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

[Deepinthought52]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018363739884405103

Savannah said the best thing about coming home and seeing you guys… Anybody know who else was at that table? Anybody see the whole thing?

 

[wary]

Has anyone else thought of the Dermotts? Georgia, 2014, not solved yet.

Elderly husband murdered in the home. Elderly wife disappears, and is found in the lake, days later. (If I remember rightly, her body hadn’t been weighted enough to keep her submerged.) No particular sign of anything missing from the home, if I remember rightly.

 

[MassGuy]

I also don't think this is random. MOO it's somebody who knew her situation and was able to take advantage of it. People suck.

Yeah, based on her being missing (I think it's likely she was murdered and body removed), then a connection makes the most sense.

If you don't have a connection of some sort then it's rare to do that.

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Gosh, this is so sad. I saw in the presser today police confirmed they have her cell phone. I wonder if her ATM cards were also at home.

 

[bestill]

I really hope that this is not related to her being Savannah's mother. It would really shake up everyone, I don't want us to become a world that has to protect every personal aspect of our lives because of the crazies. Scary times in so many ways.

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Has anyone else thought of the Dermotts? Georgia, 2014, not solved yet.

Elderly husband murdered in the home. Elderly wife disappears, and is found in the lake, days later. (If I remember rightly, her body hadn’t been weighted enough to keep her submerged.) No particular sign of anything missing from the home, if I remember rightly.

That was my first thought as I was reading this thread.

 

[MassGuy]

Has anyone else thought of the Dermotts? Georgia, 2014, not solved yet.

Elderly husband murdered in the home. Elderly wife disappears, and is found in the lake, days later. (If I remember rightly, her body hadn’t been weighted enough to keep her submerged.) No particular sign of anything missing from the home, if I remember rightly.

That one is such a massive outlier that I don't factor it into my thinking (being relevant here). It did pop into my head though.

 

[Magic8Ball]

A neighbor also reported the front door was left open. Wouldn't the family think that was suspicious?

Did the neighbor mean the front door was left "open" as in unlocked, or left open as in front door was ajar?

If the front door was left physically open/ajar, that sounds super staged to me.

Any time a crime scene strikes me as looking staged, I cross "stranger abduction" right off my list of possibilities.

Bike ride, anyone?

JMO.

 

[Deepinthought52]

Has anyone else thought of the Dermotts? Georgia, 2014, not solved yet.

Elderly husband murdered in the home. Elderly wife disappears, and is found in the lake, days later. (If I remember rightly, her body hadn’t been weighted enough to keep her submerged.) No particular sign of anything missing from the home, if I remember rightly.

I feel in this case they will have a suspect soon…at least i hope so moo

 

[Curiousobserver]

I really hope that this is not related to her being Savannah's mother. It would really shake up everyone, I don't want us to become a world that has to protect every personal aspect of our lives because of the crazies. Scary times in so many ways.

It wouldn't shock me. We have been "there" for some time now

 

[Alkali13]

If I dropped someone off at night that had limited mobility, I would walk them to the door and make sure they got inside. Not sure if that has been mentioned or not, but I can't imagine dropping off someone that has trouble walking 50 feet and just driving away. The house is set back quite a distance from the road too.

It has one of those driveways where you can get to the front door though.

 

[sds71]

@Stevenielsen

Here at the home of Nancy Guthrie. No clearly marked @PimaSheriff vehicles here but we were just told to expect many to arrive in the next few minutes as they continue their search.


It’s been a quiet scene at Nancy Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills home as
@PimaSheriff search for her. Now two deputies arrived and went straight to the backyard around the house. Search and rescue vehicles arrived and then turned around. @FOX10Phoenix

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018409540103156128

 

[bestill]

There was an elderly couple in the upstate of SC that was recently murdered in their home and it was the step grandson that did it. No motive has been released. Their bodies were found in the home.
Link: SC - Larry & Sandra Moore, couple in their 70's, found dead, Oconee County, 15 January 2026 *arrest*

This seems like this is going to be someone known to her and I won't be surprised to hear from the Sheriff at the next presser that she's not with us any longer.

 

[whitelilac]

Gosh, this is so sad. I saw in the presser today police confirmed they have her cell phone. I wonder if her ATM cards were also at home.

I read earlier that someone saw she was wearing an apple watch in one of the videos. Would her cell phone be connected to the watch? If so the med. indications (heart rate etc) may determine the timing of the attack, as well as anything subsequent.....

 

[Strangeworld]

I suspect they took her to try to force her to use her bank cards to withdraw funds But if so, they would have no use for her if she failed to comply or after she had complied. Very worried it is already too late to find Nancy alive

This is what first came to mind for me. Unless it is a case of misleading the investigation by creating another narrative to distract from who has taken her, my guess is they either went there with the intention to kidnap her and take her to the bank, or there weren't enough valuables or cash in her home so they forced her get money out.
IMO

 

[Magic8Ball]

Yeah, based on her being missing (I think it's likely she was murdered and body removed), then a connection makes the most sense.

If you don't have a connection of some sort then it's rare to do that.

If a victim is killed in a home, there's almost no reason to remove a body if a perp has no connection to the victim, unless there's a risk of DNA being present due to rape, physical struggle/bleeding, etc.

If she was kidnapped/abducted while still alive, that's another story altogether, of course.

JMO.

 

[Chimera]

There must have been a ring doorbell cam. and other cameras , not only for security but also in case of a fall or other unfortunate happening like a stove fire, etc.
Living alone at that age with any mobility issues could be risky.
Wondering if LE saw something on camera ?
Omo.

One of the networks is showing her street and made a good point that the way the homes are set back and mostly screened from the street it may make it difficult for security cameras to pick up the street traffic. Hopefully there is a community entrance that has security cams.

A gated community ?

 

[Deepinthought52]

A neighbor also reported the front door was left open. Wouldn't the family think that was suspicious?

Thst may have been after they left

 

[Magic8Ball]

There was an elderly couple in the upstate of SC that was recently murdered in their home and it was the step grandson that did it. No motive has been released. Their bodies were found in the home.
Link: SC - Larry & Sandra Moore, couple in their 70's, found dead, Oconee County, 15 January 2026 *arrest*

This seems like this is going to be someone known to her and I won't be surprised to hear from the Sheriff at the next presser that she's not with us any longer.

Agree that based on the circumstances and known facts, it looks like it's much higher probability that this is going to be someone connected and known to her somehow vs. a stranger.

LE keeps stressing that she has all of her mental faculties, so odds are she would likely have kept her doors locked/home secure and would not have opened her door to strangers after dark. She had security cameras...sounds like she's an older woman living alone with physical limitations who seems to to be safety-conscious.

JMO.

 

[Strangeworld]

I kind of think that police already know if money was withdrawn from her bank account through an ATM. Of course, they aren't going to say because I also believe that they are piecing it all together. I just hope that the perpetrators haven't left the area. Surely, they've been caught on video some place even though her home was secluded.

I hope that there are cameras both inside and outside of the home. Surely, her kids are smart enough to now that this is so important in today's world.

It will be very sad if it turns out to be the hired help or friends of hired help. I'm just throwing this out there because her home is secluded, and she probably has all sorts of help for her house, inside and outside, and her pool. All would know that she is living there by herself.

JMO.

More than know if money was withdrawn, they should have video evidence of who withdrew the money if this happened. If they only see Nancy in the recording, they'll be looking for signs of distress IMO. If they see a perpetrator's face, then they need to identify them, prompting the request for local camera footage. I would guess it will be dash cam footage that is most helpful but then again all they need is one ring camera (or similar) with a good view of the road to see who drives past

IMO