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

[HoveringWombats]

Yes, but typical kidnap for ransom cases don’t wait 3 days to make a request.

They did not take 3 days. The first ransom note came on Monday, the day after the crime.

Source: What we know about the ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie case

 

[Cblewife]

I can only respond how

I don’t know the layout of her house but if her phone/watch was at one end of the house and she walked to the other end then it could disconnect. If you’ve ever used a Bluetooth speaker then it’s the same principle. Once you get out of range then it stops playing music and immediately disconnects. In this case it would have disconnected when she was taken outside.

My experience is only with my Bluetooth, but I wouldn't think it would disconnect within the house. If I leave my phone at home, I get an alert on my car screen saying my phone is disconnected. I'm usually several houses away before that happens. I have no clue if a more expensive phone handles it better or if it's even possible, but I just have a little Android.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Law enforcement agents check vegetation areas around Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026

Savannah Guthrie-Mom Missing

Law enforcement agents check vegetation areas around Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

www.rutlandherald.com

Key Headlines​

• 1 hour and 45 minutes ago
  FBI agents conducting search in Catalina Foothills neighborhood
• 3 hours and 34 minutes ago
  Delivery driver speaks out after being detained in Guthrie abduction
• 7:04 AM CST
  Woman says authorities searched her Rio Rico, Arizona home
• 5:30 AM CST
  Person released as search for 'armed individual' continues
• Feb 10, 2026, 8:21 PM CST
  Person detained for questioning in Guthrie case
• Feb 10, 2026, 12:22 PM CST
  FBI Director Kash Patel releases images of 'armed individual'
• Live Updates: Person released as search for 'armed individual' continues in Nancy Guthrie case

 

[SMK777]

They did not take 3 days. The first ransom note came on Monday, the day after the crime.

Source: What we know about the ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie case

That makes a big difference.

 

[allboys]

Polaroid cameras have been used in the snuff film industry for decades and also in multiple kidnappings

They also don't require the chemicals or darkroom need for developing camera roll photos which are identifiable and fully traceable

I’m not sure what you mean. How would they be sending that Polaroid photo? If as an attachment, that still goes back to what I’m saying.. giving additional digital information makes the email source easier to trace. By digital information, I’m not referring to digital camera’s photo information.

If you mean sending the Polaroid by snail mail etc, there are various other reasons it would be traceable. As far as I know, the best proof of life they can do via the channels they are using is to answer a question that only Nancy would know. Ie, if SG asked the question in a IG post, and the next email note gave the answer. We haven’t seen SG do that. Maybe there are reasons unbeknownst to us, that SG knows for a fact now that the random note sender(s) do not have a live Nancy.

 

[Data Sleuth]

Sometimes the motive is "just because."

It might be as unimaginable as that.

jmo

Like when Todd Kohlhepp killed 4 motorcycle cycle shop employees in Chester, SC after they made fun of him when he was having difficulty going on a test ride.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/10/us/south-carolina-kohlhepp-cold-case-killings

 

[LRinCA]

New Nancy Guthrie Note, Sender Demands 1 Bitcoin for Info On Kidnapping Suspect

There's a new note in the Nancy Guthrie case, but this one doesn't seem to be from the kidnapper ... instead, it's from someone offering to give up information on the kidnapper.

www.tmz.com

I assume anyone who demands payment of any kind for information is considered a criminal. At least I hope that's the case.

IMO/MOO

 

[citizen_sleuth]

JMO but I would imagine LE hasn't been able to ID a vehicle of interest yet, as I think they would have been able to trace it relatively quickly (in the Brown shooting case, for example, a suspect was ID'd shortly after a witness provided a vehicle description).

Yesterday it was reported that police were requesting surveillance footage from a business from 9:30pm on Jan. 31 to 11:30am on Feb. 1 (the reporter does not specify the business's location but it was presumably on Oracle Road as he says the business was "on the main road" near AG's home). While the 9:30pm to 11:30am timeframe would also enable LE to verify NG was indeed taken back home after dinner at AG's prior to the garage door opening at 9:48pm, it would also account for an unknown perpetrator arriving early to the area.

Given the resources being devoted to this case, I would assume that LE has combed through the footage obtained from nearby businesses looking for cars entering the area prior to the doorbell camera being disconnected at 1:47am and leaving the area around 2:12 - 3am (based on the camera detecting movement at 2:12am and NG's pacemaker failing to connect with the app at 2:28am). I have to wonder whether the perpetrator arrived to the area even earlier than the timeframe LE is requesting video for -- perhaps in the afternoon or evening of Jan. 31. MOO.

 

[OneLove]

Just catching up & missed a lot. On the search of neighborhood yards, washes, medians, etc for the camera; sometimes to get rid of contraband or evidence, criminals will tuck such things in other people's garbage cans. Most ppl dont notice such things when they're tossing their garbage bags in their outside cans. Then the evidence is carried away by the trash hauler, never noticed. I'm wondering why the FBI searchers didnt look in garbage cans. Had they already been picked up before this search?

 

[Spectrix]

It does seem strange that many of their lights are on at such a late hour. The lights stand out.

Perhaps they stay up late reading Webslueths

 

[UsernameRequired]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021687831198867589

 

[cherryleaf]

While the person is in a ski mask?

While highly unlikely, maybe they pulled it off once they felt confident the camera had been disabled so that they would appear less threatening or familiar. No idea. People can sometimes be so smart that they’re stupid. No one knows exactly what happened.

 

[tbgo]

BE says that they’re back at AG’s house. They took more stuff. Maybe they left some equipment there or are bringing stuff over to the family. Same goes for retrieving their mail for them.

 

[SMK777]

Patel: FBI has ‘persons of interest’ in Nancy Guthrie case

Patel: FBI has ‘persons of interest’ in Nancy Guthrie case

FBI Director Kash Patel said late Tuesday that the agency is investigating “persons of interest” in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “…

thehill.com

 

[Trino]

Yes. I have to think that the goal was kidnapping for ransom (most likely) and Nancy was injured in the process. However, I also think she probably succumbed to her injury or for some other reason died after a very short time in captivity; hence, no “proof of life” forthcoming. Because there there was none to give.

Look for her body in the desert. Logical. Over 5,000 immigrant bodies there (estimate), and unless they stumble across them, they aren't found. 90 days to a complete skeleton.

 

[kspoon45]

Sometimes the motive is "just because."

It might be as unimaginable as that.

jmo

Kidnapping though? That seems personal.

At the risk of sounding cold, why would you bother moving an 84-year old lady when it's easier to NOT move her? It just adds risk and work.

 

[korncrasy]

After viewing surveillance from a local Circle K, LE seized NG’s vehicle and some have reasoned that her vehicle was seen on that surveillance during the hours she would be presumed to be home given her family’s claim they delivered her there.

But NG’s vehicle was in her garage when LE investigated her disappearance and LE reported that her keys were at the home (presumably in her purse, although I suppose she could store them on a key rack or something).

Why would a kidnapper take NG’s vehicle? Presumably, so no evidence of NG is found in their own vehicle (and if NG bled as being removed from her home, blood in particular would be a concern).

And would a kidnapper who has taken NG from her home in her own vehicle and made her disappear then risk later returning that vehicle to her home to park it in the garage?

It seems a monumental risk for a random kidnapper to take, returning to the scene of such a serious crime with the victim’s vehicle and reaccessing her garage. It risks returning AFTER her absence is discovered, and doubles the risk of being detected at her home at all. I wonder - were any of NG’s blood drips (or evidence such were cleaned up) found in her vehicle?

I’ve considered NG car was being borrowed by AG.NG took an uber to AG house to either visit or pick up her car.Did AG or SIL drive her home in her own car and decided to return it later.The garage door may have opened more times than we are lead to believe.

 

[SMK777]

BE says that they’re back at AG’s house. They took more stuff. Maybe they left some stuff there. Perhaps they’re also retrieving their mail for them.

Unless they are simply collecting mail and other various items for the family.

They don't appear to be staying too long.

 

[GuyfromCanada]

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Nanos has had a long career in law enforcement, but he admits he isn’t used to the amount of scrutiny that has come with leading the investigation into the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother.

With the case now in its second week, Nanos has also acknowledged missteps, including that he probably should have waited longer to relinquish Nancy Guthrie’s home to her family after his detectives finished combing through it for evidence.

And critics, including a fellow Democrat, called him out for going to a University of Arizona basketball game last weekend while the victim was still missing.

Arizona sheriff finds himself under a microscope with the Nancy Guthrie case in its 2nd week

Chris Nanos has had a long career in law enforcement, but he admits he isn’t used to the amount of scrutiny that has come with leading the investigation into the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother.

apnews.com

 

[shonyakay]

IMO-no. This makes the least sense along with cartels. iMO there is no logical reason an Iranian sleeper cell (especially with the turmoil going on in Iran right now) is going to target a random American celebrity’s mom with zero ties to to the Middle East. IMO I don’t see how that is logical

It's just a theory that makes sense to me now in light of the different direction with the appeals, the man captured at Nancy's door, and the FBI conducting specific searches.

The man had a backpack and the Sheriff originally stated Nancy was taken, "against her will."

If the ransom letter writer is the perp(s)
They requested a specific amount - 6 million bitcoin.

FBI stated "multiple persons of interest."

Other theories are not panning out.

What is your theory?