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

[Herat]

Was her daughter Savannah working on a controversial subject or investigation that someone wanted to stiffle?

 

[LurkingSleuther]

I was watching the police helicopter for a while (doing the usual squiggly searching pattern) then looked away, and when I went back the helicopter had returned to the airport and we now have this mysterious little yellow plane with no id, flying in a perfect circle around Nancy's address. What could this be?

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They showed a map at the press conference today of aerial coverage, so this is extremely likely.

 

[SeattleStew]

I read the article (albeit quickly) and I don't see anywhere where the sheriff mentions being abducted while she slept? I'm not sure where they're getting that.

""Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy, is missing in Arizona in what police believe was an abduction from her home while she slept, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News on Monday."

 

[MassGuy]

I read the article (albeit quickly) and I don't see anywhere where the sheriff mentions being abducted while she slept? I'm not sure where they're getting that.

I think he very likely said that, and they merely summarized it. They did interview him personally it seems.

 

[KellySleuth]

""Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy, is missing in Arizona in what police believe was an abduction from her home while she slept, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News on Monday."

Yes, I saw that. It's just that the article is full of his quotes and none of them say that.

 

[LAhiker]

""Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy, is missing in Arizona in what police believe was an abduction from her home while she slept, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News on Monday."

I wonder whether the sheriff meant that they thought she was actually asleep when she was abducted/taken, or merely that she was taken/abducted at a time when she might reasonably be expected to be sleeping.

Or maybe the reporting is like the game of "telephone," and the story has changed in the telling.

JMO

 

[sasha17]

I read the article (albeit quickly) and I don't see anywhere where the sheriff mentions being abducted while she slept? I'm not sure where they're getting that.

""Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy, is missing in Arizona in what police believe was an abduction from her home while she slept, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News on Monday. "I believe she was abducted, yes," Nanos said. "She didn't walk from there. She didn't go willingly.""

 

[Beans]

Was her daughter Savannah working on a controversial subject or investigation that someone wanted to stiffle?

I've seen a few snarky comments about her views on ICE but to be honest, I think any journalist with any sort of political opinion has the capacity and ability to upset one bunch of fringe loons or another - on any number of points on the political spectrum. This doesn't strike me as 'that sort' of situation but probably wouldn't rule it out, things being what they are at the moment. I wouldn't rule much at all out right now though.

 

[Pharmasgirl]

It sounds to me LE might think she has wandered away from home and become incapacitated without a crime taking place.

I thought LE stated they were treating it 'as a crime scene"...
What has been said that leads one to believe LE might think she wandered away? Did I miss something?

 

[RainyDazeKS]

“Sheriff Nanos has stated that he believes that a crime has been committed. At this point, investigators believe she was taken from the home and that includes possible kidnapping or abduction,” the sheriff’s office said in an emailed statement Monday afternoon.

“We don’t see this as much as a search mission as we do a crime scene,” Sheriff Nanos said. Later in the day, Nanos told CBS News that evidence points to a possible abduction while Nancy was sleeping.

 

[Peppery]

I doubt it’s related, but is Nancy divorced or widowed?

 

[sasha17]

It sounds to me LE might think she has wandered away from home and become incapacitated without a crime taking place.

"Nanos would not elaborate on what makes it a crime scene, saying “it would be inappropriate at this time.” He added that a search for Nancy Guthrie has been “shut down” because her disappearance is being treated as a crime. “Right now, we don’t see this as a search mission as much as we do a crime scene," he said."

Savannah Guthrie’s Missing Mother Believed to Be Taken from Home Against Her Will, Police Say

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen on Jan. 31 in her home outside Tucson, which is now considered a crime scene, police said.

www.today.com

 

[sasha17]

I doubt it’s related, but is Nancy divorced or widowed?

Widowed. Savannah Guthrie’s Dad’s Tragic Death Resurfaces as Officials Call Her Mom’s Home a ‘Crime Scene’ After Her Shocking Disappearance

 

[osu]

‘dragged’ from her home and ABDUCTED

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018459478882918908

 

[WillenFan21]

I would think that a financial motive would be ruled out like right away. At this age I'd imagine one of her kids would be on the bank account and I'm betting the account was one of the first things checked. Plus the timing she was taken was in the middle of the night, no bank would be open, only ATM but her stuff was found at home so I don't think its that. This so wierd...you never hear of 84 year old just being snatched like this unles its a wondering off situation.

 

[Peppery]

I doubt it’s related, but is Nancy divorced or widowed?

I found the answer, Nancy has been widowed for 38 years.

What happened to Savannah Guthrie’s dad?
Charles Guthrie died of a heart attack when he was 49 years old. Savannah was 16 years old at the time.

https://parade.com/celebrities/savannah-guthrie-mother-nancy-family?taid=6981118aba85ed00014b744e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

 

[osu]

Was her daughter Savannah working on a controversial subject or investigation that someone wanted to stiffle?

Savannah Guthrie had been on leave from NBC as she’s been recovering from vocal surgery. She was due to return back on-air this week and then travel to Milan for two weeks to cover the Winter Olympics.

 

[WillenFan21]

'TODAY' Anchor Savannah Guthrie's Mom May Have Been Abducted, Cops Say

Another bombshell in the case of Savannah Guthrie's missing mother ... authorities now believe she may have been taken by force from her Arizona home.

www.tmz.com

 

[MassGuy]

Daily Mail, so grain of salt with the sentence below:

"Lights in the common area were all on, and Guthrie's front door was unlocked but there were signs of forced entry, the Daily Mail understands.

"Comments from the sheriff:

‘She did not walk away,' Pima County sheriff Chris Nanos told the Daily Mail.'We believe she was forced to leave that residence. It was against her will.

’'This was, in our opinion, someone entered her home in the middle of the night and removed her. It could be more than one person, we don’t know that yet.'

https://archive.is/20260202225845/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15521693/savannah-guthrie-mother-nancy-abducted-tucson.html#selection-1295.0-1295.154

 

[Pharmasgirl]

Don't understand why they would take her with them.


Her mother had her birthday last week.

If they knew her, she could identify. Maybe they didn't expect it to go so far as to...