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

 

[GrandmaBear]

Yeah, just the time frame. In all fairness, it could be completely unconnected.

interesting though if time frame and direction and such seems to fit. but yeah, could be not connected.

 

[Tresir]

Yeah, just the time frame. In all fairness, it could be completely unconnected.

I thought they were saying it was outside the 2 mile limit which was why they hadn't followed it up? I guess 6 minutes away would be more than 2 miles. A mile a minute is 60 mph. 2 miles a minute is 30 mph. 6 minutes away could be as much as 12 miles away.

I also had something come up that said someone had been arrested today for driving past the house drunk, but i couldn't load the article. Anyone seen that?

 

[GrandmaBear]

I thought they were saying it was outside the 2 mile limit which was why they hadn't followed it up? I guess 6 minutes away would be more than 2 miles. A mile a minute is 60 mph. 2 miles a minute is 30 mph. 6 minutes away could be as much as 12 miles away.

I also had something come up that said someone had been arrested today for driving past the house drunk, but i couldn't load the article. Anyone seen that?

I heard it. I think Entin reported it, maybe last night? Was it in the one I linked. He claims and says he's not exaggerating the guy drove by the home like 50 or 100 times (well which Brian) and that he had a picture of Nancy on his phone or in his car or something. He did get I guess a DUI.

I'm not even bothering sharing some things as there's so much bull out there. I suspect some of it is true, just not sure about all.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I thought they were saying it was outside the 2 mile limit which was why they hadn't followed it up? I guess 6 minutes away would be more than 2 miles. A mile a minute is 60 mph. 2 miles a minute is 30 mph. 6 minutes away could be as much as 12 miles away.

I also had something come up that said someone had been arrested today for driving past the house drunk, but i couldn't load the article. Anyone seen that?

Do you want me to try and find something about it for you? I will if you want.

 

[Tresir]

Do you want me to try and find something about it for you? I will if you want.

No thats ok as you have corroborated it by saying you had heard about the guy driving by many times. This is sure a weird one. We still don't know about these two women either do we?

 

[GrandmaBear]

No thats ok as you have corroborated it by saying you had heard about the guy driving by many times. This is sure a weird one. We still don't know about these two women either do we?

Okay. Willing to find something on it for you if you want though.

I didn't see the thing about two other women. Probably from a member I ignore. I did see a remark or two towards it that sounded as if not believable so even though I don't know what it's about, I figure it's probably more junk news. You can fill me in if you like.

Yeah, even the allegedly drunk guy, who knows, doubtful he's involved imo. I mean whoever this was, so far has been smart enough to not be caught whereas someone drunk driving by all the time with all news and LE there (and if LE not there, news will call them) seems to stupid to have been the one who took Nancy. I know nothing about the two women but kind of doubt it would interest me much either.

I'll probably run into it if I decide to watch anything on this case tonight but like I said, if you want to tell me the basics, that would be okay.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Entin's headline tonight goes something like "desperate burglars not afraid of treacherous desert near Nancy Guthrie's..."

Almost an hour long.

Anyone think I'm tempted to even look at it? NO. The FEW that I used to think (sometimes only) weren't too bad are getting ridiculous at this point. I don't even CARE what it is about. His one last night was enough for me, it's just anything to milk the story now.

I was as caught up in this as any case ever as most of us are but I've hit the line with it. You know some would die for some attn given to their case and in this case I wouldn't doubt the family would like this kind of b.s. to die down.

Why would I look at that? What are the chances even if real burglars are in the desert near Nancy's that they have anything to do with where she is? It's just clickbait.

I'd imagine the family doesn't want attn to die and this to go cold of course, but I doubt they want the b.s. attn on it.

It makes me even sadder for them and for Nancy.

 

[Kimster]

Entin's headline tonight goes something like "desperate burglars not afraid of treacherous desert near Nancy Guthrie's..."

Almost an hour long.

Anyone think I'm tempted to even look at it? NO. The FEW that I used to think (sometimes only) weren't too bad are getting ridiculous at this point. I don't even CARE what it is about. His one last night was enough for me, it's just anything to milk the story now.

I was as caught up in this as any case ever as most of us are but I've hit the line with it. You know some would die for some attn given to their case and in this case I wouldn't doubt the family would like this kind of b.s. to die down.

Why would I look at that? What are the chances even if real burglars are in the desert near Nancy's that they have anything to do with where she is? It's just clickbait.

I'd imagine the family doesn't want attn to die and this to go cold of course, but I doubt they want the b.s. attn on it.

It makes me even sadder for them and for Nancy.

I watched it and thought it was far better than the click bait title. I enjoyed hearing from the deputy who used to patrol that area and his take on burglary, which is much like I’ve understood. I’m still leaning toward burglary gone wrong, but not afraid to admit if I’m wrong.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I watched it and thought it was far better than the click bait title. I enjoyed hearing from the deputy who used to patrol that area and his take on burglary, which is much like I’ve understood. I’m still leaning toward burglary gone wrong, but not afraid to admit if I’m wrong.

Good to know. Maybe I'll give it a watch but I certainly think the title is a bit of a turn off/click bait. And an hour of time if it's nothing didn't even tempt me, but then I've been investing a lot of time into the Richins trial so don't want to watch a ton of other hour long things. If worth it I will. For instance I watched Nate's over an hour long recap on Richins even though I'd seen all the testimony, but Entin, I was not tempted, on this case.

I don't know, I've said all along in this one, there really isn't enough for me to form an opinion of the reason behind it and guess as to what happened. I still feel that way. I don't mind being wrong either but don't really have a way to lean in Guthrie.

I do think a simple robbery almost never would result in the taking of an 84 year old woman?? And it's hard to ignore the fact her daughter is someone very high profile. I have pondered that maybe to avoid being killed Nancy said they'd get more money if they ransomed her but the ransom letters have kind of not worked out...

I really don't like what press has done in this case. I think they've been a hindrance and not a help. I'm a huge believer in transparency but more about the court process than the investigation, they often need privacy to catch perps. It does make it hard to trust though when nothing is being shared, so I go a bit both ways but in this one, I think they've been a hindrance.

I watched a bit of Duty Ron tonight and I exited from it. He's been among the missing like Linda, I think he had some health challenges or something. Most of it was trashing Nanos. They gave the murder rate for the county which is actually very low for its size imo but then the robbery rate which they think very high. I find it all political personally and maybe Nanos deserves it, but I honestly don't know, he was voted in. But I just can't do anything but say to myself how does that help this case? What good does making that the issue which so many do, help Nancy??

I don't know. All I do know is it's like Reiner was at first, with a total bunch of scavengers for news who go overboard. I've never seen any reason to be jealous of high profile people because honestly, I'd never want such a life, look what it entails. I'm sure like Savanna of course wants attn on it and doesn't want her mother's case going no interest or cold but at the same time I'd think curses how it's been. Not that SG would curse lol.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Well I guess I just ran into whatever it was about a woman screaming out of a car window three miles away that night. Smh.

Not two women but one so not sure still what the two women thing is but regardless...

Woman dressed all in black, car door open or some such, wow, lots of detail...

Aside from the county which is huge in size, Tucson is a city of over 500K, half a million. It's near the border, who even knows what the population nonreported is at any given time.

It's interesting many of these things are always over two miles away. Not a lot but in a city, that is a lot... Like everything, can't say it's not related but see absolutely no reason to think it is either.

I think personally news is digging for anything at this point. And not so much in an effort to help as to have news.

 

[Tresir]

It seems there are several false stories that appear to have nothing to do with Nancy but media is just jumping on the band wagon anyway.

Read them if you want to lose an hour of your day.

(Posting just in case it is connected.)

Nancy Guthrie cops speak out as 'body found floating' in pond near Arizona home

Savannah Guthrie's mom Nancy Guthrie has been missing since February 1, and cops believe she was taken from her home in Arizona against her will and are still searching for her

www.themirror.com

Man arrested outside Nancy Guthrie home named in major police update

The Pima County Sheriff's Department issued an update regarding a 34-year-old man who was arrested in front of Nancy Guthrie's Tucson, Arizona, home on February 26

www.aol.com

 

[GrandmaBear]

It seems there are several false stories that appear to have nothing to do with Nancy but media is just jumping on the band wagon anyway.

Read them if you want to lose an hour of your day.

(Posting just in case it is connected.)

Nancy Guthrie cops speak out as 'body found floating' in pond near Arizona home

Savannah Guthrie's mom Nancy Guthrie has been missing since February 1, and cops believe she was taken from her home in Arizona against her will and are still searching for her

www.themirror.com

Man arrested outside Nancy Guthrie home named in major police update

The Pima County Sheriff's Department issued an update regarding a 34-year-old man who was arrested in front of Nancy Guthrie's Tucson, Arizona, home on February 26

www.aol.com

Yeah I saw the dead body one last night. I tell ya, it was enough that I watched nothing on this case. Very sick of the b.s. Like I said, they ("news") is digging for anything at this point and will say almost anything. I debated watching the Entin one as someone said it wasn't bad but it is an hour long and just wasn't in the mood for it having seen some of the other garbage. I've been watching trial all day while also trying to get some things done and then I watch a few recaps of that at night and it's a lot.

The drunken driving one, you know Entin says the guy drove past Nancy's like 50 to 100 times and said he wasn't exaggerating. Lol, not so sure, we have an idea how many that actually is?? So not so sure he wasn't exaggerating.

Think I already said I went into Duty Ron for a bit and all they were doing was having a trash the sheriff hour. You know, my view on that is first of all, how does any of that help Nancy? He's the elected sheriff of the county and he won the majority and he's not going anywhere so it doesn't do much good. Second imo it stemmed from a couple of people and now the ones most hung up on trashing him are not even from that area but the rest of the nation and you sure don't hear it from the mouths of tons of Tucson residents. Finally, if news wants any of the LE to share info with them well, not the best way to go about it, is it? Nanos was providing the most info in the beginning and was not an "unnamed source" either but then they started on this.

Maybe he deserves it, maybe he doesn't, I don't know, all I know is that nor any of these other hyped up stories do much to help the case nor Nancy.

Anyhow, just my two cents on it all.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Where the Hades does the woman screaming from a car come from?

First I've heard of it. If it was Nancy then the guy probably acted alone. I'm sure that if anyone else was in the car they would have put their hand over her mouth .

Is this another thing that was glossed over from day one?

 

[GrandmaBear]

Where the Hades does the woman screaming from a car come from?

First I've heard of it. If it was Nancy then the guy probably acted alone. I'm sure that if anyone else was in the car they would have put their hand over her mouth .

Is this another thing that was glossed over from day one?

What is sad is while it COULD be a desperate older Nancy giving her all out effort, it's doubtful that it is as most of the news in this case and certainly since the raids (known about) have ended etc. is mostly hyped up b.s.

It's Tucson, a few miles away on a Saturday evening/early Sunday, a weekend. A city of over a half mill and the county even bigger and that's without illegals coming across the border... Think about in your smaller city and mine even how far three miles is in that city... Crossing my little city can take 1/2 hour or more but it's 4 miles, maybe a bit more... But it's being entirely somewhere else in the city...

Saturday night?? Probably more likely someone drinking, drugging, cruising, some female screaming out the window, etc... Or other crimes...

I haven't really watched much on it so may have some details missed but I don't plan on it either. They are making mountains out of molehills in this case. Constantly.

I don't want to pray for any trauma to any other family but there needs to be some other case to take the news idiots away from this case as their hot new case.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

What is sad is while it COULD be a desperate older Nancy giving her all out effort, it's doubtful that it is as most of the news in this case and certainly since the raids (known about) have ended etc. is mostly hyped up b.s.

It's Tucson, a few miles away on a Saturday evening/early Sunday, a weekend. A city of over a half mill and the county even bigger and that's without illegals coming across the border... Think about in your smaller city and mine even how far three miles is in that city... Crossing my little city can take 1/2 hour or more but it's 4 miles, maybe a bit more... But it's being entirely somewhere else in the city...

Saturday night?? Probably more likely someone drinking, drugging, cruising, some female screaming out the window, etc... Or other crimes...

I haven't really watched much on it so may have some details missed but I don't plan on it either. They are making mountains out of molehills in this case. Constantly.

I don't want to pray for any trauma to any other family but there needs to be some other case to take the news idiots away from this case as their hot new case.

The weird thing to me is nobody reported this to the police, no matter who it was.

 

[GrandmaBear]

The weird thing to me is nobody reported this to the police, no matter who it was.

So no report.... And all this time later... So what's that tell us...?

So no call or incident report? Are we sure...? If so, then no one cared about some screaming woman until they thought it might relate to Nancy...? How long after?

If you see what I mean...

 

[Cousin Dupree]

So no report.... And all this time later... So what's that tell us...?

So no call or incident report? Are we sure...? If so, then no one cared about some screaming woman until they thought it might relate to Nancy...? How long after?

If you see what I mean...

If you mean it's severe incompetence, I agree.

 

[GrandmaBear]

If you mean it's severe incompetence, I agree.

That's not all I mean, no. Meaning I know where you are at with this remark, because your pretty obvious in most things. Here you have an opinion of the sheriff and so almost all is his fault. Politics it is clear you aren't open. Other things and cases too. We all have our opinions, that's fine.

What I mean is NEWS. Media. Both can be true of course. I'm not one way or the other about the sheriff but I am getting that way about a lot of news sources.

And let's keep in mind the sheriff is not the only one in this huge county in that department. There are clerks, dispatchers, etc. who take calls, record things and so on.

What I'm saying is interesting isn't it news finds this now and decides it is interesting even though I seriously DOUBT related at all...

It could be of course but I highly doubt it. An injured bleeding 84 year old woman I guess gets a window down and free long enough to scream in a loud voice THREE miles was it away... Could be. Oh sure. It could.

I'm not leaning that way though. And why wasn't it worthy to news prior...

Far more likely someone drinking, on drugs, or some domestic late on a Saturday/early Sunday wee hours. It's not like it's Mayberry.... It is a huge city, a huge county, and near the border.

I'm not putting much store in it as related to this case. And I don't think it means either than all recent or prior calls had not been checked out.

I know you're on the sheriff thing so assume that's what you mean.

Don't really see how it helps though. AND media of all kinds probably need coming down on FAR MORE. You do agree on taht don't ya?

 

[GrandmaBear]

Probably not.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

That's not all I mean, no. Meaning I know where you are at with this remark, because your pretty obvious in most things. Here you have an opinion of the sheriff and so almost all is his fault. Politics it is clear you aren't open. Other things and cases too. We all have our opinions, that's fine.

What I mean is NEWS. Media. Both can be true of course. I'm not one way or the other about the sheriff but I am getting that way about a lot of news sources.

And let's keep in mind the sheriff is not the only one in this huge county in that department. There are clerks, dispatchers, etc. who take calls, record things and so on.

What I'm saying is interesting isn't it news finds this now and decides it is interesting even though I seriously DOUBT related at all...

It could be of course but I highly doubt it. An injured bleeding 84 year old woman I guess gets a window down and free long enough to scream in a loud voice THREE miles was it away... Could be. Oh sure. It could.

I'm not leaning that way though. And why wasn't it worthy to news prior...

Far more likely someone drinking, on drugs, or some domestic late on a Saturday/early Sunday wee hours. It's not like it's Mayberry.... It is a huge city, a huge county, and near the border.

I'm not putting much store in it as related to this case. And I don't think it means either than all recent or prior calls had not been checked out.

I know you're on the sheriff thing so assume that's what you mean.

Don't really see how it helps though. AND media of all kinds probably need coming down on FAR MORE. You do agree on taht don't ya?

Do you think the Sheriff is doing well? I have no idea what party he's associated with.