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

[nycpizzaparty]

Individual detained.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021407667160535239

Screaming. Who is it?

 

[PCHS]

I have a cheapo cam from Walmart called Geeni and I do not have a subscription. We have it in our house to check on our dog. It is set to motion notification and it screenshots every so many minutes. I can scroll back through many days of screenshot without a subscription. If I put a memory card in the camera, I could have video as well. We had a water pipe burst and we were out of town and I happened to check on the dog and then the live feed to see water pouring in our kitchen. We were 70 miles away from home. I was able to scroll back to see what time it started.

Yes my dh has set up some like this and he can go back a few frames. I have the same type also set up but without sd card.I use it more observationally, if I want to see a delivery, check something on way back etc.

 

[branmuffin]

It wasn’t a ring camera - it was a nest - a google nest - and google is the “tech” company that helped - make sense they could help with their own equipment. As for not finding her being dropped off - she entered via garage and nest camera on front door couldn’t see the garage door..

Who said she entered via the garage? If she was dropped at home by her SIL why wouldn't she go through the front door? Seems a lot more trouble to open a garage door than a front door. IMO.

We know she has used the front door because her blood spatter was found there. And even if she did enter through the garage there should still be evidence of a vehicle pulling up to the house and swinging into the driveway. I can't imagine letting an 84 year old woman with limited mobility walk from the road and get herself into the house via the garage. She isn't the kind of person you just 'drop off'. In the released video you can see the the walkway and the road so a vehicle would have activated the camera.

 

[LMDlong]

Sorry the post was deleted. I was trying to find the video released from Pima County. There was a trespassing report from an elderly man back in January near the home. The video was interesting. I am going to try to find a verified link of it.

I’m trying to find it also.

 

[GuyfromCanada]

BREAKING: SWAT & Bomb Squads are now responding to an area about 10 minutes from Nancy Guthrie's house. This comes after less than $300 was deposited in the alleged ransom Bitcoin account.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021408628486570404

 

[browneyes]

This is a good point... They have the garage opening times, but wouldn't the car be visible on these cameras if she was dropped off? Headlights at the very least. Either something is rotten in the state of Denmark or we're missing key info.

My Nest wouldn’t catch it. I’ve actually looked when people leave. I can only get my porch and sidewalk in the view.

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021408182829294017

 

[Vaderman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021408128756220389

Looks like sleep is out of the question tonight!

 

[Marie A]

Others have touched on this but this may describe easily why $300 was sent to the ransom crypto wallet- it keeps being brought up so maybe this will explain it in simple terms:

Asking AI why $300 was transferred. Here's the reasoning behind why this specific small scale makes sense:


• In real-world kidnapping/extortion cases involving cryptocurrency, authorities (FBI, private blockchain firms like Chainalysis, or crypto recovery experts) routinely send tiny amounts of Bitcoin—often called "dust" or test sends—to the suspect wallet address.


• This is not part of paying the ransom.


• It's done to confirm control of the address (i.e., prove it's live and monitored by someone).


• More importantly, it tags the wallet on the public blockchain, making any future larger movements easier to trace and link back through mixers, exchanges, or cash-out points.


• $300 is a typical range for these probes:


• It's small enough to be inexpensive (Bitcoin fees are low for tiny txs) and not mistaken for a real partial ransom payment.


• It's large enough to stand out from true "dust" spam (fractions of a cent) that clutters many wallets, so analysts can clearly identify it as intentional activity.



• In high-profile cases under heavy public and law enforcement scrutiny, anything larger would risk confusing the situation or alerting the recipient prematurely.

 

[303gmf]

I’m only in my 60s but it’s been a while since I’ve reliably been asleep at any time of night. Post menopausal insomnia is a thing. Wouldn’t count on anyone being asleep.

Ambien for many

 

[Deleted member 117884]

I literally cannot believe what I saw. The perp pulls a bunch of Lantana and puts it on the camera to block the view? WTH? I thought to myself, where's his damn can of spray paint?

What does this tell us?

It tells us we know how to black out a camera?

 

[ivylambs]

It’s getting real now. But detaining someone doesn’t mean a whole lot, and they fact that they’ve “detained” someone and not kicked down a door, rescued Nancy and arrested them does not encourage many positive thoughts as to her current whereabouts IMO.

 

[BrittMontero]

I literally cannot believe what I saw. The perp pulls a bunch of Lantana and puts it on the camera to block the view? WTH? I thought to myself, where's his damn can of spray paint?

What does this tell us?

Anong other things, sadly, he probably lacks the brains to keep an elderly woman alive for 10 days in hiding with the pressure of massive international publicity.

 

[PCHS]

It tells us we know how to black out a camera?

It tells us he is not that sharp for sure...jmo

 

[dubster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021408182829294017

 

[Puzzles8]

Before we all get too excited, I think they may have caught the person that sent the bogus ransom request. I can only hope they found NG as well.

JMO

 

[Bodhi]

It is a real issue. Sad example: Munich Olympics 1972 hostage crisis, that’s where live news coverage gave the criminals real time information as to where officers were located.

Good analogy. I was 14, very into the Olympic ideals, the youth of the world coming together. I was glued to the coverage on our black-and-white TV. Then the horror of the hostage-taking interrupted the games. I can still see Jim McKay announcing all the hostages had been rescued in the middle of the night and very quickly retracting with "They're all gone." I'll always be grateful for his humanity and professionalism when my world turned upside down.

You've reminded me of why TMZ's reporting on Monday struck such a nerve for me. They were IMO inserting themselves in the story, which could unintentionally alter the outcome for the hostage and the distraught family.

 

[PCHS]

Anong other things, sadly, he probably lacks the brains to keep an elderly woman alive for 10 days in hiding with the pressure of massive international publicity.

This is my bigger concern...she would have been better off with someone a bit better at this imo

 

[bdawk20]

Who said she entered via the garage? If she was dropped at home by her SIL why wouldn't she go through the front door? Seems a lot more trouble to open a garage door than a front door. IMO.

We know she has used the front door because her blood spatter was found there. And even if she did enter through the garage there should still be evidence of a vehicle pulling up to the house and swinging into the driveway. I can't imagine letting an 84 year old woman with limited mobility walk from the road and get herself into the house via the garage. She isn't the kind of person you just 'drop off'. In the released video you can see the the walkway and the road so a vehicle would have activated the camera.

The garage door opened at 9:48 which is when they said they dropped her off. Closed 2 minutes later. No steps into garage, making it easier for someone with mobility issues. Everyone in my house goes in and out the garage. We actually never use the front door to come and go.

 

[strawberry]

Lookner saying ABC saying person detained as POI south of Tucson