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

[tarabull]

 

[Soccer Hooligan]

Is anyone else glued to WS right now

I scurried off to church & came back to read! Dog needs walked & I keep saying 1 more page, 1 more page.
Boy this is a real whodunit & I have to keep reminding myself this isn’t TV. I think the random folks just latched onto a good situation when this first hit the news that she was missing. Whoever did the “missing” part has had a real giant wrench thrown in their plans.

 

[clearskies1]

Do we think SG's last video will be the last communication btwn the parties before a possible payment? If NG is (hopefully) alive, where would she be released so that she's found but the kidnapper isn't?

 

[TristanP]

I think it will be the SIL. It was the brother-in-law when Jennifer Hudson was caught up in a similar tragedy

That wasn’t even close to a similar tragedy. The brother in law was known to be violent and there was turmoil.

 

[GussiedCanoodler]

I am undecided/not convinced that AG and/or her husband has anything to do with NG's disappearance. If they do, I hope they are prosecuted to the fullest extent. If they don't, I can't imagine the pain that they and the rest of the family is and will go through for the rest of their lives.

I am the local daughter that has the responsibility of caring for my mom who has some dementia. It can be both a blessing and a curse and can be a source of some very difficult family dynamics - even in the best of families. I can imagine that there may be a certain amount of resentment from AG towards SG & CG - not that she doesn't love them and can even be proud of/happy for them and their success. But it can be very hard to be the one that is faced with the day-to-day care of an aging parent. Even if NG wasn't in need of full-time "care", there is still the sense that you (AG in this case) are the one to make sure she is OK, that she gets to appointments, social things, has/takes her medicine, runs errands, makes sure household and financial things are done, etc. And you do this day in, day out while your siblings live far away and may seem blissfully unaware of the day-to-day care you provide. It often feels like you are the sole person responsible for your mom's health, safety, etc.

So when this tragedy happened, even if AG had nothing to do with it, I can easily see how she could feel responsible/guilty and/or even feel like the rest of the family is blaming her. Add to this that this is a very public case and there is so much speculation that AG and/or her husband are involved and that many in the media/social media are openly saying they are guilty. Imagine how difficult it must be to deal with your mom being missing under this circumstances and then having to cope with the public blame and worry if your own siblings may believe you are responsible. And even if they aren't "responsible" in the sense that they harmed NG, the pain of feeling responsible because you were the last one to see her and that you didn't keep her safe and wondering if your own siblings are questioning your involvement must be unbearable.

One of the things I love about Websleuths is that it is victim-friendly so I am kind of surprised that there has been so much posted here openly accusing AG and/or TC of being involved. I understand and respect that Websleuths is where we share our thoughts, theories, etc but I always thought that we weren't supposed to speculate about someone's involvement unless/until they were named a person of interest by LE. I really hope that AG (and TC) had nothing to do with this and that somehow the family will be able to heal at some point.

I second everything you said. I’ve been surprised at some of the comments I’ve seen as well. I also am not particularly active here, but in some other high profile cases I followed (Mollie Tibbits, the students in Moscow), people were pretty quick to point fingers and accuse people who ended up having absolutely nothing to do with the case. As of what we know right now, they are just as much victims as everyone else in the family.

 

[Shamrockgirl]

Did SIL have cameras at his house to provide alibi?

 

[whitelilac]

I agree, but I do wonder whether they phrased it that way to try to curb speculation that she's dead. Even if they know that she is dead maybe they just kind of wanted to not acknowledge that publicly yet for some reason.

Celebrate "with" her, could simply mean they wish to do the celebration of life in Nancy's presence having been laid to rest.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Pretty sure the event at AG's house was Nancy's birthday.... I think her actual bday was just the day before.

NG's birthday was January 27th - same as mine.

 

[No_Stone_Unturned]

Is there an eye witness to Nancy returning home? Like someone walking their dog, etc?

 

[keek]

Exactly. What I’m saying is if AG/SIL are innocent, there is a reason why they had to check on NG. If they are innocent it’s not a hard timeline to explain, for what reason did they check in on her and go to her house at 11:56. 8 days later and we don’t have that answer? Cmon

The thing is too that LE has been there and last night with searching /photo equipment/lights it appears. They HAVE to have a suspicion for a reason. IMO

 

[MassGuy]

Just a warning that AI isn’t entirely accurate. It was giving me funky results on the Guthrie case, so I had to go do the research myself.

True story: I was asking ChatGPT about the date of death for Rob and Michelle Reiner - on January 9th - and it told me that they were very much alive! I have screenshots. Despite the deluge of news stories about their untimely murders, AI was telling me they were alive.

That's because you're using a free version that was last updated prior to their deaths. You need to ask it to check current events before it answers.

The best way to use it is to ask it to give you sources where it got its answer from. Then you can check those media outlets directly. This goes for any AI program.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

An 84 year old frail woman who is in constant pain and requires a walking cane to walk cannot physically take off seatbelt, grab her belongings (purse, walking cane, maybe coat), and get out of a car and inside home via garage in 120 seconds. The front of house entry way had lights on. Why have an elderly woman enter house through garage? I think the crime started after Uber driver dropped NG off at Tucson sister's house.

Where are you getting these details,... You must add a viable msm link to declare such things.

As far as I have read--Nancy was NONE of these things...except carried a cane.

 

[stmichael]

Escalating from asking for a small loan to murder and a demand for $6 million in cryptocurrency is quite a leap.

Yep. But people lose their cool and do something they don't intend to or regret over small things and emotionally charged arguments (i.e. the adult brother recently killed his brother in a rage of losing a video game battle). OMG what have you done! -- human panics- doubles down to cover the "accident", continues stupid choices.

The crypto ransom is still not absolutely confirmed to be related directly to her disappearance, or could be an after the fact misdirection or opportunistic fraud by a second party.

 

[vlbay]

My understanding is that coyotes are in mating season, which peaks in February.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2020358834813039027

fascinating! They were howling like mad outside our house last night. That would explain it.

 

[aafromaa]

Am I the only one thinking that there shouldn’t be ANYTHING left to search on or near NG’s property after all this time? Shouldn’t that all have been covered already in the first day or two of a missing person investigation?

 

[academyrd]

Escalating from asking for a small loan to murder and a demand for $6 million in cryptocurrency is quite a leap.

We have no idea if the ransom thing is real. Most subject matter experts have said it does not seem real based on the “kidnappers” behavior.

 

[GussiedCanoodler]

Is there an eye witness to Nancy returning home? Like someone walking their dog, etc?

I’m pretty sure it was just the son in laws testimony. I was curious about this as well, but looking at the neighborhood, houses seem pretty separated and far off the road. There also are no sidewalks.

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2020574764776194478

 

[Bodhi]

Exactly





Could it be possible that someone didn't want her covering the Olympics because they wanted someone else to cover it, not because of her politics, simply for the exposure or experience?

Interesting theory!

 

[justwannahelp]

a random way out there thought—

Could she have been drugged or poisoned at AG’s to make her more “docile” for the later kidnapping, and that’s what all the searching is about over there? looking for “that” type of drug or poison? GHB type stuff?

Maybe T had “friends” abduct her from her home and was told by abductors to make sure she was subdued first?

I know far fetched, but I’m just at a loss with this case. It’s so bizarre.