AZ NANCY GUTHRIE: Missing from Tucson, AZ - 31 Jan 2026 - Age 84 (3 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.”


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[GrandmaBear]

Well if they have to wait days like this it is not a very good back up location then.

I think it depends on what they are talking about, if they need info from Google or some company, that can take a long time.

 

[GrandmaBear]

We are getting a little bit of info from him on the timeline... Camera disconnects, etc.

I'm going to have to rewatch this.

 

[Tresir]

The very idea of kidnapping an 84 year old with a bad heart and pacemaker is just not a very sound idea in the first place is it? All your eggs in one very fragile basket is just a stupid idea.

Could she have had a fall in the home, and then been disoriented and wandered off somewhere? I know that doesn't explain the non working/damaged cameras though.

 

[Belle]

Well that is my point. The cameras were presumably working then so where is the footage of him dropping her off/ taking her to the front door etc?

They just said during PC that the garage door opens at 9:48 and closes at 9:50 - consistent with her arriving home.

No forced entry - from the PC

 

[Tresir]

I have downloaded them on my phone and passed them along in text.

Well you have alien powers so i would expect you to have special talents and insights. Can you explain why no back up vids available? Were the cams already damaged/disabled before she was brought back to her home around 9.30 pm?

 

[GrandmaBear]

FBI arrested one person on a fraudulent ransom note....!

 

[Tresir]

They just said during PC that the garage door opens at 9:48 and closes at 9:50 - consistent with her arriving home.

No forced entry - from the PC

She got a lift home though so no need to drive into the garage. Glad they are going over it though.

 

[Kimster]

Well you have alien powers so i would expect you to have special talents and insights. Can you explain why no back up vids available? Were the cams already damaged/disabled before she was brought back to her home around 9.30 pm?

I have no idea. There are SO many different camera companies out there. Did Nancy know how to use her phone to monitor cameras? Were they on alert when she was sleeping? Did she have issues with her vision, so she couldn't see her phone easily? <-----the last one is an issue for my elderly mother.

 

[GrandmaBear]

A perp could possibly leave their house quietly and return later with other occupants not waking?

I'm not sure what you mean, leaving their own home with no one awakening, or leaving Nancy's home?

 

[Belle]

She got a lift home though so no need to drive into the garage. Glad they are going over it though.

I don’t think anyone drove into the garage. She likely entered her home from the garage which seems logical to me.

 

[GrandmaBear]

The very idea of kidnapping an 84 year old with a bad heart and pacemaker is just not a very sound idea in the first place is it? All your eggs in one very fragile basket is just a stupid idea.

Could she have had a fall in the home, and then been disoriented and wandered off somewhere? I know that doesn't explain the non working/damaged cameras though.

I don't think that's very likely, especially hearing this presser now. Her camera (I think the doorbell one, I have to rewatch) disconnected at 1 something a.m. It also seems she bled and then it stopped and she was put into a car. There just are several things they hint at or say that seems to exclude this being a fall and her wandering off on her own.

 

[GrandmaBear]

They just said during PC that the garage door opens at 9:48 and closes at 9:50 - consistent with her arriving home.

No forced entry - from the PC

Yeah I caught that too.

 

[Belle]

Investigators interviewed an Uber driver who brought Nancy Guthrie to her daughter's nearby Arizona home for dinner Saturday night — hours before her disappearance.

Officials didn't say if the driver had any helpful information regarding her movements leading up to her possible abduction.

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A camera at Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home detected movement overnight Sunday -- which could have been a person or an animal, officials said Thursday.

However, the camera was disconnected from the network at the time and not broadcasting video, the sheriff said.

It's not clear if the camera picked up the attacker who abducted Nancy -- or if it was something else.

Nancy Guthrie previously posted online about wanting to get a camera outside to detect animals in her desert neighborhood.

 

[GrandmaBear]

She got a lift home though so no need to drive into the garage. Glad they are going over it though.

Sounds to me like she entered through the garage. My mom can do that when dropped off, you just enter the code and walk through the big door, then shut it.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I don’t think anyone drove into the garage. She likely entered her home from the garage which seems logical to me.

Just said the same lol. I think so two. Two minutes is about right for that.

 

[Belle]

Shown on screen during PC-

Nancy Guthrie Approx. Timeline

January 31, 2026
5:32 pm - Nancy travels to local family’s home
9:48 pm - Family drops Nancy off at home & garage door opens
9:50 pm - Garage door closes

February 1, 2026
1:47 am - Doorbell camera disconnects
2:12 am - Software detects person on camera (no video available, no subscription)
2:28 am - Pacemaker app shows disconnect from phone
11:56 am - Family checks on Nancy
12:03 pm - 911 call to PCSD
12:15 pm - Patrol arrives

 

[Kimster]

Investigators interviewed an Uber driver who brought Nancy Guthrie to her daughter's nearby Arizona home for dinner Saturday night — hours before her disappearance.

Officials didn't say if the driver had any helpful information regarding her movements leading up to her possible abduction.

Savannah Guthrie missing mom live updates Feb. 5

Follow The Post’s live updates for the latest news on Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom.

nypost.com

A camera at Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home detected movement overnight Sunday -- which could have been a person or an animal, officials said Thursday.

However, the camera was disconnected from the network at the time and not broadcasting video, the sheriff said.

It's not clear if the camera picked up the attacker who abducted Nancy -- or if it was something else.

Nancy Guthrie previously posted online about wanting to get a camera outside to detect animals in her desert neighborhood.

I am so sad that she didn't have cameras all around her place. Any woman living alone in a house needs them, IMO.

 

[GrandmaBear]

He won't say which family member dropped her off, said they will just say a family member...

 

[Kimster]

Shown on screen during PC-

Nancy Guthrie Approx. Timeline

January 31, 2026
5:32 pm - Nancy travels to local family’s home
9:48 pm - Family drops Nancy off at home & garage door opens
9:50 pm - Garage door closes

February 1, 2026
1:47 am - Doorbell camera disconnects
2:12 am - Software detects person on camera (no video available, no subscription)
2:28 am - Pacemaker app shows disconnect from phone
11:56 am - Family checks on Nancy
12:03 pm - 911 call to PCSD
12:15 pm - Patrol arrives

Thank you for documenting the timeline for us!

Since they seemed to start with the doorbell camera, did they enter via the front door? Was it mentioned that someone had to break in?

 

[GrandmaBear]

I am so sad that she didn't have cameras all around her place. Any woman living alone in a house needs them, IMO.

Well if she didn't then Ashleigh is full of sh*t claiming several were smashed, etc.

I think there were cameras, she just didn't pay for the subscription. I didn't either with mine but you still could look at the feed and as you said, download anything you wanted to save.