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

[Der Detektiv]

BREAKING NEWS: ANOTHER ARREST IN THE NANCY GUTHRIE CASE

Nancy Guthrie suspect ID'ed as ex-Los Angeles County employee accused of stealing unemployment benefits | FOX 11 Los Angeles

A man with ties to Los Angeles was arrested and charged federally for allegedly contacting relatives of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today" host Savannah Guthrie, about a ransom.

www.foxla.com

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LOS ANGELES - As one person was detained for questioning – but released shortly after – in the Nancy Guthriecase, a man with ties to Los Angeleswas arrested and charged federally days prior for allegedly contacting relatives of the missing 84-year-old woman.

According to court documents obtained by FOX 11 on February 5, Derrick Callella is facing federal charges over allegations of reaching out to Nancy Guthrie's relatives asking about the ransom.

The court documents said Callella was charged with transmitting a demand for ransom in interstate commerce, and without disclosing his identity, utilizing a telecommunications device with the intent to abuse, threaten, or harass a person.”

 

[Laura Avery]

I don't think that having analysed the blood splatter, it was planted at all, the pattern doesn't show that. You can see there are two sides to it and a large point at the end, almost in a V shape formation. If it was thrown in two stages to create that effect,it crossed over at a point a little. Still, it doesn't its all created in one go.
This pattern suggests that someone was hit with some sort of blunt force at the front door, and we know that it's Nancy's blood. I would suggest that perhaps, quite simply, Nancy was pulled out of the front door and possibly pistol-whipped with the gun. As she's an older lady, her skin is much thinnner so it's unfortunate that she would bleed and bruise much easier than a younger person.
As for who or what or why and all the other speculations, who knows, but let's just look at the evidence there is, not what there could be.

 

[katydid23]

 

[ivylambs]

BREAKING NEWS: ANOTHER ARREST IN THE NANCY GUTHRIE CASE

Nancy Guthrie suspect ID'ed as ex-Los Angeles County employee accused of stealing unemployment benefits | FOX 11 Los Angeles

A man with ties to Los Angeles was arrested and charged federally for allegedly contacting relatives of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today" host Savannah Guthrie, about a ransom.

www.foxla.com

“
LOS ANGELES - As one person was detained for questioning – but released shortly after – in the Nancy Guthriecase, a man with ties to Los Angeleswas arrested and charged federally days prior for allegedly contacting relatives of the missing 84-year-old woman.

According to court documents obtained by FOX 11 on February 5, Derrick Callella is facing federal charges over allegations of reaching out to Nancy Guthrie's relatives asking about the ransom.

The court documents said Callella was charged with transmitting a demand for ransom in interstate commerce, and without disclosing his identity, utilizing a telecommunications device with the intent to abuse, threaten, or harass a person.”

This isn’t breaking news, this is the guy who was arrested days ago.

 

[Turkeytrot]

BREAKING NEWS: ANOTHER ARREST IN THE NANCY GUTHRIE CASE

Nancy Guthrie suspect ID'ed as ex-Los Angeles County employee accused of stealing unemployment benefits | FOX 11 Los Angeles

A man with ties to Los Angeles was arrested and charged federally for allegedly contacting relatives of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today" host Savannah Guthrie, about a ransom.

www.foxla.com

“
LOS ANGELES - As one person was detained for questioning – but released shortly after – in the Nancy Guthriecase, a man with ties to Los Angeleswas arrested and charged federally days prior for allegedly contacting relatives of the missing 84-year-old woman.

According to court documents obtained by FOX 11 on February 5, Derrick Callella is facing federal charges over allegations of reaching out to Nancy Guthrie's relatives asking about the ransom.

The court documents said Callella was charged with transmitting a demand for ransom in interstate commerce, and without disclosing his identity, utilizing a telecommunications device with the intent to abuse, threaten, or harass a person.”

Got excited for a second, but that's old news

 

[Laura Avery]

BREAKING NEWS: ANOTHER ARREST IN THE NANCY GUTHRIE CASE

Nancy Guthrie suspect ID'ed as ex-Los Angeles County employee accused of stealing unemployment benefits | FOX 11 Los Angeles

A man with ties to Los Angeles was arrested and charged federally for allegedly contacting relatives of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today" host Savannah Guthrie, about a ransom.

www.foxla.com

“
LOS ANGELES - As one person was detained for questioning – but released shortly after – in the Nancy Guthriecase, a man with ties to Los Angeleswas arrested and charged federally days prior for allegedly contacting relatives of the missing 84-year-old woman.

According to court documents obtained by FOX 11 on February 5, Derrick Callella is facing federal charges over allegations of reaching out to Nancy Guthrie's relatives asking about the ransom.

The court documents said Callella was charged with transmitting a demand for ransom in interstate commerce, and without disclosing his identity, utilizing a telecommunications device with the intent to abuse, threaten, or harass a person.”

This was yesterday's news. The very first guy mentioned was days ago, the Second arrest was the chap who was arrested, detained and then let go,

 

[Baby baby Jane]

Perhaps it's just me, but it appears that the stems of the plant are too thin to be any use as a tool. I think he was trying to obscure.

video for reference

The masked man not prepared for one of first & most obvious crime scene hurdles. He might be the idiot cousin brought along at last minute, his job was to secure front door & be armed lookout while others accessed & entered a back door & took NG.
He either forgot his tape, hammer, shoe cover? for disabling camera . clear he knew it would be there - hunched walk. Does seem odd that he is all bundled up with stuffed backpack, hunched to obscure face etc … but no idea how to obscure the camera. (My son does a better job of sneaking his GF past our camera - I could give this joker some advice. Walk hunched, get right to camera and block camera with your body or get to the side of it facing away from door)

 

[katydid23]

EXCLUSIVE: Man detained by police in Nancy Guthrie search speaks to ABC15​

Feb 11, 2026
A man who says he was detained by Pima County Sheriff's deputies for "kidnapping" Nancy Guthrie spoke exclusively to ABC15 following his release.



This^^^ guy sounds believable, I think.

 

[shonyakay]

BREAKING NEWS: ANOTHER ARREST IN THE NANCY GUTHRIE CASE

Nancy Guthrie suspect ID'ed as ex-Los Angeles County employee accused of stealing unemployment benefits | FOX 11 Los Angeles

A man with ties to Los Angeles was arrested and charged federally for allegedly contacting relatives of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today" host Savannah Guthrie, about a ransom.

www.foxla.com

“
LOS ANGELES - As one person was detained for questioning – but released shortly after – in the Nancy Guthriecase, a man with ties to Los Angeleswas arrested and charged federally days prior for allegedly contacting relatives of the missing 84-year-old woman.

According to court documents obtained by FOX 11 on February 5, Derrick Callella is facing federal charges over allegations of reaching out to Nancy Guthrie's relatives asking about the ransom.

The court documents said Callella was charged with transmitting a demand for ransom in interstate commerce, and without disclosing his identity, utilizing a telecommunications device with the intent to abuse, threaten, or harass a person.”

Don't do us like that bruh.

 

[Spectrix]

BREAKING NEWS: ANOTHER ARREST IN THE NANCY GUTHRIE CASE

Nancy Guthrie suspect ID'ed as ex-Los Angeles County employee accused of stealing unemployment benefits | FOX 11 Los Angeles

A man with ties to Los Angeles was arrested and charged federally for allegedly contacting relatives of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today" host Savannah Guthrie, about a ransom.

www.foxla.com

“
LOS ANGELES - As one person was detained for questioning – but released shortly after – in the Nancy Guthriecase, a man with ties to Los Angeleswas arrested and charged federally days prior for allegedly contacting relatives of the missing 84-year-old woman.

According to court documents obtained by FOX 11 on February 5, Derrick Callella is facing federal charges over allegations of reaching out to Nancy Guthrie's relatives asking about the ransom.

The court documents said Callella was charged with transmitting a demand for ransom in interstate commerce, and without disclosing his identity, utilizing a telecommunications device with the intent to abuse, threaten, or harass a person.”

That appears to be an old article. Ten hours ago is a long time in this case, the "second" man is the one who was cleared and released last night. The first arrest they mention was the bogus ransom from last week.

 

[touchlove]

Yes we discussed this card very early on in this thread. At the time it was my belief that this card appeared *after* the crime, because JMO MOO i don't think it was there in the earliest photos of Nancy's house in the very early days of the investigation. But perhaps I was wrong, I am going to see if there is a way to find out by going back in time over the images. Either way, the leaving of the card was very strange, but if it was indeed before then that is baffling.

Sorry, I didn’t know that it was posted about before.Today’s the first day, that I came back to WS after 11 years. I came because of Nancy’s case. And I started reading from page 1041. So I have no idea what was written before that page. I didn’t mean to post something you all have already discussed. Thanks for understanding.

 

[Der Detektiv]

That appears to be an old article. Ten hours ago is a long time in this case.

Sorry, as I am in Europe I was asleep when the article was first published, so I must have missed it.

 

[gammagirl]

Does the following image represent a second person caught by the front door camera at NGs? I saw this image amongst the images releases and the shoes appeared different to me. Perhaps shoe covering taken off.. pt does not have backpack on... wondered if it was a different second person? Any thoughts?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021359559546486894

 

[CrimeReporter]

Person who was detained has been released. It's a good reminder that detaining someone is different from arresting and charging.

 

[Cardgame]

Yes we discussed this card very early on in this thread. At the time it was my belief that this card appeared *after* the crime, because JMO MOO i don't think it was there in the earliest photos of Nancy's house in the very early days of the investigation. But perhaps I was wrong, I am going to see if there is a way to find out by going back in time over the images. Either way, the leaving of the card was very strange, but if it was indeed before then that is baffling.

Ok so I asked chatgpt to link me to the early news articles and it found me a reuters article from Feb 2nd in which there is a close up shot of the front door (jpeg attached) taken from that site:

Arizona sheriff says missing mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie was likely abducted

Investigators believe the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie was abducted, a local sheriff in Arizona said on Monday, after she vanished from her home near Tucson and was reported missing over the weekend.

www.reuters.com

My post here is from Feb 4th:

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

Feb 4, 2026

Former hostage negotiator offers theory on Nancy Guthrie abduction

The terrifying abduction of Savannah Guthrie's mother Nancy may have been pulled off by a coordinated group of criminals, a former hostage negotiator believes.

www.dailymail.co.uk

What is the card which has been posted in the doorframe in the photo in this article?

• Cardgame

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Was taken from a Daily Mail article linked in that post, but that article has now been updated. However you can see the image with the card in on my post.

MOO but this leads me to suspect that the card was placed there between 2nd Feb and 4th Feb, ie after Nancy went missing. I believe it would be visible in this attached image if it had been there at that time.

But nothing leads me to understand why or who would place it there!

All JMO and MOO. My techno skills are not great so am only hopeful to have done all of the above correctly.

 

[osu]

I looked at her Twitter account last night. No posts since January 28 and her screen name is a period. I'm not sure if it was always a period.

https://x.com/TVAshleigh

AB posted this video about 5 hours ago.

 

[Cardgame]

Sorry, I didn’t know that it was posted about before.Today’s the first day, that I came back to WS after 11 years. I came because of Nancy’s case. And I started reading from page 1041. So I have no idea what was written before that page. I didn’t mean to post something you all have already discussed. Thanks for understanding.

Actually we didn't discuss it all that much, there was so much happening at the time, I think it's very interesting to revisit this card as I have always found it strange.

 

[connie9030]

Person who was detained has been released. It's a good reminder that detaining someone is different from arresting and charging.

Yes, detained for questioning. I hope they got information to further the case. This pic was included in X as the detainee. Similar?

 

[Cassie P]

She may not have left from home. NG was active. She could’ve been at a friends, book club, a girl gaggle, having her hair done, any number of things.

If she had spend the night at her daughters this may not have happen.
Moo…

If you only live 4 minutes away, most older women want to go back home for the night to their own bed, bathroom, kitchen, etc. Also it is easier if you have medical or social appointments the next morning.

 

[NewMommy09]

Sorry, I didn’t know that it was posted about before.Today’s the first day, that I came back to WS after 11 years. I came because of Nancy’s case. And I started reading from page 1041. So I have no idea what was written before that page. I didn’t mean to post something you all have already discussed. Thanks for understanding.

Welcome Back.