 miles away. That doesn’t seem far at all. How was that not found sooner?

 

[jellybean96]

Those are extremely common screen doors. I'm a neigbhorhood volunteer and see them all of the time. The door doesn't prevent a homeowner from opening it. There does not appear any forced entry. Yes, she could talk through the screen door, but he either accessed through the front door that was cracked open or entered the home another way.

I am leaning towards 'whoever' didn't actually go in the front door. I think they might have tried, and then moved to the back door to gain access to the home.

 

[SRWCF]

The FBI shared these photos, and specifically says they are all from the morning she went missing. Unless the FBI is being intentionally misleading, it's unlikely that they are from a different night or a dry run. They specifically state "the morning of her disappearance."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021281103454072983

And these "photos" are simply stills from the video that was recovered.