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

[GlobeFireCandle]

I've been trying to keep up but things are so fast moving.. Do we know with 100% certainty that Nancy made it home the night of January 31st?

We don’t but I strongly believe that LE will know for sure based on her phone activity and other evidence that may not have been disclosed to us.

 

[nerosleuth]

Agreed. Anyone working at dealership would’ve had access to keys. Throw a dealer plate on and you’re ready to go.
If they’re getting vehicle ready for sale then you have mechanics, detailers, porters and others working to get in ready.

I thought they said it was a paper plate, like a temporary plate (registration) until the real one comes in?

A car dealer would put the dealer plate on a vehicle when a customer is test driving a vehicle before purchase.

When a vehicle is purchased at a car dealership by a customer, the vehicle driven off the lot would have a temporary plate.

However if a vehicle trade in is involved with the vehicle purchase, some states allow the owner to transfer the license plate from their old vehicle to their new purchased vehicle.

 

[Sadi]

Because it may affect any future prosecution?

That’s true, I’m just trying to think of all the reasons why.

 

[SMK777]

I can’t access it due to the paywall.

I'm sorry. I didn't know it had one.
I will try and edit in the article.

 

[Nikynoo]

To be clear, I did not state it as fact, and I did not say the FBI had altered the image.
I can't see anywhere that the Sheriff or FBI has shown that particular image at all.
I'll say it again. MY understanding is that whoever released that particular image, altered it.

It’s here under the FBI Directors twitter.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021285842044494279

 

[Wsimm]

She sees a transfer print which would possibly indicate a hand on the ground.

I saw Sheryl McCollum interviewed this morning. Her takes on this abduction are very interesting.

 

[SMK777]

@Sadi
I posted the whole article now in the OP.

 

[shadowsc]

Regarding Sheriff Nanos’ remarks, he never said he is exhausted. He said the investigation is exhausting. I think it’s important to know what he said rather than make assumptions. Here is a gift article from the NYT which I believe makes clear his dedication even if he’s not the savviest media guy. JMO

After a Misstep, Sheriff Says Persistence Will Solve the Guthrie Case

To me, the worse quote was "Maybe it's an hour from now," he said. "Maybe it’s weeks or months or years from now. But we won’t quit. We’re going to find Nancy. We’re going to find this guy."

That may very well be true, but that's pretty defeating to say when the family is listening and not the kind of thing a top official should say in public. It's still only three weeks in. At least act determined to find Nancy - NOW. Time is of the essence. The family needs any semblance of peace. Openly saying it could take years at this point of the investigation is not helpful imo and doesn't inspire confidence. I would be so upset if I was a family member, no matter what I believed deep down. You want to have confidence in LE. I think he should have kept that to himself and stuck to, "we have the top experts, we're chasing down every lead, someone out there knows something and we're going to find it," etc. etc.

 

[Sadi]

Neighbor Recalls Investigators Searching Home Next Door in Guthrie Disappearance
David Curl, a retired lawyer, said the woman who lived there was distraught and did not know why investigators were focusing on her home.

Feb. 14, 2026
The investigators who swarmed an affluent desert subdivision near Tucson, Ariz., in connection with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance on Friday night spent hours searching the home next door to David Curl, a retired lawyer who has lived in the neighborhood for 30 years.

Mr. Curl said he and his wife had been unwinding after returning home from a three-week vacation when a sheriff’s deputy knocked on their door with their next-door neighbor, an older woman who Mr. Curl says lives with her adult son.

The woman was home by herself when investigators showed up at about 6 p.m. Friday with a search warrant, Mr. Curl said in an interview on his back patio on Saturday morning. She was not allowed to be inside her home as investigators searched, Mr. Curl said, so the woman instead spent the night at Mr. Curl’s house.

Once the investigators left the neighborhood in the early hours of Saturday, Mr. Curl said he went next door with his neighbor to help her lock up her house. There, he said, he saw a copy of a federal search warrant in the living room. He said the warrant mentioned the Guthrie case.

"She had no idea what they were asking about,” Mr. Curl said of his neighbor. “She had no information about the disappearance or any idea why they were focusing on their house.”

The woman whose house was searched declined to speak on Saturday, and it remains unclear how the search is connected with Ms. Guthrie’s disappearance two weeks ago.

“She’s really distraught,” Mr. Curl said of his neighbor. She told him on Saturday afternoon that her son had been questioned and released and was now with friends.

No arrests have been made in Ms. Guthrie’s disappearance, and investigators said the flurry of activity late Friday into early Saturday at two sites not far from Ms. Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills was related to tracking down leads.

Chris Nanos, the sheriff leading the investigation, has said that law enforcement officials have gotten more than 32,000 leads since Ms. Guthrie, the mother of the “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, was taken from her home on Feb. 1.

Neighbor Recalls Investigators Searching Home Next Door in Guthrie Disappearance

David Curl, a retired lawyer, said the woman who lived there was distraught and did not know why investigators were focusing on her home.

www.nytimes.com

Thank you kindly

 

[shonyakay]

Listen to the video in the article she linked about 1.20 in.

After that came out, Pima County Sheriff office said this:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022026492713349580

Followed by this:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022039849046614440

So I believe they are NOT looking specifically at Jan 11. But would be interesting to know why someone else sent that message.

In this interview he says that they collected evidence on first night and as FBI returns to home they are analyzing that evidence not collecting more.

https://x.com/brianawhitney/status/2022445062190457202?s=46

FULL INTERVIEW: One-on-one with Pima Co. Sheriff Chris Nanos on Day 13 of Nancy Guthrie search

-Guthrie family NOT cleared
-Controversy over tension between FBI & PCSD?
-FBI NOT collecting more evidence from Nancy's house despite being there
-Where DNA is being tested - unclear if rapid DNA testing in Tucson is still broken
-Why no media briefings after significant developments this week?
-Are we closer to an arrest or charges?
-Is this a rescue or a recovery?

LE asking for January 11th footage specifically has been confirmed by Sheriff Nanos and he said there was a valid reason for it.

Timestamp: 11:40

 

[NicoleInVa]

Good morning,
I keep asking myself why was Nancy removed from her home? Why not just leave her there? Was it because she could identify the suspect(s)? This is what I think, but trying to understand what would be other reasons.

 

[cady]

I saw Sheryl McCollum interviewed this morning. Her takes on this abduction are very interesting.

Blood spatter assessment is interesting.....I did not watch the whole interview. If not for money, what does she assess the motive to be? JMO I did hear "home invasion", possibly, but knowing that homeowner was home?

 

[Wsimm]

Blood spatter assessment is interesting.....I did not watch the whole interview. If not for money, what does she assess the motive to be? JMO

Revenge! She said the slight could be as small as someone stopping in offering to pull weeds for payment and NG declining because she already had yard service….basically someone being insulted. IMO this is not what happened, but the revenge angle is interesting.

 

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022995244904800264

 

[Tortoise]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2023030977132384752

Good morning,A few hours ago marked two weeks since Nancy Guthrie’s abduction from her Tucson home. Investigators have detained — and later released — multiple people in the case without naming a suspect or putting anyone behind bars. We’re told that investigators are still waiting for DNA and other lab testing results. Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of “TODAY” host Savannah Guthrie. Last week the FBI announced a major development, the recovery of Nest doorbell video showing a masked man on Guthrie’s doorstep. He is described as 5’9” to 5’10” tall and of average build. He was carrying an Ozark Trail backpack. Another physical detail is the holster worn in the front, which may be a $10 item from Walmart. Investigators may be able to cross-reference purchase records to narrow down their pool of persons of interest. The family has asked that anyone with information come forward.1-800-CALL-FBI.

 

[cady]

Revenge!

Against whom?

 

[BrittMontero]

WEll either you believe that she got home or that blood was planted on the front porch. I think she got home.

I know people say they see no blood in the Lantana Man video, but is it possible that it was already there anyway? Maybe the enhancement of the video didn’t “develop” the flooring that much.

I recently experienced my first ever nosebleed and the droplets were much like that. I could see it being prior to & unrelated. And not necessarily proof that she was taken out the front door.

It would seem more discreet and efficient to take someone out through the garage.

 

[Nikynoo]

Blood spatter assessment is interesting.....I did not watch the whole interview. If not for money, what does she assess the motive to be? JMO I did hear "home invasion", possibly, but knowing that homeowner was home?

Revenge.

 

[MarciB]

I notice a trend that police seem reluctant to announce anyone is “cleared” in any case. Maybe it’s because their job is to seek evidence on who committed a crime, not to find people innocent of it? Therefore legally they don’t have the right to clear anyone? That would be much like proving a negative, proving someone didn’t commit a crime.

The detectives involved in the Delphi case said other people are only considered ‘cleared’ once a suspect is arrested, charged and convicted. Makes sense to me.
JMO

Sometimes police don't clear a witness, person of interest, suspect, because they don't have enough evidence to charge but they still want to keep an eye on him/her

 

[birdbox]

A car dealer would put the dealer plate on a vehicle when a customer is test driving a vehicle before purchase.

When a vehicle is purchased at a car dealership by a customer, the vehicle driven off the lot would have a temporary plate.

However if a vehicle trade in is involved with the vehicle purchase, some states allow the owner to transfer the license plate from their old vehicle to their new purchased vehicle.

Also, my uncle worked at a car dealership for 30 years. They would let certain car salesman drive "demo" cars which had the generic plates. Also, if they were sending one to the "car sale" or just buying one from a "car sale" they would have those dealer plates. My uncle would routinely go several states away to pick up a car at a large car sale. Car sales or "car shows" can have thousands of thousands of cars and are usually held in large places. Not sure if that helps anything.