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

[turaj]

A sound mind is one thing but a sound mind with physical/medical issues could very well determine what is the safest course to take to protect your loved one even though it's not what they want.
imo

why keep up with this conversation. She. WAS LIVING alone and doing fine. She did not have a medical emergency. She had a home invasion and the same thing could have happened to someone 20 year younger.

 

[steff13]

If the police believe she was harmed in the home, that points, IMO, to blood (or similar) being found in the home. I wonder if it was found somewhere the family wouldn't normally look, hence the hour wait to report her missing. Maybe bloody clothing stuffed in the trash or something? The family would have been looking for her, not for evidence she had been attacked and abducted.

 

[Magic8Ball]

"She was removed from that scene against her will... I have a gut feeling." Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos tells
@ErinBurnett that both evidence and his decades of experience point to the abduction of 86‑year‑old Nancy Guthrie, mother of Savannah Guthrie.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018510784972661235

Thank you for posting this interview!

Okay, so having watched this, here's my own take on what the sheriff said regarding his "gut feeling" that she had been "abducted."

In the context of the interview, I think Sheriff Nanos is saying he thinks something nefarious has happened to her, i.e., "abduction," as opposed to her wandering off and this being a case of misadventure/accident.

When the interviewer asks him about why he thinks it's an abduction, he goes into the explanation of her having mobility issues. I think had she become more specific and asked, "What makes you think she was abducted vs. her being murdered in the home?" we would have gotten a clarification from him about what he meant by the term.

I think he's using the word "abduction" to express that she's missing from the home due to foul play vs. other scenarios not involving a violent crime.

I personally don't think of dead bodies being removed from a home as "abduction."

I think that might be how the Sheriff is framing it, though.

My read is the Sheriff was actually talking about foul play vs. misadventure.

JMO.

 

[keek]

I gather her being dragged out of the house is what was seen on one of her security cameras because it was reported that the family was at the house for a little over an hour before calling 911 and didn't see anything concerning?
imo

There were no alarms it seems, forced entry found. I would of thought EVERYTHING was covered to make sure mother was safe on her own there. It will probably come out about alarms, which door was forced or window. It also shows that no emergency button was able to be activated if mother was wearing one, I'd think for sure she would of due to her mobility issue. IMO

 

[maamager]

if the family is requesting not to be grilled to the third degree on why their matriarch was living alone, why are we doing it here? let’s move on respectfully

 

[agilbe]

Perhaps a ring camera across the way was activated at one and at four, and in between, her front door went from closed to open. Are there other houses close enough to catch that?

MOO

Typically in that area the homes are not real close to each other the lots are much larger. That is why a lot of people buy out there. And the homes are not always across the road from each other. Hopefully LE can get something to help them

 

[Pharmasgirl]

If it is leverage there's the issue of not having Nancy's medication which was said to be vital for her survival.
Which leads to the question is she needed to be alive for the suspect to achieve their goal?
imo

So maybe they weren't aware of Nancy's need for the meds. Suppose that depends on how 'close' they(?) are to her.
And if there's no ransom (that we are aware of), what IS the goal?

 

[moxiemom]

Creepiest comment on a news story:
"Doesn't anyone remember Savannah was a lawyer. This wasn't random. There's your answer..."

 

[agilbe]

Creepiest comment on a news story:
"Doesn't anyone remember Savannah was a lawyer. This wasn't random. There's your answer..."
Georgetown Law

 

[303gmf]

if the family is requesting not to be grilled to the third degree on why their matriarch was living alone, why are we doing it here? let’s move on respectfully

Thank you!
My mother lived very successfully and safely alone until almost 93

 

[Izzylizzy]

So maybe they weren't aware of Nancy's need for the meds. Suppose that depends on how 'close' they(?) are to her.
And if there's no ransom (that we are aware of), what IS the goal?

The sheriff wouldn't touch the question asked by a reporter if anyone connected with Nancy was also missing.
It did speak volumes..imo

 

[turaj]

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if the family is requesting not to be grilled to the third degree on why their matriarch was living alone, why are we doing it here? let’s move on respectfully

thank you...those posts are getting really off topic./OFFTOPIC]

 

[lilyk]

if the family is requesting not to be grilled to the third degree on why their matriarch was living alone, why are we doing it here? let’s move on respectfully

Agreed. If her mentation and executive functionion are normal and she can navigate with an assistive device safely in her home there's no reason to live elsewhere if she doesn't want to. Elderly people live alone all the time. They often decline faster if moved to assisted living so why do that if they prefer and can safely remain their own home. She has in home help, and surely at a level that suited her needs, I cannot imagine SG not providing her that without question, up to 24/7 care. If her home wasn't one level, she surely used it as a one level and probably had chairs she could rest in strategically placed every 30-40 feet if she needed to sit. This is not a big deal for an 84 yo to remain at home without cognitive decline. She is a competent adult. It's her choice. Surely someone has talked about mitigating fall risks and trip hazards as well.

IMPO

 

[Pharmasgirl]

that was a also stated by LE much earlier on.

Sorry, I missed it

 

[KMouse]

I hope LE has searched the home thoroughly and brought a K9 in the house. Seems like Nancy was a smaller lady and could be hidden in the house somewhere. Sorry to think that way but hopefully all the small spaces have been checked.

 

[agilbe]

I hope LE has searched the home thoroughly and brought a K9 in the house. Seems like Nancy was a smaller lady and could be hidden in the house somewhere. Sorry to think that way but hopefully all the small spaces have been checked.

Yes the dogs were there early in their investigation. Don't think anything was mentioned about them hitting on anything though. Which could be information they are keeping to themselves for now.

 

[Vaderman]

if the family is requesting not to be grilled to the third degree on why their matriarch was living alone, why are we doing it here? let’s move on respectfully

This one's been making me think of my grandpa: same age, recently widowed. Living along and doing just fine. I'd be dumfounded if someone managed to pull something on him; I imagine the Guthrie family feels much the same way.

 

[Arkay]

There were no alarms it seems, forced entry found. I would of thought EVERYTHING was covered to make sure mother was safe on her own there. It will probably come out about alarms, which door was forced or window. It also shows that no emergency button was able to be activated if mother was wearing one, I'd think for sure she would of due to her mobility issue. IMO

My dad fell at home alone and couldn’t get up when I was here in Florida two months ago, and only two miles away at my mother’s memory care facility, instead of 1200 miles away at home in NYC.

He has the watch that is supposed to alert emergency services, (even without pushing the button in case he was unconscious), but it did not go off because he crawled across his condo, leaving a trail of blood, to call his friend and not me. The friend called me and I was able to get to my dad.

When we called the company to ask why they didn’t come to rescue him, they said that the fact that the watch registered movement from him would effectively signal that there was no emergency.

That makes me think that even if Nancy Guthrie was wearing such a device, the movement of dragging her out of her home would do the same, tricking the emergency responders into thinking since her watch or necklace was moving, she was not endangered.

Big lesson learned for us.

JMO and experience.

 

[no nonsense]

I have a relative who lives in Tucson. She said the local news said they found DNA and hopefully it’s enough to analyze. They have asked neighbors to check their outside cameras.

 

[Izzylizzy]

Agreed. If her mentation and executive functionion are normal and she can navigate with an assistive device safely in her home there's no reason to live elsewhere if she doesn't want to. Elderly people live alone all the time. They often decline faster if moved to assisted living so why do that if they prefer and can safely remain their own home. She has in home help, and surely at a level that suited her needs, I cannot imagine SG not providing her that without question, up to 24/7 care. If her home wasn't one level, she surely used it as a one level and probably had chairs she could rest in strategically placed every 30-40 feet if she needed to sit. This is not a big deal for an 84 yo to remain at home without cognitive decline. She is a competent adult. It's her choice. Surely someone has talked about mitigating fall risks and trip hazards as well.

IMPO

The sheriff said that on her own she wouldn't have been able to get out of the house.
Which is very different then possibly being prone to falls.
What if there was a fire?
imo