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

[letsgostate05]

I agree, I was surprised the sheriff conceded the detected person could have just been an animal.

Maybe just trying to head off follow up questions from a reporter "Well could it have been an animal?"

 

[Alkali13]

It doesn't sound like the family is getting a ton of information from LE?

 

[Cardgame]

FBI summary

Thanks Sheriff. Introduces self. Expresses sympathy for the entire Guthrie family.

Announces a $50K reward.

Talks about the work they are doing processing and analyzing data: banks, social media, phone and any other organisation where a footprint could be captured. They will be in the community conducting a thorough investigation.

Re. Ransom Letter

They are taking it seriously. Any action taken on the ransom is decided by the family.

He thanks anyone who has called in tips, asks anyone with information to call in.

Warns imposters that they will be punished. They have already made one arrest.

Finally: to anyone who may be involved, do the right thing, this is an 84 year old grandma who needs medication for her wellbeing. You still have time to do the right thing before this becomes a much worse scenario for you.

 

[arielilane]

Made it into the room for the Nancy Guthrie press conference.A ton of media crammed in.

The blood on the porch was tested and came back to Nancy Guthrie, sheriff says.

Sheriff says at this time they have not identified a suspect or person of interest in the Nancy Guthrie case. “We are just not there. We are not there yet.”

Nancy Guthrie timeline:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2019477338832974245

Sherif says doorbell camera detected a person on camera, but there is no video available.

Nancy took an uber to her family’s home on Saturday night.

Sheriff says they won’t discuss whether there was forced entry.

FBI announces a $50,000 reward in the Nancy Guthrie case.

FBI says they are taking the ransom letter seriously.
They say any action on the ransom letter is decided by the family.

FBI says they have made one arrest for an imposter ransom demand.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2019479351830671666

 

[Magic8Ball]

FBI is directly talking to "imposters trying to take advantage of this situation."

They've already arrested one person for fake ransom demands.

Translation: They don't think this is a "kidnapping" scenario.

JMO.

 

[DS2021]

They said they are treating the ransom requests serious, as is protocol

 

[UsernameRequired]

Camera company has run out of ways to recover the video.

 

[arielilane]

The FBI has just announced a $50,000 reward for the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of those involved

https://twitter.com/x/status/2019479613978866001

 

[thefragile7393]

Maybe just trying to head off follow up questions from a reporter "Well could it have been an animal?"

bizarre, because you should not say "person" if you don't know. You should say "movement."

 

[NewMommy09]

Question: What does "pacemaker app disconnects from phone" mean? I mean, I know what it means... but I'm trying to understand why it would do that. Thx.

IMO, all it means is her pacemaker was no longer within range of her phone for the app to pick up the signal. So likely the time she was taken from the home. Again IMO.

 

[Zeta74]

Ransoms sound fake. Of course. Sounds like multiple unconnected actors.

 

[txsleuth70]

Not confirming or denying forced entry, smash cameras. -- seems a yes, IMO.

Said vehicle taken as part of regular investigation? But the daughter's? -- hmm, maybe.

Ubered 10 mins to family? Why? Couldn't someone have picked her up? Did she Uber home? Not mentioned. Did an Uber driver do this?

Didn't mention a single word of how the family was notified or that she didn't make it to church.

Something tells me they ARE looking at someone, potentially family. Maybe TC maybe not...MOO

 

[Gemmie]

Why go in through the garage instead of the front door? She was dropped off, so she didn't drive.
Maybe I missed something in these 200+ pages.
IMO.

Depends on your layout. I always preferred to go in through the garage as it's brighter in there than fumbling on my porch in a dim light. Also, we have wild animals, and one never knows if there's a weirdo around, so I prefer to protect myself by entering through my garage and quickly closing the door. I suspect that's the case with Nancy but that's JMO.

 

[HobnobsNBroomsticks]

it said person.....? Animals look like animals on the cameras.

My camera once told me (in the middle of the night, thus terrifying me) that there was a person in my back garden when it was just a sunflower (that had been there for a while) so the cameras can be really inaccurate at times

 

[WillenFan21]

I don't understand how there is no footage of a person. WTF

 

[Alkali13]

What was happening between 1:47 and 2:28???????????

Really hoping my first thought isn't what was happening.

 

[pirateboy]

bizarre, because you should not say "person" if you don't know. You should say "movement."

I believe Nest notifications do say "person" though, so if it said that, the Sheriff is likely relaying exactly what it said.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

It doesn't sound like the family is getting a ton of information from LE?

Or LE does not have the information.

 

[CHEL]

There is information they are withholding he basically said in response to a reporters question about that.

 

[Van Helsing]

Absolutely. I think we have seen a few cases where elderly people are targeted by home invaders or someone who knows them.

The vultures are everywhere.