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

[Kudzuu]

No mention or link she has a wheelchair.

She CAN walk 50 yards. …a football field.

Moo…

A football field is 100 yards.

 

[knla]

No mention or link she has a wheelchair.

She CAN walk 50 yards. …a football field.

Moo…

She most likely had a wheelchair for other people to transport her to doctor's appointments or to take her shopping.

 

[Basil Columbo]

No mention or link she has a wheelchair.

She CAN walk 50 yards. …a football field.

Moo…

A football field is 100 yards, but your point stands

 

[Der Detektiv]

No mention or link she has a wheelchair.

What about her zimmerframe? I’m not sure if you use this word in the US but it’s one of these:

 

[milkshakedonkey]

Maybe she is still there on her property. Either hidden or buried

While everyone is entitled to their opinion. It's not necessary or helpful to respond to every comment re-stating the same thing. This thread is already fast moving.

 

[SMK777]

Just getting back on the thread now and reading news, sounds like we're back to the drawing board? This is nuts!

Yes, that's what I thought this morning:
Back to the drawing board.

 

[shonyakay]

DBM

 

[iamshadow21]

She most likely had a wheelchair for other people to transport her to doctor's appointments or to take her shopping.

She had a car, she drove herself. There has never been mention of a wheelchair, only a cane.

MOO

 

[Mack the Knife]

"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.

Weird--this could be what they're telling him, but it's certainly not what happened (IMO). No way that Google or any search engine is just handing over lists of anyone who searched for "Nancy Guthrie" during a timeframe, and it would be impossible+useless to compare that to a list of people who've consumed news about this story.


So what have we heard so far about how they got to CP as a POI?

1. Nothing from LE so far
2. LE allegedly told CP that he had googled NG's name or number
3. A resident of the searched home claiming to be CP's MIL said (I think to Brian Entin) that someone had called and claimed NG was in her house
4. Speculation from this thread and elsewhere that CP could have delivered something to NG via DoorDash or as a courier (CP also implied to Telemundo that he may have been asked about this)
5. Speculation from this thread that the bitcoin address was traced some how--you can see my previous comments for why this is very unlikely to be the case (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), but basically this is not how bitcoin works and anyone setting up a bitcoin ransom drop should be savvy enough to not get caught over <$300

 

[PCHS]

She most likely had a wheelchair for other people to transport her to doctor's appointments or to take her shopping.

What makes you think that? I'm not saying she didn't have one, but I don't think there is anything to definitively say she had one b/c she used a cane.

 

[Zeta74]

We don't know who their intended audience is - it may be that the pics/video were released to rile up the perp(s). I personally don't think this individual is easily identifiable because I think their entire face save the whites of the eyes and pupils is completely covered by masks. Maybe the clothing could be identifiable. It is not a slam dunk at all.

I wish I thought they were playing 3D chess but they picked up a random guy last night and let him go within hours. They don’t seem to have a clue or a direction.

Someone at the FBI should be able to point people at things that make sense. They should say that it’s hard to identify facial features because of mask but let’s try to find someone who has a full face mask in Arizona, this jacket looks like X, this backpack looks like Y, etc.

I don’t see how pointing the public in the right directions hurts in any way and the lack of public comment on this just welcomes every random person saying he looks like my ex, cousin, coworker, etc.

 

[birdbox]

Why would it take two? She's over eighty and they had a gun.

MOO

My great grandmother weighed about 150lbs. She was partially mobile and it took a man and a woman to get her up and around. Old people weight seems very heavy for some reason because they aren't helping out with their muscles. More like dead weight, if that makes sense. I could see it being even harder to do if she fell, was bleeding, etc.

 

[VegasGirl35]

With regards to the cameras, it's weird. The suspect walks up to the house hunched over, deliberately hiding his face, indicating he knows a camera is present. However he then straightens up, looks directly at it, thinks "oh, " and realizes he's potentially being recorded, after which he grabs the brush to cover the lense. So on one hand, he's prepared but on the other, he isn't.

None of this makes sense.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

What about her zimmerframe? I’m not sure if you use this word in the US but it’s one of these:

A "walker" in the US. No mention of one that I've seen. Only a cane.

 

[pixiepixel]

did we learn something new about the blood trail yesterday during the middle of all the action i remember reading something but do not want to bring it up if it was not msm.

A reporter from Fox posted an earlier video that they hadn't released yet ('out of respect for the family') which showed that the blood trail continued from the porch further down the driveway/sidewalk. Not a huge amount of blood, same amount and consistency as the drops on the porch, IMO.

 

[submarine7]

David letterman was stalked for years. Most female and male celebrities' have been plagued by admirers and groupies and off the wall people. Why do you think they all have body guards and security systems? Nuts fall in love with BOTS on CHAT GBT. COMMON PEOPLE are stalked by old boyfriends, ex lovers or the mailman at work who becomes FIXATED on them. I guess you cant fathom obsession? MOO

If she had a known stalker then they are or have pursued that line inquiry.

 

[PCHS]

Weird--this could be what they're telling him, but it's certainly not what happened (IMO). No way that Google or any search engine is just handing over lists of anyone who searched for "Nancy Guthrie" during a timeframe, and it would be impossible+useless to compare that to a list of people who've consumed news about this story.


So what have we heard so far about how they got to CP as a POI?

1. Nothing from LE so far
2. LE allegedly told CP that he had googled NG's name or number
3. A resident of the searched home claiming to be CP's MIL said (I think to Brian Entin) that someone had called and claimed NG was in her house
4. Speculation from this thread and elsewhere that CP could have delivered something to NG via DoorDash or as a courier (CP also implied to Telemundo that he may have been asked about this)
5. Speculation from this thread that the bitcoin address was traced some how--you can see my previous comments for why this is very unlikely to be the case (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), but basically this is not how bitcoin works and anyone setting up a bitcoin ransom drop should be savvy enough to not get caught over <$300

I keep asking what the status was on the bitcoin they sent, but I would presume he would not have been let go if that was traced to him. Look at the guy who was caught sending the other hoax letters (DC?) he is in jail right now.

 

[whitelilac]

I think that maybe she hasn't left the property at all. Maybe she is hidden or buried right on her own property

The earth there is too dense to be buried.

However, after seeing that her septic tank is behind the wall of a neighboring property, I wonder about the possibility that another resident's septic tank may have been used. All the properties there have a septic tank, and some may be as concealed from view as her own is. I hate even thinking of this.

 

[nycpizzaparty]

I wish I thought they were playing 3D chess but they picked up a random guy last night and let him go within hours. They don’t seem to have a clue or a direction.

Someone at the FBI should be able to point people at things that make sense. They should say that it’s hard to identify facial features because of mask but let’s try to find someone who has a full face mask in Arizona, this jacket looks like X, this backpack looks like Y, etc.

I don’t see how pointing the public in the right directions hurts in any way and the lack of public comment on this just welcomes every random person saying he looks like my ex, cousin, coworker, etc.

You do have a good point. Maybe I assume too much.

 

[gin2]

She most likely had a wheelchair for other people to transport her to doctor's appointments or to take her shopping.

If she needed help with transportation she would not have been using Uber regularly.