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

[CrimeDawg123]

A couple questions that may have been answered already, in which case I apologize:
1. Can anyone tell if the blood droplets on the porch are above or below the vegetable debris?
2. Why would the kidnapper carry such a full backpack?

Excellent questions. We don't know if the blood was dropped before or during the incident. Many have speculated it was during when she was exited through the front door. But the reality is we don't know.

The backpack - yeah, what the heck is in there? Doesn't seem robbery was the motive with no space left to stash his loot. Seems very nefarious.

 

[elliefant]

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A couple questions that may have been answered already, in which case I apologize:
1. Can anyone tell if the blood droplets on the porch are above or below the vegetable debris?
2. Why would the kidnapper carry such a full backpack?

1. There is one leaf piece (centre left in photo) on top of a blood drop - see post:
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2. A lot of discussion but no conclusions

 

[Eli9]

Harvey Levin on Foxnews right now saying they got a note from a person claiming to have info on NG and asking for bitcoin to reveal it.

I thought he said the note says the sender indicates knowing who the kidnapper is and is requesting 1 bitcoin in exchange for the information. But you could be right.
What is 1 bitcoin worth today?
Source Fox news live

 

[Idreamofgenie]

I don't think it's strange at all. I'm guessing NG doesn't drive at night. I believe she called the Uber knowing she didn't want to drive back home after dark. JMO. As for the Ub er driver, sure, LE should find him.

As discussed earlier, Uber driver was a woman and has been cleared by LE

 

[Fargo]

IT seems that Carlos is released and no reason to arrest him. Boy was that disappointing after the build up last night. I wonder what the probable cause was for the search warrant?

"They told me I watched the news and googled her number - or her name - and I'm like "prove it to me" and they couldn't prove it to me. It was insufficient evidence and like they only had a phone on me, that's all." CP Timestamp: 1:40

The video is ABC15 Arizona. Looks like you have to watch on YouTube.

 

[tlcya]

wow that was a lot of catching up to do just having been away overnight. I was so hopeful when I heard they had detained someone. So the hunt continues. Where is Nancy? Who took her?

 

[Idreamofgenie]

Agreed. The images were stores in the cloud with or without a subscription.

The perp took the camera AFTER the images were already in the cloud (the camera itself does not store images).

The images could not be viewed the regular way, through the app on NG’s phone or devices because no subscription was paid up.

FBI was able to get a warrant to search part of cloud with timestamps, very laborious, thus it took a week to find these images of perp. Good news! FBI found them!

The search for perp continues.

Now let’s hope they can retrieve images from her interior cameras

 

[Sharonuk]

I don't know of any source, but I have seen some YouTube creators running it through AI, with the suspect sometimes appearing to have pale skin and blue eyes, and I think it's definitely causing confusion and muddying the waters.

Yes tiktok comments are full of AI photos. Allsorts of colours. like they think chatgpt is going to solve who this person is.

 

[Trino]

Where does the investigation go from here? Seems WHY is the most important question. Why an 84 yr old woman who has physical issues? Who? Ransom person(s) haven't contacted since the last non-payment. Now what with them?

This is Tucson. Desert. If she's deceased, that's where to go. If she's alive, Tucson. with a population of 550,000 could hide her. Phoenix area (1.6 million pop)? Las Cruces (111,000 pop)? TX small towns? Mexico?

 

[Fascinated1]

I thought he said the note says the sender indicates knowing who the kidnapper is and is requesting 1 bitcoin in exchange for the information. But you could be right.
What is 1 bitcoin worth today?
Source Fox news live

$56000. Approx.

 

[cathathorse]

Agreed. The images were stores in the cloud with or without a subscription.

The perp took the camera AFTER the images were already in the cloud (the camera itself does not store images).

The images could not be viewed the regular way, through the app on NG’s phone or devices because no subscription was paid up.

FBI was able to get a warrant to search part of cloud with timestamps, very laborious, thus it took a week to find these images of perp. Good news! FBI found them!

The search for perp continues.

Did the perp take the camera? In the last news conference the sheriff said they had sent the camera to the tech company to see if they could extract anything from it. Additionally, if the camera was taken it would have been carefully unscrewed using the security screwdriver as it does not look like it was taken by force.

 

[Assassino]

TMZ says the latest letter sent to them says they know who the kidnapper is.

Whatever that means.

I wonder how many of these letters LE even knows are real or scams at this point.

 

[LMDlong]

Harvey Levin on Foxnews right now saying they got a note from a person claiming to have info on NG and asking for bitcoin to reveal it.

Right now?

 

[floridafreshsqueez]

Kash Patel’s FBI strikes out again! Sadly, I saw the detainment of the wrong person coming as soon as I knew he was showing up in Tucson.

 

[Irmese]

Does anyone else

I noticed the "bulk" too. And I can't stop thinking the eyes are a woman's.

I think it's a man wearing rimless glasses and the plucked and perfectly arched "eyebrows" are the edge of the glasses.

 

[Spectrix]

I’m so tired. Last night was so up & down. I’m paying for it this morning. I was just so hopeful that Nancy had been found. I never thought Nancy would be missing this long. ):

Last night I was so excited to read that a suspect had been detained so soon after the security footage had been released. I stayed up way too late, even treated myself to a glass of liqueur and some chocolates to quietly celebrate.

I woke up to realise that a poor delivery person had been unnecessarily dragged through the ringer and that Nancy was no closer to being found.

Much woe and disappointment. I can't even imagine how the Guthrie family might feel.

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[shadowsc]

A couple questions that may have been answered already, in which case I apologize:
1. Can anyone tell if the blood droplets on the porch are above or below the vegetable debris?
2. Why would the kidnapper carry such a full backpack?

Backpack seems like an abduction kit. On Megyn Kelly, that former FBI Maureen O'Connell said perhaps there was a tarp in there to be used if needed. But they couldn't figure out why if a homicide took place at home, why you'd risk taking a body and having to get rid of it. Very uncommon.

But the full backpack likely means robbery was not the motive. or where the hell would you put anything stolen.

 

[Monepone]

Harvey Levin on Foxnews right now saying they got a note from a person claiming to have info on NG and asking for bitcoin to reveal it.

I'm really getting sick of this clown and his need to get constant attention by revealing details he shouldn't be.

 

[Curiousobserver]

They report that the note identifies a person who committed the crime and asked for 1 bitcoin. Gives an email address of the person. (?) and says they have been trying to reach sil and sister. Watching on Fox News now.

If they had this info- they would get the reward of 50K, about the same as 1 Bitcoin, 68K today.

 

[Wsimm]

"They told me I watched the news and googled her number - or her name - and I'm like "prove it to me" and they couldn't prove it to me. It was insufficient evidence and like they only had a phone on me, that's all." CP Timestamp: 1:40

The video is ABC15 Arizona. Looks like you have to watch on YouTube.

Everyone here plus millions of others have googled NG’s name! I find it hard to believe that was the reason LE detained this person. There’s something else…IMO