AZ NANCY GUTHRIE: Missing from Tucson, AZ - 31 Jan 2026 - Age 84 (28 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

 

[Guess Who]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/sheriff-nancy-guthrie-withholding-evidence/

 

[Cousin Dupree]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/sheriff-nancy-guthrie-withholding-evidence/

The local Sheriff reminds me of the LISK Sheriff.

 

[Guess Who]

The local Sheriff reminds me of the LISK Sheriff.

So many instances of local LE getting into pissing matches when FBI is called in.

 

[RoundPeg]

@Tresir we're gonna need you to figure out how tall this guy is.

 

[Kimster]

Scandalous. Can anyone pull rank on that sheriff? Can the State Police intervene? He needs to be arrested for obstruction.

I wish I could remember which one it was, but I was watching a YouTube interview that someone had with someone that used to work at the Pima County sheriffs office and is familiar with the sheriff and he had nothing good to say about him. They were driving around in a car. Was it Brian Entin? Anyway, I was kind of put off by the way the guy was talking about the sheriff. But now? Maybe he wasn’t that far off base after all.

 

[Kimster]

Maybe they sent that off before the FBI came on board. I'm taking a lot of news with a grain of salt ATM. And I think that was probably one of the things he was keeping back from the media.

Good point.

 

[RoundPeg]

I wish I could remember which one it was, but I was watching a YouTube interview that someone had with someone that used to work at the Pima County sheriffs office and is familiar with the sheriff and he had nothing good to say about him. They were driving around in a car. Was it Brian Entin? Anyway, I was kind of put off by the way the guy was talking about the sheriff. But now? Maybe he wasn’t that far off base after all.

I think this is it.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

@Tresir we're gonna need you to figure out how tall this guy is.

Doesn't look like this guy:

 

[Cousin Dupree]

I had automatically play the next video on for Youtube. It started playing this. I didn't look for it. Anyhoo, I'm listening to her now. Uploaded five hours ago.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

This was posted 44 minutes ago:

 

[Cousin Dupree]

I think this is it.

From the outside looking in, it appears that this guy nailed it.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

This was posted 44 minutes ago:

This video goes into the problems with the FBI and local law enforcement.

 

[Kimster]

I think this is it.

Yes, this is it!

 

[Sunburst]

There are several lakes within a 60 minute drive of Tucson. I hope the FBI is looking at those areas.

 

[Tresir]

@Tresir we're gonna need you to figure out how tall this guy is.

I would guestimate this guy is 6 foot tall at least. He is only standing at one point and looks to be stooping a little below the top of the doorways. In Britain, standard door heights are 6 feet 6 inches, so he is at least 6 feet tall, maybe taller IMO.

 

[Belle]

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Fox News Correspondent Matt Finn on Friday his office has not found a glove at Nancy Guthrie’s home and that they are working well with the FBI.

“We have no glove. We never found a glove on that property,” Nanos said regarding the search efforts at Guthrie’s property in Tucson.

Nanos said the Pima County Sheriff’s Department is working well with the FBI after a federal law enforcement source accused him of blocking the FBI from obtaining key evidence in the case.

Nanos told Fox News it is “absolutely crazy” that he wouldn’t seek out the FBI’s help and partnership.

The Monday after Guthrie disappeared, Nanos said he called the FBI. He pushed back on claims he was reluctant to include the FBI, and said for example, they quickly let the FBI take the lead on the ransom notes because the FBI is better at that with their technology.

Nanos said his office sent evidence in the case to a private lab in Florida from the beginning, and that the Guthrie family DNA and other DNA swabs are at that facility.

“We trust the FBI’s crime lab, we’ve used them before, but in this case we started with that lab. It’s just that simple,” Nanos said.

The sheriff said “we believe it’s a kidnapping,” in the Guthrie case, but you “always consider all possibilities.”

He added that, “Nobody is ever really eliminated,” when asked if anyone has been ruled out.

Nancy Guthrie disappearance: FBI releases suspect description amid reported tensions with sheriff's department

The suspect in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie is described as male, approximately 5’9” - 5’10” tall, with an average build, according to the FBI, which increased its reward to $100,000 from $50,000.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Updated at 2:33pm

Live updates: Police test gloves in Savannah Guthrie missing mom case

It's been nearly two weeks since Nancy Guthrie, "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie's mom, was last seen, as the search to find her intensifies.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Fox News Correspondent Matt Finn on Friday his office has not found a glove at Nancy Guthrie’s home and that they are working well with the FBI.

“We have no glove. We never found a glove on that property,” Nanos said regarding the search efforts at Guthrie’s property in Tucson.

Nanos said the Pima County Sheriff’s Department is working well with the FBI after a federal law enforcement source accused him of blocking the FBI from obtaining key evidence in the case.

Nanos told Fox News it is “absolutely crazy” that he wouldn’t seek out the FBI’s help and partnership.

The Monday after Guthrie disappeared, Nanos said he called the FBI. He pushed back on claims he was reluctant to include the FBI, and said for example, they quickly let the FBI take the lead on the ransom notes because the FBI is better at that with their technology.

Nanos said his office sent evidence in the case to a private lab in Florida from the beginning, and that the Guthrie family DNA and other DNA swabs are at that facility.

“We trust the FBI’s crime lab, we’ve used them before, but in this case we started with that lab. It’s just that simple,” Nanos said.

The sheriff said “we believe it’s a kidnapping,” in the Guthrie case, but you “always consider all possibilities.”

He added that, “Nobody is ever really eliminated,” when asked if anyone has been ruled out.

Nancy Guthrie disappearance: FBI releases suspect description amid reported tensions with sheriff's department

The suspect in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie is described as male, approximately 5’9” - 5’10” tall, with an average build, according to the FBI, which increased its reward to $100,000 from $50,000.

www.foxnews.com

This Sheriff’s

 

[Tresir]

This Sheriff’s

Yes we have no gloves.

 

[Sunburst]

Savannah has apparently had enough of the sheriff and has told him the family doesn't need him in the investigation anymore. "We have our own people now."