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

[allboys]

I was thinking that same thing. It definitely looked like some sort of delivery best. Amazon or something.

My feeling is that it may be related whether that was the same person as the perp on the porch or not.

 

[Monepone]

It looked like an amazon vest. But that guy was much younger.

Younger than whom? The detained subject? Do we have an age for him?

I apologize. My information was wrong. The age could very well be on point.

 

[submarine7]

It has been speculated that Dad was the Uber driver --- nothing was said about MIL interview. IMHO Dad couldn't be the Uber driver because of his criminal history unless Uber dropped the ball BIG TIME.

Lyft driver broke into my house and after he was arrested I learned he had a violent criminal history so I wouldn't trust that.

 

[leilarose68]

I'm inclined to think this guy they have detained is a money mule. I do a lot of scambaiting and everything about this guy fits the profile of a money mule.

A money mule is someone who receives and forwards payments on behalf of the real criminals. Most have been duped and are unaware of the underlying crime/scam. I'm not suggesting they are innocent but they typically have no knopwledge of the actual crime or criminals. They just know what bank account they were to send to when something came into their account. There can be dozens of accounts around the world linked through mules before the real criminal. Knowing the first one is a start of course but a typical mule is only used once or twice to avoid being able to identify patterns.

I think today's video is a huge step forward but I have a hard time getting excited about the questioning.

Thank you for these very interesting insights! If he is merely a money mule, could his electronic devices still be useful in catching the kidnappers?

 

[Strangeworld]

It has been speculated that Dad was the Uber driver --- nothing was said about MIL interview. IMHO Dad couldn't be the Uber driver because of his criminal history unless Uber dropped the ball BIG TIME.

Misidentification is happening all over social media right now, its happening like in other cases. My understanding is the person who people are saying is the father is, at this stage, completely unrelated to Nancy's disappearance?

 

[LAhiker]

While I very much want them to find NG and the person/people who abducted her and who asked for ransom money, I hope there is no rush to find a suspect just so they can say they have one. I don't want them to find a fall guy, I want them to find the people who actually did these things.

I hope the FBI in particular doesn't rush to judgment <Modsnip>. For that reason, I'm glad that it's the Pima County Sheriff's Dept doing the detaining, though some similar considerations might apply.

JMO

 

[TheDinks]

It has been speculated that Dad was the Uber driver --- nothing was said about MIL interview. IMHO Dad couldn't be the Uber driver because of his criminal history unless Uber dropped the ball BIG TIME.

Not to mention U driver has been interviewed and cleared by LE

 

[Desperate Howswif Detec]

I think they booby trapped the Bitcoin wallet. Wow!!

moo.

 

[therayhawk]

What did she ask him?
I am truly shocked, and that’s rare. The nedia coverage clearly has gone off the deep end.

Missed portions due to my gasp startling my cat and also being completely shocked--but, she asked about his experience around having the spotlight trained on their family. She also asked about his perspective on remaining hopeful. I'm sure there is more but those were the highlights as I recall them.

 

[cady]

Way too confused. Nite, all.

 

[Elisaa444]

Something I noticed.....when Brian showed her the photos, she was pretty immediate in saying that's not him. Here we are trying to figure out his features under his layers of masks, and she immediately does not recognize him?

Could be that her SIL is VERY different, his weight, his eye appearance...I dunno.

Recently, LE showed me photos of a person robbing a local store and they were asking me if it was my stepbrother. I looked over the photos quickly and I immediately said: "no, that looks nothing like him. " (turns out) it was him. ):

I was shocked. I guess since he was a family member my biases told me it could not be him. As a family member (for *some* people) you just don't want to think it could be them. I still can't get over that I didn't think it was him.

This woman has to be in a state of shock! I would be. LE showing up at your house with some heavy questions - her mind must be going a million miles a minute.

MOO and all that jazz.

 

[boredetective]

Misidentification is happening all over social media right now, its happening like in other cases. My understanding is the person who people are saying is the father is, at this stage, completely unrelated to Nancy's disappearance?

the POI father/son with same name (named by MIL) have an address listed under previous addresses, that address is the spot where camera crews have filmed police currently searching.
Both recently evicted and moved in with MIL. Seems like with so many people in that house, hiding NG would be near impossible. I think person detained is more likely to have a motive to scam fam with bitcoin ransom.

 

[DS2021]

NGL, considering Fathers history, it does my my eye raise a bit.

Has there been a

 

[JaimeInLA]

Has anyone checked to see if he has been booked into the jail yet?

 

[Desperate Howswif Detec]

IF the perp did leave behind dna (taking samples from hired help suggests he did). I wonder what the source is. The person in the cctv footage seems quite well covered. I would be surprised if Nancy put up a fight given her mobility issues and the fact the perp has a gun. Did they leave behind something like BK?

Retired PD said “probably drooled from flashlight being in his mouth”! Fingers crossed and

 

[oc1234]

Has anyone listened to the replay to see if she mentioned him having a record when younger?

She did state this on the CNN interview, but she didn't indicate what it was for.

 

[birdietoldme]

They served a search warrant and arrested a guy.

Are you certain that he was actually arrested? I've only seen reports of him being detained for questioning. If you have a link of an announced arrest, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

 

[Luna20]

Just my late night thoughts. I wonder if they realized that Nancy needed her medication to live after the fact and she ended up passing. So they decided not to go through with the ransom.

 

[Strangeworld]

Has anyone listened to the replay to see if she mentioned him having a record when younger?

This is from the NewsNation website, directly from the interviewer. The only person with a criminal history being mentioned on here is about someone not identified as someone relevant to Nancy's disappearance at this stage IMO

 

[jellybean96]

Has anyone checked to see if he has been booked into the jail yet?

I looked 10 mins ago and nope, not yet.