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

[birdbox]

What evidence and why? Wouldn’t FBI trump a sheriff? Are there more details than this?

FBI would trump a sheriff, yes. But a local sheriff's ego would trump the entirety of the FBI.

 

[PCHS]

Yeah, because now is the time to have an ego charged pi$$ing contest fellas.

Unless we are at the finger-pointing stage of the investigation b/c both LE groups are frustrated

 

[Sakura2Sophia4Lucia]

Here’s the Reuters report. Prepare to be enraged:

Exclusive-FBI blocked from key access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction case, source says

By Jana Winter WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie's mother,

uk.news.yahoo.com

Here’s the Reuters report. Prepare to be enraged:

Exclusive-FBI blocked from key access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction case, source says​

By Jana Winter WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie's mother,

uk.news.yahoo.com

Unbelievable. There are no words. Intentionally delaying investigation and not using FBI resources. Sheriff's job should be on the line. JMO

 

[CuriousCricket]

Explains why this has been a three ring circus from the beginning.

yes. Also makes you wonder if he has something major to hide. James Burke of the Gilgo Beach investigation certainly did.

Edited to add that a poster upthread mentioned that possibly the sheriff simply used the lab because it was already working with DNA in this case and would have everything together for faster results. To me, that makes a lot of sense.

 

[oviedo]

WTH???

This is shocking if true

Jmo

 

[Friday Fan]

Oh that’s interesting and pretty significant. I wonder if SG by chance mentioned her mom or anything on the show that day that ticked someone off. What other events happened that day that could have triggered 29 searches for her home. I’m sure LE has checked into that but it’s worth submitting it as a tip.

I tried it and couldn't find anything. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. There is another person with that name in AZ and the other person was searched. The other person is an author.

 

[cait2007]

While this sounds bad, does sending the glove to the private lab constitute "blocking the FBI from access to key evidence"? The latter sounds more general. Or did he block their access to other evidence as well? I guess I'm saying that this isn't good, but the headline may reflect either hurt feelings at the FBI or the media outlet's desire for clicks.

JMO

The sheriff sent the glove to a private lab in Florida for testing instead of sending it to Quantico. The heading isn’t great, I agree. However, this shows a huge problem that’s lacking just coming together to solve this case. Is an ego really going to prevent this woman from being found? Clearly, they need all hands on deck.

 

[PCHS]

Wait! Hold up, instead of allowing FBI to utilize Quantico. This local sheriff wants to send evidence to a private lab in Florida. I’m so dumbfounded by this Sheriff.

I hope Locals remember this when they hit polling locations

This could be happening or they could be going into blame mode now b/c they aren't doing such a great job either imo...I don't know what is true but it sure seems odd to be saying leaking things like this.

 

[ChicagoSleuth]

So I just did a google explore search. I did custom dates from 1/1/25 until 1/30/26. The only time her home was searched for was on January 18th, and it was searched 29 times. I am hoping that they were able to find out from where and maybe that is pushing the dates.

Could you share what search term you used for the query? I'm curious now

edited to add - I found it. Screenshot attached, and here is a link to source: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2026-01-01 2026-01-30&q=nancy guthrie house&hl=en-us

 

[RedHaus]

DBM - responded to wrong post.

 

[birdbox]

EGO!! Small man syndrome!

Complete $hit$how

 

[Magic8Ball]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022109377705222626

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022109377705222626

This is outrageous. OUTRAGEOUS.
Who does this Nanos think he is?

The FBI can't bring whatever's happened to light when they're being kept in the dark themselves.

Appalling behavior by Nanos. Unprofessional. Petty. Reckless.
Feel free to insert your own pejoratives.
I'm too speechless to come up with any more.

There. Are. No. Words.

*ETA: I lied. There is one word. RECALL.

JMO.

 

[SaraSmile]

Can you say more about (1) whom you believe had (2) what to gain from her murder?

Thank you.

Just an idea.

I think NG was taken, and is gone, because the perp thought she might turn him in, for some criminal activity.

She saw something, perp thought less risk to his freedom, if she was gone.

I don’t know what it could be? I thought of drugs in a workers trunk at her house, she saw, maybe even said something to perp, he assured her it wasn’t drugs. Just brainstorming.

I’m not committed to any one theory, of course. All JMO

 

[Wsimm]

Wait! Hold up, instead of allowing FBI to utilize Quantico. This local sheriff wants to send evidence to a private lab in Florida. I’m so dumbfounded by this Sheriff.

I hope Locals remember this when they hit polling locations

This is the kinda thing conspiracy theories are made of!

 

[Peppery]

Here’s the Reuters report. Prepare to be enraged:

Exclusive-FBI blocked from key access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction case, source says

By Jana Winter WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie's mother,

uk.news.yahoo.com

Can the family request FBI take the lead? I’d be enraged if I was SG.

 

[Monepone]

I thought FBI trumps the county sheriff?! I really would like to know why this would be helpful to not release everything they have at this point. They dropped the ball!

No, they are suppose to work together.

 

[HerNameWasBuffy]

But who benefits from a missing person? No inheritance for 5 years when she might be presumed dead.

Exactly this. I don't understand those who think someone in her family would do it for money. Missing is going to delay settling the estate for years when making it look like an accident would be so much simpler.

I will admit none of this makes sense to me. Nothing about her life that's been made public even hints at anything that would put her at risk for this.

 

[GoJacks]

Personally I think the biggest deal is that obviously there is friction between local and federal and by this being out there it’s obvious that the local sheriff is holding things up and frustrating the smartest ppl in the room. jmo

Maybe i wasn’t far off when i suggested the tape measure

eh it's probably big egos on both sides being obnoxious and not looking at the bigger picture.

 

[truecrimel]

I have held off on commenting on this sheriff for a number of reasons, mostly being that this case is pretty unprecedented and I can’t imagine being in his position. However, after everything that has happened in this investigation, I have to wonder if he is either just unbelievably in over his head or if he’s purposefully messing this up. In a situation like this, I think any decent sheriff wanting to solve the case would take guidance from FBI (like in the idaho 4 case.) To not only ignore their input but to purposefully go against it is at best a little weird and at worst corruption. JMO.

 

[osu]

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie's mother, impairing its ability to assist in the probe, a U.S. law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told Reuters on Thursday.

The FBI asked Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos for physical evidence in the case, including a glove and DNA from the home of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, to be processed at the FBI's national crime laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, but Nanos has insisted instead on using a private lab in Florida, the official said.

Exclusive: FBI blocked from key access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction case, source says

An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie's mother, impairing its ability to assist in the probe, a U.S. law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told Reuters on Thursday.

www.reuters.com