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

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021285023052116426

 

[sds71]

A javelina has joined the FBI and PCSD walking houses in this neighborhood. So to recap today in the Guthrie case: surveillance images, pizza delivery, FBI and PCSD going door to door and a javelina sighting.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021356919156506888

 

[ilgirl]

That and this person grabbed an entire fistful of plants with their hands when they tried to use them to cover up the Nest cam - even wearing gloves there is likely DNA on those gloves from the person. Or even potential saliva on the plants.

If they didn't already process those plants, would that still possibly be on there?

 

[Wsimm]

Okay, thanks. But what happened that he wants posters to pass a social media literacy test in order to post. That would rule out half of us, myself included.

Literacy alone would get me expelled!

 

[GussiedCanoodler]

Per your last point, iiuc it might be more accurate to say her pacemaker was out of range when the app tried connecting. Implication, she was taken some time prior to 2:28.

JMO

This is actually a really good point. The distance between the pacemaker and phone to connect is very short and she has a HUGE house. For all we know, she just walked out of her room at 2:28 and never returned.

 

[Lalalacasbah]

This seems close to home if the Walmart close to the house was where the perp bought things.

The person in the video seemed comfortable, calm walking to the door like they've been there before other than the camera situation. They knew it was there but wasn't 100% where..

I still wonder about any disgruntled neighbours or conflicts in the neighbourhood.

 

[SMK777]

You would have more chances to pass the test I'm sure! Just like a computer based learning course at work. Not to get off topic, but I've learned the hard way, by my posts getting removed because 1) I didn't read the rules or 2) didn't understand exactly what the rules were saying. So, I think taking a test would've been helpful to me and pretty much anyone. We should all be responsible in our posts. It's something I appreciate about websleuths and it's members!

Okay, thank you very much!

 

[SlimPickens]

I am so hopeful that the SWAT movement means something.

 

[Sessiebo]

Depends on the nature of her hearing loss. I can't hear the doorbell without mine.

My grandma wore hearing aids and was always turning the wheel on them to adjust the sound.
Funny thing was, if she was in the kitchen without them and we as kids said something to each other in the living room she would reply us, like huh?
Some people have them because they don't hear high or low tones or have trouble hearing someone speak when there is a lot of background noises.
Can't really tell why Nancy has them, but she might be able to hear a doorbell.
Having a hearing aid doesn't mean completely deaf

 

[fridaybaker]

Gussied, there is someone close to the family who looks remarkably like those eyebrows, complete with criminal history. I see folks referencing STS here, so I’ll assume that it okay to say it’s mentioned in the comments there. IIRC, they even discussed the name in the live program. Friend of a family member, criminal history in line with this crime.

 

[Nikynoo]

Ran the images of the masked individual at the Camera through Ai to see what he may look like under the mask based on facial structures etc and this is what it produced. (ODD)

What did it produce? Can you describe if you cannot post the pic?

 

[elliefant]

Ran the images of the masked individual at the Camera through Ai to see what he may look like under the mask based on facial structures etc and this is what it produced. (ODD)

I searched your image in Google Image Search & it said this (via AI):

This particular image or a video frame of this individual is often used in social media memes and short-form video clips (like those on TikTok or Instagram) to convey a sense of authority, seriousness, or a "tough but fair" persona. The high-contrast, monochrome style emphasizes his facial features and adds a dramatic tone to the content.

So they just gave you a frequently used picture.

 

[fridaybaker]

A javelina has joined the FBI and PCSD walking houses in this neighborhood. So to recap today in the Guthrie case: surveillance images, pizza delivery, FBI and PCSD going door to door and a javelina sighting.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021356919156506888

Cute!

 

[cherryleaf]

maybe seasoned isn’t the word. This person struggled to disable the camera. Even resorting to using flowers. Seems very amateur. I don’t associate it with the actions of a profession/cartel etc. Certainly someone thought this crime through (mask, gloves etc)

Grip?..maybe, got some thick gloves on.

 

[birdbox]

Nitrile gloves can be put in very harsh chemicals like acid, and burned. But I doubt Mr. reflective backpack followed through with that.

Let's make a list here of items needed to pull off perfect crime:
1. Reflective backpack
2. Flowers for covering up ring camera
3. Black latex gloves from Walmart or Tractor Supply
4. A keychain flashlight for mouth
5. A quarter zip from Belks

Did I miss anything

 

[Napoli]

Has anyone noticed that the 1 million posts about the church lady have disappeared and are now being replaced with posts about plucked eyebrows and the kind of flowers near the front door? Just an observation..lol

 

[arielilane]

Feb. 2 (excluded)

Here is a timeline of key events in the case:

January 31​

Nancy Guthrie joins her family for dinner and game night Saturday evening, Ubering to her older daughter Annie’s nearby home around 5:32 p.m. Hours later, family members drop her back home. Guthrie’s garage door opens at approximately 9:48 p.m. and closes at 9:50 p.m.

February 1​

Guthrie’s doorbell camera is disconnected at 1:47 a.m. and about 25 minutes later, surveillance camera software detects movement. At 2:28 a.m., data from Guthrie’s pacemaker app shows the device was disconnected from her phone.

More than nine hours later, at 11:56 a.m., the family realizes she’s missing when checking on her at home. A person close to the family told CNN Guthrie typically spends her Sundays watching virtual church services with friends at a nearby home. When she did not arrive Sunday morning, her friends alerted the Guthrie family.

Relatives call 911 at 12:03 p.m. to report her missing, and Pima County Sheriff’s Department patrols arrive by 12:15 p.m.

Investigators scour the scene, finding blood on the front porch which is later confirmed to be Guthrie’s.

“There’s still more items that have been submitted. We just haven’t got them back yet,” the sheriff would later say on February 5. “In the meantime, we’re not just sitting on our haunches waiting. We do have a number of leads coming in.”

February 3​

On the third day of the search for Guthrie, several media outlets, including TMZ and CNN affiliates KGUN and KOLD, receive purported ransom letters demanding millions of dollars in bitcoin for her return. One note includes a first deadline of 5 p.m. Thursday, February 5, and a second deadline for Monday, February 9.

February 4​

In an emotional video posted to Instagram on Wednesday evening, Savannah Guthrie – flanked by her siblings Annie and Camron – pleads for her mother to come home four days after her disappearance. “We need to know without a doubt that she’s alive and that you have her,” Guthrie said in response to the reports of ransom notes. “We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen. Please reach out to us.”

Law enforcement activity suddenly increases Wednesday early evening as detectives perform a “follow-up” at Guthrie’s home, the sheriff’s office says. Fresh crime scene tape wraps around the length of the house — and is taken down within a matter of hours.

February 5​

Camron Guthrie issues another plea in a video posted on social media at 5 p.m. local time as the first deadline given in the purported ransom note passes.

“Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you,” he says. “We haven’t heard anything directly. We need you to reach out and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward.”

The FBI, now jointly working the case with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, announces a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Guthrie “and or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.”

February 6​

CNN affiliate KOLD receives a new purported ransom note on Day 6 of the search. The news station said it forwarded the message, along with the IP address from which the note originated, to law enforcement. The new note includes sensitive information but no deadline, according to an anchor at the news outlet.

Later that evening, gloved investigators are seen buzzing over Nancy Guthrie’s property, placing evidence markers and climbing onto the flat, stark white roof of her home. Agents peer into bushes and scour the ground as a car which appeared to be Guthrie’s is towed away.

February 7​

On the one-week mark of Guthrie’s disappearance, her three children say to her possible captor in a new social media video: “We will pay.”

“We received your message, and we understand,” Savannah Guthrie says in the new video. “We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”


Hours after the new video of the siblings, law enforcement officials are seen at Annie Guthrie’s home. They leave shortly after 10:30 p.m. with a bag and one deputy sheriff is seen wearing blue latex gloves.

February 8​

Just before 11 a.m., investigators return to Nancy Guthrie’s home and are seen examining the septic tank near her property. Video shows investigators moving around a long stick in the tank, at times repeatedly jabbing it, and using a flashlight to peer inside.

“Detectives and agents continue to conduct follow-up at multiple locations,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said.

CNN affiliate KGUN, which received the first ransom note sent to some media stations, reportsnew details from the letter: The purported abductor demanded $6 million and threatened Guthrie’s life if the 5 p.m. Monday, February 9, deadline isn’t met.

February 9​

Around 1:30 p.m., hours from the second deadline in the letter, Savannah Guthrie posts another video to social media, this time appealing to the public instead of her mom’s alleged captor, asking for assistance.

“We are at an hour of desperation, and we need your help,” the “Today” show host says, telling people to report anything “strange” to law enforcement.

The second deadline in the purported ransom note passes at 5 p.m.

February 10​

The FBI releases new images and video from a camera at Nancy Guthrie’s house, showing a person who appears to be armed, wearing a mask.

The images show “an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance,” according to a post on FBI Director Kash Patel’s X account.

“Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors – including the removal of recording devices. The video was recovered from residual data located in backend systems,” Patel wrote in the post.

“Working with our partners – as of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance,” the post continued.

Shortly after the images and videos were released, Savannah Guthrie shares them to her social media accounts.

“Someone out there recognizes this person,” she writes, “We believe she is still out there. Bring her home.”

The search for Nancy Guthrie is in its 10th day. Here are the key developments

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — The search for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into a

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[AFTF]

What did it produce? Can you describe if you cannot post the pic?

Male, middle-aged appearance. Bald head with a full, thick beard that appears salt-and-pepper to gray. Face is oval with a broad forehead and strong brow. Eyes are medium-set and intense, looking directly forward. Nose is straight and proportionate. Lips are medium, slightly parted. Beard is closely trimmed along the cheeks and fuller around the chin and jawline. Skin tone appears light. Expression is serious and focused.

 

[KrisCo16]

How long do you think LE has had the Nest cam images? How long did they analyze them before releasing to the public?

 

[GussiedCanoodler]

I will be disappearing in a bit to do the very grown-up, very responsible things a person my age is tasked with but I was wondering, and forgive me if this is an absolutely IDIOTIC question (as I said, we have a different brand of camera):

Doesn't AG, who doesn't live terribly far from NG's house, have alerts for the doorbell?

I know. Very dumb of me. I feel chastised even before posting, but if I lived closed enough to a fragile, elderly relative (ha! I have none...that layer of family is all long-gone!), and this technology was in place, I would want to be able to "check in" if something suspicious pinged?

Before anyone scolds me, or rolls their eyes at my silliness, I come from a different culture and generation and these things come to mind randomly.

I think this is a very reasonable thing to wonder! Unfortunately, I think it’s really dependent on the individuals. I have access to my parents ring cameras and turned off all notifications except actual doorbell rings because, as someone else said, there are a lot of false alerts. Truthfully, I mostly use the cameras to look at their dogs and admire how cute they are