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

[cbaymult]

Was wondering the same thing!

The gloved hands did look extremely thick

 

[Der Detektiv]

Too fat for meth user

It’s been suggested the perp is wearing a few layers underneath.

 

[SlimPickens]

They don't send a SWAT team or get a warrant to search a house because of a tip of the person apprehended last night looking similar to this person. IMO LE had to have had other convincing concerns and information about this person (e.g. their movements, their vehicles, their cell phone activity, pings by NG's house while delivering packages, relative saying they were acting suspicious, etc) for a judge to okay the warrant and for the SWAT team to be deployed. JMHO

Judges almost certainly feel public pressure too, and I bet sometimes even get anxious themselves about a popular true crime's outcomes. This judge could've been given IP coordinates that were spoofed to this guy and found it compelling enough to deliver the warrant. Particularly if the guy had been in the general area at some point in the general timeframe (geofencing or whatever they call that).

My understanding is the guy was actually cleared. Stated so by LE. That isn't something they would say if they didn't know for sure, because a prosecutor would have to deal with an onslaught of reasonable doubt, and a jury pool who probably knows enough about law and this case to draw skepticism.

JMO.

 

[white rabbit]

@ ellis' mom, i did not see the link to where AG's car was towed, my apologies...and i agree with much of your post - if LE can neither confirm or deny where entry was after from the get-go claimed there was forced entry...eye roll...

again, to me what stands out is what they're backtracking on and what they won't/can't/shouldn't tell us...

 

[NothingToSeeHere]

Would a family have to wait for someone to be declared dead before selling a home, or is the years-long wait just for things like life insurance?

Fair point. I’m trying to follow the money, but this is a head-scratcher. Maybe it could be years before there is a financial benefit, or maybe not long if some assets can be liquidated earlier. Maybe, big picture, the plan went terribly off the rails, or maybe this has nothing at all to do with money. All MOO.

 

[milkshakedonkey]

People are so odd
I wonder who started that rumor that I fell for.

It wasn’t a rumor. Someone in a white vehicle went to the house today and put up signs and said they were hired in some capacity (perhaps misstated) by the family. It’s on video.

 

[HerNameWasBuffy]

Would a family have to wait for someone to be declared dead before selling a home, or is the years-long wait just for things like life insurance?

IANAL but I believe it would depend on how the revokable trust is set up. Someone earlier in this thread posted info on the house from property records and it indicated it was owned by NG in a revokable trust. There is usually a clause about control of the asset if the owner is no longer capable of managing their affairs.

 

[Wsimm]

ok as if it wasn't borderline absurd/ridiculous before, it's beyond pathetic sadness now.

there is video (on fox so i can't post it) of the driver of a white SUV pulling up to LE this afternoon claiming to be a G family PI. LE clearly waves him through, so either the driver is lying, the family is lying, and/or LE is completely incompetent. or it wasn't a PI at all, and LE is covering up who was really there...

mass media video shows a calm, slow-walking person rambling to NG's front door (without 'blood trickle' behind) in the middle of the night, trying to hide the nest/ring cam with...weeds? seriously? then the cam disappears? c'mon. this is a joke. if anyone can find a verified time stamp of the 'intruder' on a stolen camera/google cloud, i still won't belive it.

no claim/verification of AG/SIL's car being towed, but LE's been to the house at least a handful of times. they're finally going into the foothills to search miles of cacti, yet two days ago they're looking into sceptic tanks on the property. ok.

it's what we don't know at this point we should be focused on.

This video is posted here in the thread but pages back. It was reported the guy in white van was a private investigator hired by the Guthrie’s. It has since been reported false. I took note of the video shared here because the supposed investigator had a cigar in his mouth and for a moment, it reminded me of the flashlight in the suspect’s mouth. That’s how my brain works?

 

[meade]

Possible explanation for bizarre behavior on camera:
1) Perp is startled by camera
2) knows someone might get an alert and look at the camera feed
3) has to think fast; blocks camera with hand (back of hand because he was grasping something?)
4) realizes anyone looking will still see a hand
5) decides to use flowers so that if someone looks, it looks natural

That's still not a good or likely explanation, but it's all I've got. Other idea is a calling card or it was meaningful to the perp (mentally ill?).

 

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021770885515083845

 

[NothingToSeeHere]

IANAL but I believe it would depend on how the revokable trust is set up. Someone earlier in this thread posted info on the house from property records and it indicated it was owned by NG in a revokable trust. There is usually a clause about control of the asset if the owner is no longer capable of managing their affairs.

Thank you, I recall the document showing the revocable trust but don’t know much about how those work. That’s an interesting angle IMO.

 

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021764635175924226

 

[m00c0w]

Judges almost certainly feel public pressure too, and I bet sometimes even get anxious themselves about a popular true crime's outcomes. This judge could've been given IP coordinates that were spoofed to this guy and found it compelling enough to deliver the warrant. Particularly if the guy had been in the general area at some point in the general timeframe (geofencing or whatever they call that).

My understanding is the guy was actually cleared. Stated so by LE. That isn't something they would say if they didn't know for sure, because a prosecutor would have to deal with an onslaught of reasonable doubt, and a jury pool who probably knows enough about law and this case to draw skepticism.

JMO.

BBM

Do you mind posting a link to LE stating he's been cleared?

 

[Sakura2Sophia4Lucia]

ok as if it wasn't borderline absurd/ridiculous before, it's beyond pathetic sadness now.

there is video (on fox so i can't post it) of the driver of a white SUV pulling up to LE this afternoon claiming to be a G family PI. LE clearly waves him through, so either the driver is lying, the family is lying, and/or LE is completely incompetent. or it wasn't a PI at all, and LE is covering up who was really there...

mass media video shows a calm, slow-walking person rambling to NG's front door (without 'blood trickle' behind) in the middle of the night, trying to hide the nest/ring cam with...weeds? seriously? then the cam disappears? c'mon. this is a joke. if anyone can find a verified time stamp of the 'intruder' on a stolen camera/google cloud, i still won't belive it.

no claim/verification of AG/SIL's car being towed, but LE's been to the house at least a handful of times. they're finally going into the foothills to search miles of cacti, yet two days ago they're looking into sceptic tanks on the property. ok.

it's what we don't know at this point we should be focused on.

Mods have given the okay to use FOX on this forum as a valid source so you can post it.

 

[Cassie P]

DBM

 

[shadowsc]

Michael Ruiz reposted

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A source close to the Guthrie family tells Fox News the family did NOT hire a private investigator. The source says reports claiming they did are not true.

9:03 PM · Feb 11, 2026

I bet it was just a private security guy. It has been widely reported that the family hired a private security firm to keep people away from the family's home. When I first read the post about a "private investigator" I even wondered about that. Because the reporter tweeted the guy dropped off some additional security signage. I think the reporter misheard private security as private investigator. JMO.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021643374122664139

 

[HerNameWasBuffy]

I mean using SQL if you sorted by region (to encompass a reasonable radius), queried for these specific items, and maybe picked a date range of last month or two. You'd probably get some interesting results. I just don't know if regional managers or Walmart as an entity have databases like this.

I don't know the specifics of their retail system, but I do know Wal-Mart can pull up information on when which delivery was received by which location to the hour:minute:second it was scanned into the warehouse.

I worked as a DBA for a supplier to Wal-Mart years ago.

Their deliveries, like their sales, are just driven by bar-codes so I would imagine they would be able to do the same. The question is how long they retain the data.

 

[Der Detektiv]

dbm

 

[oviedo]

Would a family have to wait for someone to be declared dead before selling a home, or is the years-long wait just for things like life insurance?

In my state when a trust deed is recorded the successor trustee is named in the deed with trust powers - that may allow them to convey this property per the trust - if assets are names in the trust the successor trustee may be able to disperse according to the terms of the trust - JMO

 

[investigatoroffacts]

New info. So there was a black glove found on the side of the road this afternoon. It was like 1.5 miles from Nancy’s house.

These two gloves were apparently found much closer.

So 3 gloves? Then I heard a ski mask?

I feel like we need a “possible evidence” located list and where they were located on the map. I can’t keep up, so I can no longer think clearly. I can’t even imagine how the FBI/LE are doing it.