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

[DS2021]

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[InspectGadget]

Just to drop a reminder-and to save the mods work-flag the posts instead of replying otherwise they have to then delete every single reply that included the original problematic post.

 

[mickey2942]

So, my Mom used to live near me. She is also elderly and doesn't always answer her phone. I've brushed it off as maybe she was grocery shopping, or outside gardening, or at a neighbor's house, etc. I then would call several more times. About 30 to 45 mins of not being able to get ahold of her, only then would I drive to her house. AG and TC have 2 kids and lives of their own. They also likely couldn't just drop everything ASAP to rush over the moment after they got the call.

That is an excellent point. My husband's phone is always with him, but if he does not answer the phone in a nanosecond, I don't assume that I need to rush home to check on him.

 

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rbm

 

[K.jill]

And in a completely different city in a completely different state.

JMO.

yes!!

 

[birdbox]

People of that age don't consider 84 to be "advanced age" , that's in your

That is an excellent point. My husband's phone is always with him, but if he does not answer the phone in a nanosecond, I don't assume that I need to rush home to check on him.

Right? Like they take naps, showers, water plants, have tea with neighbors.

 

[Sakura2Sophia4Lucia]

Feb 8, 2026 #Crime #NancyGuthrie #Kidnap
How could potential kidnappers have taken Nancy Guthrie without detection? NewsNation senior national correspondent Brian Entin takes a tour the remote neighborhood, which is poorly lit, by design, and characterized by stretches of desert brush surrounding homes.

You can't see the entrance to many of the houses in NG's neighborhood. Tucson doesn't have street lights, neighborhoods don't have lit areas and most houses only use their outdoor lights periodically when they is a specific reason to use those lights. In NG's neighborhood, the houses are spread quite a bit apart with lots of cactus, mesquite trees and tons of desert brush. Ring cameras work for one's individual house, but there are likely not a huge number of ring cameras in this neighborhood who capture cars on other properties or even the details of cars on the street. JMO

 

[MCB1151]

Never heard of an accidental murder ?

I've hit delirium perhaps, but this is making me chuckle and I know it shouldn't. I am not sure my eyes will ever recover from the amount of words on a screen I have read the past few days.

ANYWAY - 'Homicide' & 'murder' are not interchangeable words, which is not really common knowledge I guess because I don't think most people commonly ponder these things. A 'homicide' can take place and it not be a murder. Homicide means a person killed a person. But that can range from something like "involuntary manslaughter" to capital murder. Murder involves intent - whether express or implied (absolutely on purpose or acting in a way that one could reasonably deduce someone would die). The one other "that's murder" situation is a homicide that occurs in the middle of committing some other dangerous felony, like perhaps a kidnapping or SA or armed robbery, etc.

But no, you can't just "whoopsie" murder someone.

 

[tbgo]

Just saw some “expert” say that the original demand was for $1 million and now it’s $6 million. Did we know that it was originally $1 million?

 

[JaimeInLA]

The blood spatters in the front have bothered me a lot. There is no "movement" to them. They don't seem to come from the door or entryway, or proceed down the path. They seem static. I cannot envision a scenario of a bleeding human that would create such a pattern.

Same. They have bothered me since the beginning. There’s no smears, footprints, or signs of struggle. No trail leading in inside the house or down the path. It’s almost as if somebody BLOOP sprinkled them in that very convenient location.

 

[Cebavl]

The congregation of NG's church seems to be rather large judging by their FB page, and they also seem to heavily advertise their online services on their website. It seems very odd to me that anyone would think twice if NG missed a single online service.

It could be a close church friend of NG’s that noticed. A lot of folks that age pay close attention to who’s missing from regular, weekly commitments. I remember years ago my grandmother would always mention when so and so missed church or Sunday school. And would usually call to check on them. They also had a system of checking in on homebound members. Obviously now you have zoom or live stream technology, but they may still have ways to keep members connected to the church aside from this. Not sure if that’s the case here, but could be.

 

[Sakura2Sophia4Lucia]

These billboards suggest that LE believes NG is alive and being held in Texas (billboards in 4 major Texas cities), NM, or San Diego or LA.

LE puts up billboards like these if they believe somebody is alive and being held in one of these areas.

Does LE believe that NG is alive?

SG and sibs last video certainly gave the indication that they believed their mother was dead.

Interestingly enough, they aren't putting billboards up in Phoenix. Tucson news has covered NG extensively so people know her face in Tucson and perhaps that's the case in Phoenix, too.

 

[Fargo]

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Here's clarification:

"Callella is not linked to the Bitcoin ransom demand, according to the complaint."

SoCal man accused of sending hoax ransom letter to Guthrie family appears in court

The Hawthorne man is charged with transmitting a demand for ransom, among other charges. The judge ordered him released on a $20,000 bond.

abc7.com

 

[DS2021]

Dbm

 

[txsleuth70]

Do you think he was the brawn? I think if he was physically present in AZ and involved in this, we'd have seen more evidence of it, even if LE didn't want to release that information yet. And I'm not sure what role "remote brawn" would play, but of course anything is possible. MOO....

Points taken. Guess wasn't meant so literal. Just meant definitely not the mastermind.

 

[InkyEvie]

I've hit delirium perhaps, but this is making me chuckle and I know it shouldn't. I am not sure my eyes will ever recover from the amount of words on a screen I have read the past few days.

ANYWAY - 'Homicide' & 'murder' are not interchangeable words, which is not really common knowledge I guess because I don't think most people commonly ponder these things. A 'homicide' can take place and it not be a murder. Homicide means a person killed a person. But that can range from something like "involuntary manslaughter" to capital murder. Murder involves intent - whether express or implied (absolutely on purpose or acting in a way that one could reasonably deduce someone would die). The one other "that's murder" situation is a homicide that occurs in the middle of committing some other dangerous felony, like perhaps a kidnapping or SA or armed robbery, etc.

But no, you can't just "whoopsie" murder someone.

I'm sorry, but "whoopsie murder" just sent me choking.
...IMO..

 

[ZZZZZZZZZZ]

The blood spatters in the front have bothered me a lot. There is no "movement" to them. They don't seem to come from the door or entryway, or proceed down the path. They seem static. I cannot envision a scenario of a bleeding human that would create such a pattern.

Possibly the blood was placed there after the fact to make it look like NG had been attacked and then abducted from the house.

 

[emigrate]

ARRESTED FAKE RANSOM GUY WAS NOT IN A BAND WITH THE SIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, the similar name confused me, so was the person a few pages back correct that he was in a different band known to SIL?

 

[CandyKiss]

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[Sakura2Sophia4Lucia]

It could be a close church friend of NG’s that noticed. A lot of folks that age pay close attention to who’s missing from regular, weekly commitments. I remember years ago my grandmother would always mention when so and so missed church or Sunday school. And would usually call to check on them. They also had a system of checking in on homebound members. Obviously now you have zoom or live stream technology, but they may still have ways to keep members connected to the church aside from this. Not sure if that’s the case here, but could be.

Since LE took this notification from a church member off their timeline, I believe LE determined this didn't happen. MO