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

[cherryleaf]

If that's what is occurring, this is the first case I've ever known for LE to do gofer work for the family.
A first, for sure !
Omo.

I would imagine they’re on their best behavior. One of NG daughter is a MSM journalist after all. This family, in totality, is what I would consider pretty well connected. SG even called the state senator at the very beginning of all this. I imagine they’re being treated pretty well. Also I do think a lot of LE get a bad rap sometimes. Most have hearts and are generally nice decent people willing to help.

 

[Friday Fan]

And wasn't the back door open when family got there? I need to look that up --- but I am pretty sure I saw that. With the blood on the front porch, I assume they for sure went out that the front.

For decades our back door was not secure. It was due to the foundation shifting and having large French doors. After we saved up, we finally had one of the doors removed. But it did require fairly extensive renovation. Even now, the new door is fairly hard to secure because the ground shifts here alot.


I hope you can find the info. It will settle some speculation.

 

[Fargo]

If that's what is occurring, this is the first case I've ever known for LE to do gofer work for the family.
A first, for sure !
Omo.

They do when the president of the US is a friend of that family. IMO

 

[Bluewing3102]

Which is disappointing.
I go back to my post a little while ago about use of scent dogs. They have a million things with NG's scent, and TC/AG too for that matter. Why wouldn't they just perform sweeps, even without more knowledge, in areas where they may find SOMETHING, even if just an item, etc.

Yes- i've said very early on that PCSD calling off search efforts after a day was a bad idea. Even if they thought a crime was committed from the get-go NG could've been abandoned somewhere quickly out in the desert.

I understand LE resources are limited and they probably started focusing on the ransom, but there are plenty of people who'd be willing to help conduct grid searches. If NG is somewhere out in the desert- 10 days later isnt a good outlook.

JMO

 

[milkshakedonkey]

I know the video is b&w but that doesn’t look like a black glove to me. Looks silvery or gray.

Infrared does weird things with color values

 

[Wsimm]

I think they broke in the back door and removed her through the front door because of her mobility problems.

Agreed, with emphasis on “they”! IMO

 

[Lebowski]

I’m stumped trying to think of any cases similar to this one. Going through possible options for motives.

Motive doesn’t appear to be a robbery. If that was the case, the perpetrators would usually break in when they assume the place is empty or they’d tie up occupants, potentially physically assault them to get them comply, take valuables and leave. Or in worst case, murder and leave the bodies behind. Based on those things, and the full backpack/nothing being reported missing, robbery is 99% ruled out for me as a theory.

If it was a motive of SA, again I’d expect her to be left behind either deceased or injured and/or bound. Taking her from the scene to assault elsewhere is a risky move and would be unnecessary as she lived alone, it was the night time, nobody is likely to drop by and interrupt an attack.

If it was a motive to murder, why remove her from the scene and create more work for yourself?

If the motive was a ransom, I’d have expected there to be instructions not to involve police, specific times and dates, and some proof of life that they had her. Ransoms in general seem far fetched in this day and age. Can’t be ruled out but usually the perpetrator would get increasingly agitated with demands not being met and would become more threatening or send proof of the hostage being injured as a result of demands not being met.

That for me leaves a more personal motive. Someone who knew her or someone close to her directly or indirectly and wanted to either hurt them, or get their attention in some twisted way. She was absolutely an intended target, but why?

also, if there are no legit ransom demands, i'm unfortunately having trouble imagining a scenario where NG is likely to still be alive.

though that doesn't mean there isn't one. and, as you suggest, it's hard to tell what kind of scenario we have here. this is a weird one.

 

[desert-blue]

NG’s phone and watch were at her house and her devices lost connection with her pacemaker at 2:28am. So she has to have been home until that time.

NG and her phone and watch were together until 2:28 am. Could have been somewhere else, but yeah, it makes the most sense that she was at her home.
Edit: I assume LE knows the location of her phone and watch based on phone data.

 

[CandyKiss]

Here is an example of a kidnapping that includes crypto vs what this case is -- this just happened last week; rescue today https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/euro..._exp=up-next-article-end&tenant_id=related.en

 

[UsernameRequired]

@UsernameRequired ; thanks for the video link !

Keep thinking LE had more to go on than just his mother in law thinking his eyes looked like the person in the security footage ?

Sounds like he's in the clear and maybe his MIL needs to apologize to him and not so much LE who were following up & only doing their job ?
Jmo.

What does his MIL need to apologize for? She defended him persistently over and over on national TV to anyone who would listen that he had nothing to do with this and he was at home when Nancy was reported missing.

 

[SweetVirginia]

This is not the MO of the Zizians. They are anarchist criminals. Their crimes are quasi politically motivated. (Sorta like Charles Manson's were) I know they attack authority figures (landlords who won't let them squat) and law enforcement. I don't see that here.

Agree. This does not sound like Zizians M.O. IMHO

 

[raja]

I asked earlier this morning how they identified the person who was detained because I thought he said he didn’t know why they suspected him. I was told that it was because of cell phone tower data but I just found the video with him again and he DEFINITELY said he does not know how. Could someone please link the source that says it was from cell phone tower data? If there is no source, please do not present assumptions as facts, it makes things confusing

That may have been my post but it was deleted because of no source. The person who was detained does say “they have my phone” what ever that means. Did they keep his phone or could that mean phone location from tower data, who knows. JMHO

 

[pulchra73]

The flowers are f'in weird. I've seen teen porch pirates who navigate a ring cam with more ease than this flower move. Why do a little "oh " dance and look for something to cover it when you could JUST COVER IT WITH YOUR HAD.

Seriously - you can see a ring from the curb in my experience, roll around that corner and immediately cover it, WHY DILLYDALLY IN FRONT OF IT?!

IMO he was using the plants as a grip to get the nest Camera off. He was wearing stupidly bulky gloves so looks to me that he couldn't get a grip the first time. Aren't they sticky too?

 

[nao]

Moo...just cause, my mom is 88 bad knees...she should use a walker but no, she drives fine, but no nite drive.
What was the point of taking the woman? Any legal problems with any of the family? Journalists do have big egos, it is a necessary for the work they do . But egos are fragile.. if it is not about money...what is it about?

 

[warp3dwing]

If it was an outer glove it could have both his and NG's DNA. He had a bite light in his mouth so when he removed it he would transfer saliva to the glove.

Absolutely. I'd imagine he'd have to pop that mouth light out sometime, unless he was planning on grunting his way through an abduction. (Not impossible, though; firearms speak volumes.)

 

[shadowsc]

Wondering if anyone can think of a case where hiring a private investigator helped more than it added to the confusion.
I really can't think of any off the top of my head.

Private investigators for Chandra Levy's family were the ones who found some remains that police had missed.

 

[Sadi]

100% i do not believe this was random at all, whether burglary or kidnapping. It was preplanned and they knew who they were after. If a robbery, why take her from her home? She doesn’t know who they are with the masks etc. Kidnapping, the $, it’s more often than not. I still believe the SIL is involved, how exactly, I’m not sure. Could be in hiring someone to help with the kidnapping, set up ransom, etc., was he there that night? Yes, I believe so, not sure what his part was exactly (maybe he gave Latana flower guy details about the home/cameras etc), as an example, but not sure what his part is exactly. The date and time were known ahead of time to commit this and others were involved to help with it. I don’t have anything to prove this theory. MOO

 

[Bluewing3102]

If it was an outer glove it could have both his and NG's DNA. He had a bite light in his mouth so when he removed it he would transfer saliva to the glove.

If this glove is in fact from the abduction would you really be able to extract actionable DNA from a black glove that has been sitting under the desert sun for over 10 days?

 

[An Interloper]

The MIL said on camera that she didn’t think it was him and didn’t look like him at all.

Reportedly, MIL said he did "fedex or something" for work. Likely pinged as being in the area delivering when LEO reviewed cell data. A tip and a hit on cell/other data = a visit.

 

[stmichael]

You responded to me and my previous comments. I stand by my words. Just because a door has burgler bars doesn't mean that it is bolted shut. They open and shut. How did he get in the house? In the SW, burgler bars are also considered decorative. So, it wasn't like she was living in a fortress.

Agreed. That's a welded steel residential "security door". It has it's own bolt set (I own a very similar one on one of my houses). With it's own keyed deadbolt it can be a hassle (extra set of keys) so like a lot of families the garage (easy fob or keypad entry) might have been the primary way to come and go. You are quite right that she may have kept it unbolted if she found it inconvenient, just like some people who have an alarm in a "good area" don't always arm it.

Those security doors are secured with their own metal frame over the framing of the door, usually with propriety lag bolts (so you need a special tool not a common ratchet set) that go at least 3 inches into the wood framing around the regular door. You can winch or pry bar them open but it takes a lot of efforts/leverage but they won't be kicked open or breached by pulling. In the academy they teach door breaching for these kind of doors which are common on trap houses/high crime areas. Anyway the lockset and frame was intact so they did not breach the front security door --it was either unlocked or it was unlocked from the inside if anyone went through it. If she had a single cylinder deadbolt then it could have been opened from the inside (if they gained entry otherwise) I use double cylinder deadbolts (keyed on both sides) for many of my deadbolts --the worst thing you see in residential applications is a single cylinder deadbolt and a window right next to--2 seconds smashing window w/ a rock/branch and flipping the deadbolt open and you're in.