AZ NANCY GUTHRIE: Missing from Tucson, AZ - 31 Jan 2026 - Age 84 (6 Viewers)

Authorities believe 'Today' show host Savannah Guthrie's mother was taken against her will

Authorities believe the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will.

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‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother is missing in Arizona and authorities suspect crime​

The disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie over the weekend is being investigated as a crime based on what authorities saw at her home, an Arizona sheriff said Monday.

Asked to explain why investigators believe the Tucson-area home is a crime scene, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Nancy Guthrie has limited mobility and said there were other things indicating she did not leave on her own, but he declined to further elaborate.

“I need this community to step up and start giving us some calls,” Nanos said during a news conference.

The sheriff said Guthrie, who lived alone, was of sound mind.

“This is not dementia related. She’s as sharp as a tack. The family wants everyone to know that this isn’t someone who just wandered off,” Nanos said, adding that she needs her daily medication.

Guthrie was last seen around 9:30 p.m. Saturday at her home in the Tucson area and her family reported her missing around noon Sunday, the sheriff said.

Nanos said a family member received a call from someone at church saying Guthrie wasn’t there, leading family to search for her at her home and then calling 911.

“From what the family’s told us and everything we’ve learned, she could not walk out of that home 50 yards. We believe she was taken out of the home against her will, and that’s how this investigation is moving,” the sheriff told NBC’s Tom Llamas.


On Monday morning, Nanos said search crews worked hard but have since been pulled back.

“We don’t see this as a search mission so much as it is a crime scene,” the sheriff said.

Even so, a sheriff’s helicopter flew over the desert Monday afternoon near Guthrie’s home in the affluent Catalina Foothills area on the northern edge of Tucson. Her brick home has a gravel driveway and a yard covered in Prickly Pear and Saguaro cactus.

Savannah Guthrie issued a statement on Monday, NBC’s “Today” show reported.

“On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support,” she said. “Right now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear Nancy.”


MEDIA - NANCY GUTHRIE: Missing from Tucson, AZ - 31 Jan 2026 - Age 84

 

[Cousin Dupree]

 

[GrandmaBear]

I'm listening to the Sarge talking of where the gun was and reasoning of it all. Interesting.

 

[GrandmaBear]

LOL.
I am now thinkìng a motor bike. That's motor bike gear.

So no oars? I prefer no oars. Especially when both are in the water.

Yeah, that would make some sense, more than some other thoughts. The motorbike.

I'm taking a better look at all now but have some phone calls to make or I'll get nothing done. Quite a bit about the positioning of the gun and the backpack.

 

[GrandmaBear]

So he's going to subdue an elderly lady and get her to get on his bike and take off with her on the back???

Who said he didn't kill her at the property and dispose of her there somewhere? It's all still possible.

 

[GrandmaBear]

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Some people in the first flush thought that handful of things in the other picture were flowers, others said it was wires of like a light or camera. All jump in the first views, now people are looking closer.

What's his left hand doing there...

Thanks for getting all these individual pics.

I'm going to take a far closer look later. Have some things I have to get done. I rushed here with the news, then hardly got to look closely or watch myself, first images I saw were on someone's phone at NBC, and have lost a lot of the day.

Be back later but will check here and there and refresh news too.

I hope this goes like Tepe in that they released a video and a few days later they had an arrest, if that long. Not sure that was the reason, but hope it goes the same.

FBI doesn't release anything without thought and strategy imo.

I'm even more scared for Nancy now.

 

[Guess Who]

Who said he didn't kill her at the property and dispose of her there somewhere? It's all still possible.

So you are saying that LE couldn't find her on her own property after searching it multiple times? With how they have conducted themselves so far, I guess it is slightly possible though.. They missed a roof cam after having the drones up multiple times so and they didn't even look into the septic system until about a week after she disappeared. Doubtful, without leaving some kind of evidence.
While it looks like soft sand for the yard, it actually is very dense and rock like. You don't just dig in it with a regular shovel and get a nice hole. That's why most houses there don't have basements because the excavations costs are so great. It's not like digging here with a huge layer of topsoil so nearly every house built here has a basement.

per ai


it is widely considered very difficult to dig in much of Arizona, largely due to a hard, cement-like soil layer known as
caliche. This material is a mix of calcium carbonate that acts like natural concrete, often requiring specialized tools like pickaxes, iron digging bars ("caliche bars"), or even jackhammers to break through.
Here is a breakdown of why digging in Arizona is challenging and how to handle it:
Why It Is Hard

• Caliche Layer: This is the primary culprit. It can be just a few inches or several feet below the surface, and it is nearly impossible to dig through with a standard shovel.
• Soil Compaction: Arizona soil is highly compacted due to lack of organic matter and infrequent, heavy rain, making it dense and hard.
• Rock Content: Many areas contain heavy rocky soil or solid bedrock.

Tips for Digging in Arizona

• "Soak and Dig": The most common method to soften the ground is to fill the area with water and let it soak for 24 hours or more before attempting to dig.
• Use the Right Tools:
  • Digging Bar/Caliche Bar: An iron bar used to break up hardpan.
  • Pickaxe or Mattock: For breaking up the soil.
  • Electric Jackhammer: For thick layers of caliche, renting a jackhammer from a local hardware store is often necessary.
• Work During Monsoon Season: The ground is much softer after the summer rains.
• Use Raised Beds: If you are gardening, it is often easier to build on top of the ground rather than digging into it.
• Call 811: Before digging, always call 811 to have underground utilities marked.

If you are planting, you may need to dig a wider, shallower hole rather than a deep one, or import better soil to amend the hard clay.

 

[Guess Who]

So you are saying that LE couldn't find her on her own property after searching it multiple times? With how they have conducted themselves so far, I guess it is slightly possible though.. They missed a roof cam after having the drones up multiple times so and they didn't even look into the septic system until about a week after she disappeared. Doubtful, without leaving some kind of evidence.
While it looks like soft sand for the yard, it actually is very dense and rock like. You don't just dig in it with a regular shovel and get a nice hole. That's why most houses there don't have basements because the excavations costs are so great. It's not like digging here with a huge layer of topsoil so nearly every house built here has a basement.

per ai


it is widely considered very difficult to dig in much of Arizona, largely due to a hard, cement-like soil layer known as
caliche. This material is a mix of calcium carbonate that acts like natural concrete, often requiring specialized tools like pickaxes, iron digging bars ("caliche bars"), or even jackhammers to break through.
Here is a breakdown of why digging in Arizona is challenging and how to handle it:
Why It Is Hard

• Caliche Layer: This is the primary culprit. It can be just a few inches or several feet below the surface, and it is nearly impossible to dig through with a standard shovel.
• Soil Compaction: Arizona soil is highly compacted due to lack of organic matter and infrequent, heavy rain, making it dense and hard.
• Rock Content: Many areas contain heavy rocky soil or solid bedrock.

Tips for Digging in Arizona

• "Soak and Dig": The most common method to soften the ground is to fill the area with water and let it soak for 24 hours or more before attempting to dig.
• Use the Right Tools:
  • Digging Bar/Caliche Bar: An iron bar used to break up hardpan.
  • Pickaxe or Mattock: For breaking up the soil.
  • Electric Jackhammer: For thick layers of caliche, renting a jackhammer from a local hardware store is often necessary.
• Work During Monsoon Season: The ground is much softer after the summer rains.
• Use Raised Beds: If you are gardening, it is often easier to build on top of the ground rather than digging into it.
• Call 811: Before digging, always call 811 to have underground utilities marked.

If you are planting, you may need to dig a wider, shallower hole rather than a deep one, or import better soil to amend the hard clay.

Expanding on why basements are rare there due to the hard soil

per ai

Basements are not standard in Arizona
; they are considered rare due to, high construction costs, and challenging, rocky soil, specifically a concrete-like substance called caliche. Because Arizona lacks a deep frost line requiring deep foundations, most homes are built on concrete slabs with only about 18 inches of, or no, excavation.
Key reasons for the lack of basements in Arizona include:

• Caliche and Soil: A hard, cement-like soil layer called caliche makes excavation extremely difficult and costly.
• Cost and Time: Adding a basement can increase construction costs significantly ($50,000–$60,000+) and add roughly 30 days to the building process.
• No Frost Line: In cold climates, foundations must be deep (below the frost line), making a basement practical. In Arizona, the frost line is essentially zero.
• Energy Efficiency: Slabs are often more energy-efficient and avoid moisture/flooding issues common in underground,70 structures.

While rare, some homes—particularly custom, higher-end homes—may feature basements for added living space like gyms or theaters, often requiring specialized, expensive excavation techniques.

 

[RoundPeg]

Yes it does. 6 million in USD is a different value than Canadian dollars. That's why there is an exchange rate and conversion charts.

6 million in USD equals over 8 million Canadian dollars.
6 million in Canadian dollars equals over 4 million USD

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Well, okay.

 

[Guess Who]

Well, okay.

That's why they specifically stated 6 million USD and not just 6 million.

 

[RoundPeg]

I do realize that. You don't have to be sarcastic. This is a discussion forum right? Just wondering why he is wearing such extremely thick gloves.

They look like heavy duty black nitrile gloves to me.

 

[RoundPeg]

That's why they specifically stated 6 million USD and not just 6 million.

And you know this how?

 

[GrandmaBear]

So you are saying that LE couldn't find her on her own property after searching it multiple times? With how they have conducted themselves so far, I guess it is slightly possible though.. They missed a roof cam after having the drones up multiple times so and they didn't even look into the septic system until about a week after she disappeared. Doubtful, without leaving some kind of evidence.
While it looks like soft sand for the yard, it actually is very dense and rock like. You don't just dig in it with a regular shovel and get a nice hole. That's why most houses there don't have basements because the excavations costs are so great. It's not like digging here with a huge layer of topsoil so nearly every house built here has a basement.

per ai


it is widely considered very difficult to dig in much of Arizona, largely due to a hard, cement-like soil layer known as
caliche. This material is a mix of calcium carbonate that acts like natural concrete, often requiring specialized tools like pickaxes, iron digging bars ("caliche bars"), or even jackhammers to break through.
Here is a breakdown of why digging in Arizona is challenging and how to handle it:
Why It Is Hard

• Caliche Layer: This is the primary culprit. It can be just a few inches or several feet below the surface, and it is nearly impossible to dig through with a standard shovel.
• Soil Compaction: Arizona soil is highly compacted due to lack of organic matter and infrequent, heavy rain, making it dense and hard.
• Rock Content: Many areas contain heavy rocky soil or solid bedrock.

Tips for Digging in Arizona

• "Soak and Dig": The most common method to soften the ground is to fill the area with water and let it soak for 24 hours or more before attempting to dig.
• Use the Right Tools:
  • Digging Bar/Caliche Bar: An iron bar used to break up hardpan.
  • Pickaxe or Mattock: For breaking up the soil.
  • Electric Jackhammer: For thick layers of caliche, renting a jackhammer from a local hardware store is often necessary.
• Work During Monsoon Season: The ground is much softer after the summer rains.
• Use Raised Beds: If you are gardening, it is often easier to build on top of the ground rather than digging into it.
• Call 811: Before digging, always call 811 to have underground utilities marked.

If you are planting, you may need to dig a wider, shallower hole rather than a deep one, or import better soil to amend the hard clay.

Aren't you one of the ones who say LE everywhere often misses people when searching?

I guess you see it the other way now.

ANYTHING is a possibility yet. Whether he walked, had a car, kidnapped her, killed her (weren't they just looking in some kind of tank outside AND doing further searches?) didn't, etc. no?

I think you just want an argument. I don't.

 

[GrandmaBear]

So you are saying that LE couldn't find her on her own property after searching it multiple times? With how they have conducted themselves so far, I guess it is slightly possible though.. They missed a roof cam after having the drones up multiple times so and they didn't even look into the septic system until about a week after she disappeared. Doubtful, without leaving some kind of evidence.
While it looks like soft sand for the yard, it actually is very dense and rock like. You don't just dig in it with a regular shovel and get a nice hole. That's why most houses there don't have basements because the excavations costs are so great. It's not like digging here with a huge layer of topsoil so nearly every house built here has a basement.

per ai


it is widely considered very difficult to dig in much of Arizona, largely due to a hard, cement-like soil layer known as
caliche. This material is a mix of calcium carbonate that acts like natural concrete, often requiring specialized tools like pickaxes, iron digging bars ("caliche bars"), or even jackhammers to break through.
Here is a breakdown of why digging in Arizona is challenging and how to handle it:
Why It Is Hard

• Caliche Layer: This is the primary culprit. It can be just a few inches or several feet below the surface, and it is nearly impossible to dig through with a standard shovel.
• Soil Compaction: Arizona soil is highly compacted due to lack of organic matter and infrequent, heavy rain, making it dense and hard.
• Rock Content: Many areas contain heavy rocky soil or solid bedrock.

Tips for Digging in Arizona

• "Soak and Dig": The most common method to soften the ground is to fill the area with water and let it soak for 24 hours or more before attempting to dig.
• Use the Right Tools:
  • Digging Bar/Caliche Bar: An iron bar used to break up hardpan.
  • Pickaxe or Mattock: For breaking up the soil.
  • Electric Jackhammer: For thick layers of caliche, renting a jackhammer from a local hardware store is often necessary.
• Work During Monsoon Season: The ground is much softer after the summer rains.
• Use Raised Beds: If you are gardening, it is often easier to build on top of the ground rather than digging into it.
• Call 811: Before digging, always call 811 to have underground utilities marked.

If you are planting, you may need to dig a wider, shallower hole rather than a deep one, or import better soil to amend the hard clay.

Not sure who was talking of basements. I certainly wasn't. I've been to AZ many times.

What do basements have to do with anything?

 

[Cousin Dupree]

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/nancy-guthrie-savannah-missing-mom-02-10-26

The Guthrie family does not recognize the person seen in new surveillance video released publicly today, according to reporting from NBC.


This is why the FBI and sheriff’s office decided to post the video, NBC said.


Savannah Guthrie posted the images of the person on her Instagram earlier, writing in the caption that she believes her mother is still alive

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Suspect’s daily routine has been “disrupted,” former FBI profiler says​

From CNN's Josh Campbell
As authorities appeal to the public for tips on the armed individual seen on video outside Nancy Guthrie’s home before her disappearance, experts say one area where public assistance may be key is in identifying anyone they know even partially resembling the masked subject whose usual life routines have now also been altered.


The person’s everyday routine will have likely been disrupted since the kidnaping had occurred, said Gregg McCrary, a former FBI profiler.


“His normal routine, going to work, going to the coffee shop, doing whatever — highly unlikely that has remained the same,” McCrary said. “He’s got a victim to take care of.”


Why it matters: Tips from the public have been instrumental in solving past kidnapping cases. If a member of the public notices differences in the behavior and lifestyle patterns of someone who may look like the suspect, experts say that could be important information for investigators.

 

[Kimster]

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/nancy-guthrie-savannah-missing-mom-02-10-26

The Guthrie family does not recognize the person seen in new surveillance video released publicly today, according to reporting from NBC.


This is why the FBI and sheriff’s office decided to post the video, NBC said.


Savannah Guthrie posted the images of the person on her Instagram earlier, writing in the caption that she believes her mother is still alive

Stance mitts? He changes out his gloves though. Or, were mitts over the gloves? Whatever the case, he came prepared.

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[Cousin Dupree]

2 min ago

FBI director visited Arizona command post while in town for unrelated visit, official says​

From CNN's Josh Campbell
FBI Director Kash Patel visited an Arizona command post dedicated to the search for Nancy Guthrie yesterday, according to an official familiar with the matter.


Patel was in Tucson on an unrelated trip that was previously scheduled, FBI Phoenix public affairs officer Brooke Brennan previously told CNN.

 

[Guess Who]

And you know this how?

Because there is absolutely no other reason to do that that way. The only reason to specifically state that is because they want 6 million in American dollars and not 6 million from a country that it's worth much less. Common sense works.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Stance mitts? He changes out his gloves though. Or, were mitts over the gloves? Whatever the case, he came prepared.

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No, he's definitely wearing thick fingered gloves. It's interesting that they are thick fingered skiing type gloves. Rather than go out and get new gloves, he may be a skier who used his own gloves.

 

[Kimster]

I'm leaning to him coming to rob the house and Nancy woke up. He came with a backpack. My friend was robbed and they filled a backpack, which was later found in their vehicle. Nancy waking up was why things drastically changed. And I'm still of the assumption that the ransom money was from some foreign scammer trying to make a buck on the internationally known case.

This is my assumption for today. I reserve the right to change my mind as new evidence comes to light.