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

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We don't know what it is, so there's no telling.

But whatever it is, processing would be faster than what we typically see. This case has the highest priority, and an incredible amount of resources. We know that rapid DNA testing has been used though.
Thank you as always for your expertise. Do you think they would be sending the evidence to Quantico or Phoenix field office?
 
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February 6, 2026
''While an alleged ransom note demands millions in cryptocurrency, a former CIA and FBI official believes the crime may stem from fixation or resentment linked to the TV personality's visibility.

As more troubling details emerge, the case of Savannah Guthrie's mom's disappearance is being increasingly viewed as a deliberate, targeted act rather than a random crime.''
Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie

Instagram | Savannah Guthrie
'According to former CIA officer and FBI special agent Tracy Walder, Nancy Guthrie's abduction may be driven more by her daughter Savannah Guthrie's public profile than by financial motives, despite an alleged ransom note demanding millions in cryptocurrency.''

'She previously suggested Nancy may have been "stalked for some time," noting the perpetrator's apparent familiarity with the home and its security systems.'
 
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If it is true that an investigator was carrying a map….has someone talked?
If it’s true that an investigator was carrying a map, they must be using investigative tactics from 1995
 
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Would it be normal for this to happen at odd times, and not a specific time on the dot?

Like :58 instead of :00
Yes, for mine anyway. Mine is set up to send a query while I sleep, between midnight and 3 am. I can't recall if I selected that time or my doctor did. Queries can be set up for nightly, weekly, monthly, whatever you want. Mine only forwards the data pack if there is concerning data there.

Going back through my data it looks like most queries are between 1 and 2 am, clustered around the 1:30 am area.
 
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That's being widely reported, and posted several times in this fast moving thread.

-$6M Ransom
-due Monday 5pm
-or she will be killed

via JJ McKinney from Tucson ABC affiliate KGUN9 reported.

And yet, the tone of the last video from the three siblings implies to me that they know she is already dead. It also implies that they're willing to pay to get her body. But I think the would-be ransomers have less leverage over the family than they did before.

JMO
 
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Law Enforcement coordinating grid searches might use a topographical map JMO

I might be old fashioned but I've had things like flowcharts and diagrams printed on huge printers for work. Sometimes when things get really complex I need a physical copy - just how my brain works.

I do agree it could be a map or a blueprint, but I also think it could be something they printed themselves. Red string diagram adjacent.

MOO
 
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Is anyone else glued to WS right now 😩
 
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KGUN's deleted the original post on twitter/x that stated the 6 million ransom amount. Not sure where else it was posted to check if it was deleted.

(Sorry for the frequent edits, waking up)
 

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If it’s true that an investigator was carrying a map, they must be using investigative tactics from 1995
What's wrong with a map? Maybe it's a topo map.

JMO
 
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I got to thinking as I watch the video of the three siblings and what must be going on. I don't know how much is shared with family by LE on working theories? Could LE be telling SG about theory of TC involvement but keeping it quiet as they close in on him or his associates? Just because they sit there holding hands making these videos does not mean something is not going on the rest of the time. I doubt. they are. all staying together at this point. AG home is. being treated as a crime scene. Read into that what you will. I sure hope family not involved but now thinking they might have been.
In my personal experience, no way. My son was a victim of a crime two years ago. We offered a plea deal this fall to avoid him having to testify (he’s 15). When we went to court for the sentencing, we were stunned to find out the perp had actually been arrested for another crime in the meantime. Law enforcement and even prosecutors tell you the bare minimum you need to know. No way they would share anything with SG in regards to her sister/husband. My opinion and experience, only.
 
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Hard pass. His videos are awful, and terribly unprofessional as well IMO. Yesterday day it was all: "guys guys guys!! What do ya think is happening? OMG wow, guys! Do you think it's the brother in law, WOW! Maybe it's him, ,wow. guys!!"

No thanks. I'll stick to Brian
It's ironic how litigious he is, yet opens himself up to all sort of defamation risk.
 
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I don't think we know that is the case:

From Wed-


Then 2 hrs ago


Savannah Guthrie and her siblings, who had been staying at their older sister's home several miles away, left the location as investigators conducted their search.

So they were there for the search, but this also confirms it was a search.

This is most confusing case I have ever followed.
I stand corrected on where they stayed. Thanks for links. I thought I had read earlier in week they had left. No idea where I read that now. Yikes… that would be impossible for me to stay there if I knew they were looking at SIL.
 
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I have to hope that they're staying somewhere much more private and it's not being disclosed. I was trying to think of what I would do if I was SG. I came to two/three real options - a large suite at a hotel, or the home of someone trusted. I'm talking lifelong best friend or maybe someone who has a second home that's not being used. I imagine her own security team, which it seems like she had even before this incident, would also be with her. Perhaps some additional security from NBC, some lawyers... I would want a lot of space that I was in control of...
It's possible that SG owns a home in or near Tucson where she stays when she visits her mother/sister. SG grew up in Tucson and might still have many ties to the area besides family members who live there.
 
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I agree with this 100%. Add to this that the brother is a retired F16 pilot who also lives on the east coast. The resentment might be compounded.
This just occurred to me thinking about the “resentment” angle…there actually might be something to the timing so close to the Olympics.

Something along the lines of…you get to go to Italy and be on television for the Olympics first class, fancy hotels etc etc…and we are stuck here yet again playing mahjong on a weekend night with Mom when we haven’t been to Italy in years…

moo.
 
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DJT probably offered accommodation; he did the same for Jennifer Hudson in 2008. Not a political post, just stating past actions.
i think the Guthrie family is. well connected enough to make their own arrangements. Even if he offered I think they would decline.
 
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