AZ NANCY GUTHRIE: Missing from Tucson, AZ - 31 Jan 2026 - Age 84 (22 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

 

[Kimster]

I think they grabbed that guy from a geofence.

I’ve never heard that term before. I’ll have to look it up.

ETA:
A geofence is
a virtual, GPS-based boundary around a real-world location that triggers automated actions—like alerts, marketing messages, or security logs—when a mobile device or vehicle enters or exits the zone. It enhances security, improves operational efficiency, and enables targeted marketing, though it raises privacy concerns, depends on accurate signal, and can be energy-intensive.

 

[RoundPeg]

I’ve never heard that term before. I’ll have to look it up.

ETA:
A geofence is
a virtual, GPS-based boundary around a real-world location that triggers automated actions—like alerts, marketing messages, or security logs—when a mobile device or vehicle enters or exits the zone. It enhances security, improves operational efficiency, and enables targeted marketing, though it raises privacy concerns, depends on accurate signal, and can be energy-intensive.

It's a pretty invasive investigative tool as well. I see both sides of it. I mean you could be "x" distance from a murder scene but visiting a friend. You might get traced because you were within the geofence boundary at the right time.

 

[Guess Who]

I saw one on X where it looked like he had a little hair under his bottom lip. But I don’t know if it was real or not. This case is way out of hand (reporting-wise) at this point.

I've seen pics and I'm still not convinced if it's a mustache or a shadow.

 

[Guess Who]

Not sure what to make of this

 

[Belle]

Not sure what to make of this

I think this person doesn’t really know who the kidnapper is.

Why wouldn’t they go through the proper channels and legally claim the FBI reward instead of resorting to extortion for roughly $16,000 more.

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[Cousin Dupree]

Not sure what to make of this

Another shakedown request.

 

[Tresir]

I think this is fair enough if they have a POI.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/

(NewsNation) — TMZ says it received a new note Wednesday in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The note doesn’t appear to be from the kidnapper; it’s from someone offering information that could lead to the alleged kidnapper.

In the note received just before 5 a.m. PT, the sender claims they’ve been unable to reach Savannah Guthrie‘s brother, Camron, and her sister, Annie, by email or text.

“If they want the name of the individual involved, then I want 1 Bitcoin to the following wallet,” the note said, according to TMZ, which forwarded the note to the FBI. “Time is more than relevant.”

Activity in Nancy Guthrie’s ransom bitcoin account: TMZ

TMZ said the bitcoin address in the note is different from the one in the original ransom note it previously received, along with two Tucson news stations.

The outlet reported that 1 bitcoin is currently worth about $66,000, $16,000 more than the FBI’s $50,000 reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie’s recovery or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.

Police release surveillance photos, videos in Nancy Guthrie case

As search efforts continue in Arizona, local media have received at least two purported ransom notes asking for millions.

Two ransom deadlines referenced in the first note — 5 p.m. local time Feb. 5 and Feb. 9 — have now passed. There has been no confirmed communication between the Guthrie family and suspected kidnappers, and investigators have not verified whether the ransom notes are actually connected to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

The first ransom note, sent to TMZ and Tucson stations KOLD News 13 and another outlet earlier this week, demanded millions of dollars in bitcoin for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie, 84, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. The note included a bitcoin wallet address where payment could be deposited.

Guthrie, 84, has been missing since Jan. 31. She has a pacemaker and requires daily medication for a heart condition. Authorities have said they believe she was kidnapped or abducted from her home overnight.

NewsNation’s Brian Entin and Damita Menezes contributed to this report.

 

[Tresir]

Titles don’t change automatically. No one was here to change it.

I thought it meant another POI had been detained.

I wonder if FBI have checked out the other tip yet - the band member.

Including this bitcoin tip, that's 3 POI's in the last 24 hours. Pretty good going.

 

[Tresir]

I think this person doesn’t really know who the kidnapper is.

Why wouldn’t they go through the proper channels and legally claim the FBI reward instead of resorting to extortion for roughly $16,000 more.

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Maybe they don't want to pay tax. The FBI should offer to pay the equivalent of $50k in bitcoin for the tip if it proves correct.

 

[Guess Who]

Another shakedown request.

I'm pretty sure all if them have been

 

[RoundPeg]

I think this is fair enough if they have a POI.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/

(NewsNation) — TMZ says it received a new note Wednesday in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The note doesn’t appear to be from the kidnapper; it’s from someone offering information that could lead to the alleged kidnapper.

In the note received just before 5 a.m. PT, the sender claims they’ve been unable to reach Savannah Guthrie‘s brother, Camron, and her sister, Annie, by email or text.

“If they want the name of the individual involved, then I want 1 Bitcoin to the following wallet,” the note said, according to TMZ, which forwarded the note to the FBI. “Time is more than relevant.”

Activity in Nancy Guthrie’s ransom bitcoin account: TMZ

TMZ said the bitcoin address in the note is different from the one in the original ransom note it previously received, along with two Tucson news stations.

The outlet reported that 1 bitcoin is currently worth about $66,000, $16,000 more than the FBI’s $50,000 reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie’s recovery or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.

Police release surveillance photos, videos in Nancy Guthrie case

As search efforts continue in Arizona, local media have received at least two purported ransom notes asking for millions.

Two ransom deadlines referenced in the first note — 5 p.m. local time Feb. 5 and Feb. 9 — have now passed. There has been no confirmed communication between the Guthrie family and suspected kidnappers, and investigators have not verified whether the ransom notes are actually connected to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

The first ransom note, sent to TMZ and Tucson stations KOLD News 13 and another outlet earlier this week, demanded millions of dollars in bitcoin for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie, 84, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. The note included a bitcoin wallet address where payment could be deposited.

Guthrie, 84, has been missing since Jan. 31. She has a pacemaker and requires daily medication for a heart condition. Authorities have said they believe she was kidnapped or abducted from her home overnight.

NewsNation’s Brian Entin and Damita Menezes contributed to this report.

I'm not too sure. Reach out to LE instead of copying this old info for cash from family thing.

 

[RoundPeg]

Maybe they don't want to pay tax. The FBI should offer to pay the equivalent of $50k in bitcoin for the tip if it proves correct.

None of us want to pay tax lol.

I don't think you should charge a fee for doing the right thing. That's just called moral integrity. But I'm in a bad mood over this.

 

[RoundPeg]

I think it's time for the likes of TMZ and Ashleigh Bannon to zip it. Leave the news to the pros. Totally my disgruntled opinion.

 

[Tresir]

I think it's time for the likes of TMZ and Ashleigh Bannon to zip it. Leave the news to the pros. Totally my disgruntled opinion.

Well if people are contacting them should they just direct them to the LE tip line? Is there a LE or FBI tip line?

 

[Tresir]

This is apparently the tip line. The FBI.

MSN

Straight Arrow News (English)

Police tout tip lines after deluge of Nancy Guthrie 'opinions' flood local 911 operators

Story by Cole Lauterbach

• 15h

Police tout tip lines after deluge of Nancy Guthrie ‘opinions' flood local 911 operators

Don't call 911 with tips about Nancy Guthrie. That's the plea from the Pima County Sheriff's Department amid their hunt for whoever took the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie.

The office posted its request to the public on Tuesday, hours after FBI Director Kash Patel released security camera photos and video of a potential suspect. CNN's Jake Tapper reports the department has seen a "huge uptick" in tips since the video was released.

"The Pima County Sheriff's Department recognizes that members of the community may have thoughts, opinions, feelings or questions regarding the Nancy Guthrie case," the release said. "However, 9-1-1 & the PCSD non-emergency line are not the appropriate venue for expressing those views."

The department directed calls to the FBI's tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI, 88-CRIME, 520-351-4900 or tips.fbi.gov.

Suspect images released

Video released Tuesday morning captured on Guthrie's Ring doorbell camera shows what police consider a suspect wearing a jacket, ski mask and gloves with a firearm holstered outside of their waistband.

Patel said the data was difficult to retrieve since Guthrie didn't have a subscription to keep the footage, so agents had to find the videos using residual data from backend systems.

Related video: Person questioned by police in Nancy Guthrie case speaks out (Court TV)

Court TV

Person questioned by police in Nancy Guthrie case speaks out

for Nancy Guthrie.


"Working with our partners, as of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door the morning of her disappearance," Patel said in the post.

The doorbell camera was removed when police arrived.

Savannah Guthrie also shared the photos online, saying, "We believe she is still alive. Bring her home."

Who ordered pizza?

In addition to asking community members to stop calling 911 with comments, the sheriff's department is also asking that people stop ordering pizza to be delivered to the Guthrie residence.

The pies, which prompted questions about how a pizza delivery could have made it that far into a police-controlled area, were reportedly delivered to a journalist by one of their viewers.

The post Police tout tip lines after deluge of Nancy Guthrie ‘opinions' flood local 911 operators appeared first on Straight Arrow News.

FOX News

Ex-FBI official flags possible scam as third alleged Nancy Guthrie letter emerges

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Just some interesting info. I know her camera wasn't Ring.

Ring founder addresses FBI recovery of doorbell footage in Nancy Guthrie disappearance case

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is addressing the FBI's recovery of doorbell footage in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance case.

www.fox6now.com

"I do know with Ring specifically, if you delete a recording or if you don't want a recording, you don't have a subscription. We do not have it stored. I know that because I built the systems with my team," Siminoff said.

Siminoff cautioned against speculating about the specifics of the Guthrie investigation and noted that different companies build their systems differently.

"I wouldn't want to speculate," he said. "Maybe they're also, maybe we're wrong, and that she did have some sort of subscription. You know, again, we're getting a lot of, in the sort of in these cases, I've found that a lot of the things that we're hearing are not always correct, and we find out later what's actually happening."

He reiterated that Ring does not retain deleted footage without an active subscription.

"If you delete a recording or if you don't want a recording, you don't have a subscription. We do not have it stored," Siminoff said.

Federal officials said Tuesday that video was recovered from "residual data located in backend systems," according to a statement posted on X by FBI Director Kash Patel.

Google cooperated with the FBI to retrieve the video, a federal source confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Asked how investigators may have been able to recover doorbell footage in the Guthrie case, Siminoff again cautioned against speculation and stressed that companies build their systems differently.

"I mean, definitely hard to speculate on something like this because, you know, everybody builds their systems differently," he said.

He again declined to draw conclusions about what occurred in this case.

 

[Guess Who]

Just some interesting info. I know her camera wasn't Ring.

Ring founder addresses FBI recovery of doorbell footage in Nancy Guthrie disappearance case

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is addressing the FBI's recovery of doorbell footage in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance case.

www.fox6now.com

"I do know with Ring specifically, if you delete a recording or if you don't want a recording, you don't have a subscription. We do not have it stored. I know that because I built the systems with my team," Siminoff said.

Siminoff cautioned against speculating about the specifics of the Guthrie investigation and noted that different companies build their systems differently.

"I wouldn't want to speculate," he said. "Maybe they're also, maybe we're wrong, and that she did have some sort of subscription. You know, again, we're getting a lot of, in the sort of in these cases, I've found that a lot of the things that we're hearing are not always correct, and we find out later what's actually happening."

He reiterated that Ring does not retain deleted footage without an active subscription.

"If you delete a recording or if you don't want a recording, you don't have a subscription. We do not have it stored," Siminoff said.

Federal officials said Tuesday that video was recovered from "residual data located in backend systems," according to a statement posted on X by FBI Director Kash Patel.

Google cooperated with the FBI to retrieve the video, a federal source confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Asked how investigators may have been able to recover doorbell footage in the Guthrie case, Siminoff again cautioned against speculation and stressed that companies build their systems differently.

"I mean, definitely hard to speculate on something like this because, you know, everybody builds their systems differently," he said.

He again declined to draw conclusions about what occurred in this case.

So they are either lying or her camera was possibly not a Ring branded one. Not many other options that I can come up with.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

So they are either lying or her camera was possibly not a Ring branded one. Not many other options that I can come up with.

Pretty sure hers was a Nest camera by Google. Not a Ring.
But he's basically just saying that if it WERE a Ring camera, and she truly didn't have a subscription like has been stated, then Ring would not have had that footage to "recover", because they don't save it.
Apparently Nest does save it. OR she did have some sort of subscription they were unaware of before. OR Ring is lying and they would have it too.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Pretty sure hers was a Nest camera by Google. Not a Ring.
But he's basically just saying that if it WERE a Ring camera, and she truly didn't have a subscription like has been stated, then Ring would not have had that footage to "recover", because they don't save it.
Apparently Nest does save it. OR she did have some sort of subscription they were unaware of before. OR Ring is lying and they would have it too.

New to the convo here but I've been following this via Brian Entin & various news outlets. I have a battery of Ring cams around my property (and a subscription) and from what I understand, this is correct. Or anyway, that's what they tell the public. I'm not at all familiar with Nest cams but their logo is definitely on the surveillance that was released yesterday.

That said, this case is one of the weirdest to come along in a while. Not just the case itself but the way LE are handling it and the way media figures (some of them) seem to be inserting themselves into the case. It wouldn't surprise me to learn all the ransom letters are totally fake & the person who took her is some random creep from the local drive thru or grocery store that became obessed with her for some twisted reason.

 

[Guess Who]

Pretty sure hers was a Nest camera by Google. Not a Ring.
But he's basically just saying that if it WERE a Ring camera, and she truly didn't have a subscription like has been stated, then Ring would not have had that footage to "recover", because they don't save it.
Apparently Nest does save it. OR she did have some sort of subscription they were unaware of before. OR Ring is lying and they would have it too.

Just another reason why I have no desire to have one.