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

 

[Cousin Dupree]

This whole thing doesn't make sense.

 

[Guess Who]

This whole thing doesn't make sense.

Not much at all does on this one.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Not much at all does on this one.

This is going to be very interesting when it all comes out.

 

[Kimster]

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.

I don't think I've ever run across it before! Man, technology is booming lately.

 

[Kimster]

As far as the Ring vs. Nest, I saw one of the videos of the perp where it said "Nest" on the bottom of the video. I've never heard of that company before.

 

[Guess Who]

I don't think I've ever run across it before! Man, technology is booming lately.

Lots of apps use it, too. They know when you're near their stores or what you are near.

 

[Guess Who]

As far as the Ring vs. Nest, I saw one of the videos of the perp where it said "Nest" on the bottom of the video. I've never heard of that company before.

It's a very popular brand for programmable thermostats. Is a Google brand and they have lots of different devices that can all interlink and you can control them from your phone.

 

[Guess Who]

I don't think I've ever run across it before! Man, technology is booming lately.

Check out all the products the have!

Amazon.com : google nest

 

[RoundPeg]

I don't think I've ever run across it before! Man,

It was used in the Delphi case. Maybe Vallow?

 

[Kimster]

Check out all the products the have!

Amazon.com : google nest

I was talking about the geo one, not the Nest. My security camera company sells a lot of other stuff, too! Too much to keep up with.

 

[Kimster]

It was used in the Delphi case. Maybe Vallow?

I must've missed it. I didn't follow the Delphi case as closely as many on here were following it.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Geofencing (in law enforcement) is also a huge legal issue in the courts right now. Some higher courts have classified them as a "general" warrant, which are prohibited by the 4th amendment (too broad, violating privacy, etc.). Other jurisdictions have allowed them.

 

[Guess Who]

I was talking about the geo one, not the Nest. My security camera company sells a lot of other stuff, too! Too much to keep up with.

The cameras and even the thermostat have geofencing. A lot of their other linked products do, too. That's how they know where you are home or away. Kinda creepy but I'm more concerned about people hacking into them and then THEY know when you are home and away

 

[Guess Who]

Geofencing (in law enforcement) is also a huge legal issue in the courts right now. Some higher courts have classified them as a "general" warrant, which are prohibited by the 4th amendment (too broad, violating privacy, etc.). Other jurisdictions have allowed them.

I can see both sides to this one. They definitely need to be a bit more specific in what they request the records for and not and not too broad.

 

[Kimster]

Well, it's certainly a thing! Even in my world. I looked it up and sure enough, my security system uses geofencing!

 

[Guess Who]

Well, it's certainly a thing! Even in my world. I looked it up and sure enough, my security system uses geofencing!

So many things you would never think of use it now

 

[Kimster]

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.

I see you saw the Nest name on there, too!

I wonder if she ever tipped her help? We know she had to have a lot of help in order to maintain all her property. Maybe she didn't tip someone one day and they got angry. You never know what will set someone off!

 

[Tresir]

Well none of this technology has helped find an 84 year old so far.

 

[Guess Who]

The more I think about that flashlight he had, the more I'm thinking that he very well might have had it in expecting to pick the locks to her door.

 

[RoundPeg]

She has a point.