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

[SMK777]

So...just thinking outloud here. If this was an attempted burglary that had to be aborted because NG unexpectedly needed medical attention or, even worse, passed away...do you all think that the robber(s) even managed to steal anything? Was the "mission" even "worthwhile" for them?

Either a kidnapping for ransom that couldn't produce proof of life so had to abort,

or

someone who worked for her may have told others that she paid large quantities of cash that she kept onhand , and they were there for that, and she didn't have it, and things went downhill from there.

 

[OldCop]

Maybe someone that changes everyone’s oil? Or pumps gas, a station in proximity they all use.

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[SMK777]

In some past crimes, a person was interviewed, “ cleared” early on. Then much later, sometimes years later, with DNA advances, cold case, going through evidence again, determined this person was the suspect all along! Arrested. JMO

Have seen a few cases like that.
Or a couple of months into the investigation, someone who'd been seen as unimportant and interviewed and cleared on day one, is given a second look, and this time there are big red flags.

 

[warp3dwing]

That's possible. It certainly *seems* like they were there long enough to do that and a lot more.

At first thought, planting blood drops seems like something someone with a lot of professional experience might do for misdirection but I'm not a criminal, so what do I know. Or maybe someone unexperienced who had done a lot of research. BK was inexperienced so far as we know, but he did do a lot of planning. Fortunately, he didn't know as much as he thought he did. That could be the same here. Making a plan while not knowing what you don't know. Or, similar to my favorite expression - "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face".

It might border on lunacy, but when I saw the one larger, spattery pool of blood then smaller ones dispersed in two (arm’s length?) arcs, I thought, “this guy’s dropping blood with a syringe, and he initially used too much pressure on the plunger!” Crazy, I know.

 

[The Missing Canoe]

Earlier in the thread we said there were some golfer moves by Lantana Man. Do you see any of that?

I don’t, but I respect any golfers’ opinions! I see someone who is steady and comfortable carrying himself in space. Wish I could be more insightful beyond that.

 

[warp3dwing]

In some past crimes, a person was interviewed, “ cleared” early on. Then much later, sometimes years later, with DNA advances, cold case, going through evidence again, determined this person was the suspect all along! Arrested. JMO

That answers my question, then! Thanks.

 

[SMK777]

Digital forensics could be the tool that helps 'paint a picture of truth' in the Guthrie case

Digital forensics could be the tool that helps 'paint a picture of truth' in the Guthrie case

“Your phone is the silent witness to your life. It knows everything you do,” said a digital forensics expert who worked on the University of Idaho slayings.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[birdbox]

Digital forensics could be the tool that helps 'paint a picture of truth' in the Guthrie case

Digital forensics could be the tool that helps 'paint a picture of truth' in the Guthrie case

“Your phone is the silent witness to your life. It knows everything you do,” said a digital forensics expert who worked on the University of Idaho slayings.

www.nbcnews.com

Yep. 3 things triangulated Koberger. I slip of DNA, ring camera catching glimpse of car, and cell phone moving, turning off patterns. My only concern in this case is LE didnt act quick enough to get car on camera.

 

[VeronicaVaughn]

Either a kidnapping for ransom that couldn't produce proof of life so had to abort,

or

someone who worked for her may have told others that she paid large quantities of cash that she kept onhand , and they were there for that, and she didn't have it, and things went downhill from there.

I agree that it could have been either scenario, but what I'm asking is does anyone think that the person(s) responsible has actually had a gain in anyway way from the crime?

Ransom wasn't paid as far as we know, so were they successful in swiping valuables or cash? Just thinking outloud.

 

[girlhasnoname]

Wow, it’s so sad to think of NG being carried away, what were her last thoughts? Maybe knocked out( or worse). A sweet 84 year old lady, taken from her safe home, bed. Really sad.
JMO

Yes, THAT is what I keep coming back to, and why I don't post too often unless there's some news. A lovely, kind, elderly woman, all alone terrified in the middle of the night by some devilish offenders is not what she (or anyone) deserves. I still hold out hope, and I also pray that if she has passed on, that she didn't suffer long.

I don't know how her family and friends can even think straight at this time knowing what she must have endured. It's beyond my comprehension and they have my sincerest sympathy.

#Justice4Nancy

 

[maskedwoman]

Brian Entin interviewed a retired PC LE last night who thought one possible motive was a burglary gone bad. Most burgulars break into houses during the day when nobody is home, as this LE on the video mentions. But, I wonder if it was a burglary where the criminal wanted NG at home to give him the code to the safe or information--at gun point--about what valuables she had and where they were. JMO

https://twitter.com/x/status/2027583992682451169

It been suggested that she has a safe, but I don't think it's been corroborated. She has also been described as well off, but do we really know that? Her daughter certainly is, but that doesn't mean that NG necessarily is. SG may be one of many well off adults helping support aging parents. She was a stay at home Mom until her husband died. She worked at the U of AZ for 17 years, but we don't know whether she worked long enough to qualify for a pension, had a substantial salary, etc.

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She has an excellent asset in her home, because it was bought in the 70's and the area has become sought after. It happens. My grandparents bought a house in the late 1940's/early 1950's and lived in it for 50 years. The value of the home greatly increased because the area became very much sought after, but they were firmly middle class. No safe, no valuables stashed in the house.

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[Chypre]

I don’t, but I respect any golfers’ opinions! I see someone who is steady and comfortable carrying himself in space. Wish I could be more insightful beyond that.

Thank you

 

[Eli9]

I agree that it could have been either scenario, but what I'm asking is does anyone think that the person(s) responsible has actually had a gain in anyway way from the crime?

Ransom wasn't paid as far as we know, so were they successful in swiping valuables or cash? Just thinking outloud.

BBM

IMO the only gain so far..notoriety. Shock and awe. Perfect crime.

But I don't think that was the goal.

Targeted burglary gone wrong or kidnapping gone wrong??

 

[SMK777]

I agree that it could have been either scenario, but what I'm asking is does anyone think that the person(s) responsible has actually had a gain in anyway way from the crime?

Ransom wasn't paid as far as we know, so were they successful in swiping valuables or cash? Just thinking outloud.

Okay, I get it.
For all we know they did get a significant amount of cash or jewelry that family hasn't noticed gone.
But if they did gain an advantage from the crime and just want to move on now (maybe left the country) why did they take her?
I guess for the dozens of reasons we've already been over here

 

[imstilla.grandma]

In the weeks since Guthrie’s disappearance, local security contractors say they have seen a notable uptick in inquiries from homeowners seeking to install reinforced doors, panic rooms, and other high‑security features.

Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance spurs 'safe room' inquiry surge

Since Guthrie’s disappearance, local security contractors say they have seen a notable uptick in inquiries from homeowners.

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[K9Enzo]

“Not many seniors go missing,” Walsh said, noting that when they do, it typically involves wandering or disorientation — not abduction. The fact that investigators believe Nancy was forcibly taken from her Tucson home, and that nearly a month later she still hasn’t been found, makes this “very much a unique case,” he said.

“The way this investigation has ebbed and flowed, it’s gone from hot, to cold, to hot [and] back to cold again,” Walsh added. “Our hope is that Nancy is found alive, that she is brought home and reunited with her

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IMO This is true.

SAR get calls for seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementia who become disoriented and wander. It can happen quickly, they may step outside thinking they’re going somewhere familiar, suddenly follow a old routine from decades ago, try to “go home” even when they are home, or simply get turned around in their own neighborhood. Of course, that’s not the case with NG. She’s a victim of a crime and it’s odd.

The other SAR callouts for our vulnerable population, are autistic children. Often with an attraction to water (ponds, pools, lakes). These can end in tragedy. IMO

 

[diggndeeperstill]

My question is EVIDENCE OF WHAT? 2 different cars. Garaged and used by presumably 2 different people. Both ridden in by NG. (she drives her own car whenever and was brought home by her SIL in his that evening). I can see doing forensics on NG's car. Can they track where she went for the past 2 weeks for example by some gps tracker in her car? Even so, why keep the entire car? What is the glaring commonality between the 2 vehicles, that they are both being held, besides NG has been an occupant? I dunno.. jmo

Well, yes, they can see the gps for a long period of time. They can confirm timelines, when door closes, speed, they can even get phone contacts, images, calls, text messages, all just from the infotainment system. They need the physical car to do this. It’s almost like the car is its own “cellphone”. It collects data from other cellphones connected to it, which could also be important.

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[imstilla.grandma]

The DNA recovered inside the Nancy Guthrie home is a mixture still being separated. Family members, landscapers, service workers all contributed to the sample. Genetic genealogy can't begin until that profile is clean enough to upload. With questions about lab facilities and sample condition, the timeline remains uncertain.

The glove found miles from the property? Processed through CODIS. No match to anyone in the system—and critically, no match to the DNA at the scene. Coffindaffer raises the possibility it shouldn't be treated as case evidence at all.

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The reconnaissance windows suggest someone local. Someone who's been watching weeks of national coverage knowing genetic genealogy is processing, the FBI is showing photos at gun shops, and CeCe Moore told national TV the kidnapper should be "extremely concerned."

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[squareandrabbet]

Does saying someone is “cleared” have an actual legal meaning? The term “person of interest” comes to mind, since it has no legal meaning, so maybe saying someone is cleared means nothing as far as the case is concerned.

I definitely don’t think the sheriff would lie on camera, but he may say something that sounds meaningful when it’s really as substantial as candy floss.

IMO/IME reading about true crime, no, they're not technical or codified statements like points in the criminal code.

This would be more usually something to evaluate in terms of an individual speaker's internal lexicon, by which I mean "if we knew how this sheriff has spoken about these things in terms of other cases, depending upon these people being guilty or innocent".

I also don't think he is likely to indulge in BIG public facing lies, or that he would do it if it was counterproductive; but it depends upon whether or not the lies help a greater end, or is some type of ploy to get a response out of someone (like a suspect) watching the newscast.

I could see him/LE telling a smaller white lie here or there to serve the situation better.

 

[stmichael]

Brian Entin interviewed a retired PC LE last night who thought one possible motive was a burglary gone bad. Most burgulars break into houses during the day when nobody is home, as this LE on the video mentions. But, I wonder if it was a burglary where the criminal wanted NG at home to give him the code to the safe or information--at gun point--about what valuables she had and where they were. JMO

https://twitter.com/x/status/2027583992682451169

This isn't necessarily a typical scenario

Yes, most burglaries occur during the day, but then he said that he has worked several burglaries in Tucson where the brazen burglars broke in at night with occupied residents and that it does happen in the area, so it's a possibility and that NG was a soft target. (he also said that neighborhood that he knows is so dark that "you could put your hand in front of your face and not see it." That's a damning quote as to the night conditions from someone who works that area, as he further expanded on the opportunistic set up of NG and her house.


Assumption of Target's Valuables- safe combo, bank accounts, access keys, etc.

Regarding the target; whether she had a safe, a bank account, a crypto wallet, valuable jewelry or cash stashed away, it's not so much as what she actually had, it's what the skell assumed or was under the impression that she had that would motivate him. Many times such erroneous assumptions underlay an incident with a room temp IQ criminal. Maybe he worked the house and saw her paying contractors in cash from the bedroom (surely she has more being the assumption). Maybe there was a safe, but it contained boring paperwork and a will etc. Maybe he had bad intel or thought an old lady living in a $1M house alone had stuff squirreled away. But yes he could have wanted a safe combo, bank account, crypto wallet key etc. even based on wrong intel and the awkward open holstering of the gun could be just for intimidation and coercion (as someone who has worked w/ firearms for 30 years that's my conclusion on that).

Unintended Outcome with an Elderly Medically-compromised victim

Now in the commission of a crime where he trying to coerce a soft target to give up location of cash, accounts, etc. a lot could go south. Most simply an elderly lady with a pacemaker and high blood pressure on meds, could be very stressed and have a cardiac event that he did not count on. Right there, that's it. A reasonable outcome. Even roughing up someone on blood thinners bears a large risk. I don't think based on the Nest cam get up this was a sophisticated individual (though he may have experience). Once the mark is deceased then I can see the whole cliche panic "Oh man, I got to get rid of the body" scenario kick in.