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

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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
 
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Cousin Dupree said:
They can tell by blood droplets, whether someone was moving when they were dropped or not. It sounds like they've never looked at that.

My belief is her body was carried out in a tarp and the blood trickled down the inside of the tarp leaving the droplets to come out.
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The article dated 20th March that I also posted yesterday (post 1796) has the FBI agent suggesting she was carried out. Did you read that one too?
 

Nancy Guthrie family issues new plea for information: ‘No detail too small’​

The family of Nancy Guthrie, the Tucson, Arizona, woman who disappeared late Jan. 31 or early Feb. 1, issued a new plea Saturday asking locals for help in finding the 84-year-old.

In their six-paragraph statement, Guthrie’s adult children say there may be valuable information that people are unknowingly holding back.

“We continue to believe it is Tucsonans, and the greater southern Arizona community, that hold the key to finding resolution in this case. Someone knows something,” said the statement, which was issued through Tucson TV station KVOA.

“We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case — please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance. No detail is too small. It may be the key.”

The unsolved case enters its 50th day on Sunday.


Here is the family’s complete statement:

“We are deeply grateful for the outpouring from neighbors, friends and the people of Tucson. We are all family now.

We continue to believe it is Tucsonans, and the greater southern Arizona community, that hold the key to finding resolution in this case. Someone knows something. It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant. We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11.

We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case — please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance. No detail is too small. It may be the key.

We miss our mom with every breath and we cannot be in peace until she is home. We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home. We want to celebrate her beautiful and courageous life. But we cannot do that until she is brought to a final place of rest.

Thank you for continuing to pray without ceasing.”
 

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Authorities hone in on Jan. 11 in Nancy Guthrie search

Brian Entin, Patrick Djordjevic

Updated: Mar 23, 2026 / 11:40 PM CDT



(NewsNation) — Authorities are honing in on Jan. 11 as the search for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie continues.

Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared late Jan. 31 or early Feb. 1 from her Tucson, Arizona, home.

Her family issued a new plea Saturday asking locals for help in finding the 84-year-old, with the family saying Jan. 11, three weeks before Guthrie’s appearance, may have been a critical date.

The FBI was asking Guthrie’s neighbors if they had video from Jan. 11, canvassing if they heard anything strange that night.

Savannah Guthrie’s faith on full display throughout mother’s kidnapping

Authorities have said Guthrie likely was targeted before she was taken from her residence. She was last seen while being dropped off at home Jan. 31 by a family member.

Last week, the FBI acquired what could be the last known video of Guthrie before her disappearance.

In the afternoon of Jan. 31, Guthrie took an Uber to her daughter Annie’s home, and it is video from this trip that federal investigators are said to have obtained. It is unclear whether the footage may be of any use in the search for Guthrie.

NewsNation’s Michael Ramsey contributed to this report.
 
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Cousin Dupree said:
They have video of the abductor before they enter the house. Do they have video of them leaving the house?
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I wouldn't think so because he disabled and removed the ring cam didn't he? Unless one of the other cams got him but wouldn't that mean they could have details of the vehicle too?

I am even wondering if the Uber driver had something to do with it as he would know the house was empty and could be burgled. And they only just got the uber video. Its just the 2a.m. abduction i find strange, when they could have done it earlier.
 
Tresir said:
I wouldn't think so because he disabled and removed the ring cam didn't he? Unless one of the other cams got him but wouldn't that mean they could have details of the vehicle too?

I am even wondering if the Uber driver had something to do with it as he would know the house was empty and could be burgled. And they only just got the uber video. Its just the 2a.m. abduction i find strange, when they could have done it earlier.
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That makes sense.
 
This article mentions the kidnapping to Mexico theory.

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Guthrie via Savannah Guthrie's Instagram, January 27, 2025.© Courtesy of Savannah Guthrie/Instagram

As the search for Nancy Guthrie continues into its seventh week, Rick Kastigar, the former boss of Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, has shared a grim theory on what he believes happened to the missing 84-year-old.

Speaking to NewsNation’s Brian Entin on the latest edition of Brian Entin Investigates, Kastigar said he thinks multiple people were involved in Nancy’s abduction and that it’s likely she was taken to Mexico in hopes of getting her the medication she needed to keep her alive.

Nancy, the mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since January 31, when police believe she was abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Since then, investigators have released doorbell camera footage of a masked suspect and shared a description of the potential abductor.

Kastigar said it would be in the kidnappers’ interests to keep Nancy alive so they could bargain with the family, most likely for money. Therefore, he thinks it’s reasonable to assume they would have taken Nancy to Mexico to address any potential medical issues.

“What would prevent an individual who had planned this out—to the level that I think he did—from going into Mexico and harboring her someplace in Mexico where, theoretically, they could deal with her medical issues,” the former police chief told Entin.

However, Kasitgar added that he believes Nancy “died somehow, while that plan may have been attempted.”

“And I believe that negated their opportunity to get what they wanted from the family. A lot of us think it’s money—and that very well may be,” he continued.

Kasitgar also pointed to pleas from Savannah and the Guthrie family, which state they want Nancy brought home, but don’t specify “alive.”

“My theory is that she’s passed,” he stated. “My theory is that they have nothing—they being the perpetrators—really have nothing with which to bargain any further. and what they may have done with her, I don’t know.”

Previous reports noted that Nancy’s pacemaker stopped syncing with her Apple Watch on February 1. Nanos also revealed Nancy had limited mobility and required daily medication for high blood pressure and heart issues.

Read the latest entertainment news on TV Insider.
 
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Nancy Guthrie's doors were 'propped open,' Savannah Guthrie says

In her first sit-down interview since her mother vanished from her home nearly two months ago, "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie recalled the "chaos and disbelief" surrounding Nancy Guthrie's disappearance after her sister called saying that their mother was missing.
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Nancy Guthrie's doors were 'propped open,' Savannah Guthrie says​

Savannah Guthrie says the back doors to her mother's house were found "propped open" when she and her family members arrived at Nancy Guthrie's Tucson-area home.

In her first sit-down interview since her mother vanished from her home nearly two months ago, the "Today" show co-host recalled the "chaos and disbelief" surrounding Nancy's disappearance after her sister called saying that their mother was missing.

"She said, she’s gone," Savanah Guthrie told "Today" co-host Hoda Kotb. "And we – she was in a panic. I was in a panic. I’m, like, call 911. She’s like, I did. We’ve called them. They’re here. We thought that she must have had, like, some kind of medical episode in the night and that somehow, you know, the paramedics had come, because the back doors were propped open, you know, and that didn’t make any sense."


In the interview, Savannah said that her mother had been living with "tremendous pain" and that she had limited mobility.

"My mom, she was in tremendous pain," Savannah said. "Her back was very bad. On a good day, she could walk down to the mailbox and get the mail, but most days not. So there wasn’t a wander off. And the doors were propped open, and there was blood on the front doorstep. And the Ring camera had been yanked off. And so we were saying, ‘This this is not OK. Something is very wrong here.’"

During the interview, Savannah described seeing the doorbell footage for the first time that showed a masked man standing outside her mother's front door.

"It’s just absolutely terrifying. And I can’t imagine that is who she saw standing over her bed. I can’t," she said.
 
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
www.fox5dc.com

Nancy Guthrie's doors were 'propped open,' Savannah Guthrie says

In her first sit-down interview since her mother vanished from her home nearly two months ago, "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie recalled the "chaos and disbelief" surrounding Nancy Guthrie's disappearance after her sister called saying that their mother was missing.
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Nancy Guthrie's doors were 'propped open,' Savannah Guthrie says​

Savannah Guthrie says the back doors to her mother's house were found "propped open" when she and her family members arrived at Nancy Guthrie's Tucson-area home.

In her first sit-down interview since her mother vanished from her home nearly two months ago, the "Today" show co-host recalled the "chaos and disbelief" surrounding Nancy's disappearance after her sister called saying that their mother was missing.

"She said, she’s gone," Savanah Guthrie told "Today" co-host Hoda Kotb. "And we – she was in a panic. I was in a panic. I’m, like, call 911. She’s like, I did. We’ve called them. They’re here. We thought that she must have had, like, some kind of medical episode in the night and that somehow, you know, the paramedics had come, because the back doors were propped open, you know, and that didn’t make any sense."


In the interview, Savannah said that her mother had been living with "tremendous pain" and that she had limited mobility.

"My mom, she was in tremendous pain," Savannah said. "Her back was very bad. On a good day, she could walk down to the mailbox and get the mail, but most days not. So there wasn’t a wander off. And the doors were propped open, and there was blood on the front doorstep. And the Ring camera had been yanked off. And so we were saying, ‘This this is not OK. Something is very wrong here.’"

During the interview, Savannah described seeing the doorbell footage for the first time that showed a masked man standing outside her mother's front door.

"It’s just absolutely terrifying. And I can’t imagine that is who she saw standing over her bed. I can’t," she said.
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Wow. I know that pain. So her trying to get away, and her age. She didn't have a chance. This just gets more heartbreaking. I can't imagine what Savanah is going through. Doing this to anyone is awful. To an elderly woman. Absolutely evil.
 
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
www.fox5dc.com

Nancy Guthrie's doors were 'propped open,' Savannah Guthrie says

In her first sit-down interview since her mother vanished from her home nearly two months ago, "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie recalled the "chaos and disbelief" surrounding Nancy Guthrie's disappearance after her sister called saying that their mother was missing.
www.fox5dc.com www.fox5dc.com

Nancy Guthrie's doors were 'propped open,' Savannah Guthrie says​

Savannah Guthrie says the back doors to her mother's house were found "propped open" when she and her family members arrived at Nancy Guthrie's Tucson-area home.

In her first sit-down interview since her mother vanished from her home nearly two months ago, the "Today" show co-host recalled the "chaos and disbelief" surrounding Nancy's disappearance after her sister called saying that their mother was missing.

"She said, she’s gone," Savanah Guthrie told "Today" co-host Hoda Kotb. "And we – she was in a panic. I was in a panic. I’m, like, call 911. She’s like, I did. We’ve called them. They’re here. We thought that she must have had, like, some kind of medical episode in the night and that somehow, you know, the paramedics had come, because the back doors were propped open, you know, and that didn’t make any sense."


In the interview, Savannah said that her mother had been living with "tremendous pain" and that she had limited mobility.

"My mom, she was in tremendous pain," Savannah said. "Her back was very bad. On a good day, she could walk down to the mailbox and get the mail, but most days not. So there wasn’t a wander off. And the doors were propped open, and there was blood on the front doorstep. And the Ring camera had been yanked off. And so we were saying, ‘This this is not OK. Something is very wrong here.’"

During the interview, Savannah described seeing the doorbell footage for the first time that showed a masked man standing outside her mother's front door.

"It’s just absolutely terrifying. And I can’t imagine that is who she saw standing over her bed. I can’t," she said.
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I don’t understand the back doors being propped on and there’s blood on the front steps? Were they taking stuff out of the house? They haven’t said anything was stolen from the house, but they haven’t said anything wasn’t stolen, have they?
 
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