Posted on 02/02/2026 10:29:14 AM PST by hole_n_one
The mysterious disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother is being investigated as a crime, authorities said Monday — citing “suspicious” circumstances at the 84-year-old woman’s home.
Nancy Guthrie was last seen around 9:45 p.m. Saturday at her million-dollar residence in the Catalina Foothills area near Tucson, where officials found a “very concerning” scene, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said at a press conference.
“We know she didn’t just walk out of there. She did not leave on her own,” Nanos said.
She is very limited in her mobility,” he said — explaining the grandma “could not walk 50 yards on her own.
“We believe now, after we process that crime scene, that we do, in fact, have a crime scene, that we do, in fact, have a crime, and we’re asking the community’s help,” Nanos said.
Authorities have been searching for the elderly matriarch since she was reported missing by her family late Sunday morning.
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TMZ is claiming they received a ransom demand they dont say the amount but that they ONLY want bitcoin and the bitcoin address provided is legit..now why send the ransom demand to TMZ instead of the family..Im betting its bogus, anyone can come out of the woodwork and say “Yeah I have here give me a million bucks and you can have her back”
Sometimes elderly people get up and walk out of the house. That’s one reason why vaseline is put on door knobs.
Early one morning the door buzzer rang in our apartment in NYC waking us up. A priest was bringing grandma back home. She was in her pajamas and went to church. We didn’t know she was gone. We thought she was sleeping. She could barely walk!
Elderly sometimes do stuff.
I guess they gave a clue by describing some damage at the scene.... I sure don’t know what’s up. I doubted kidnapping because that really never gets pulled off. Yes, nutter pretenders often try to horn in on cases for rewards or whatever ...
There were clues right away that she left .... "involuntarily." In any case, she would have been located by now if she wandered off on foot.
and instead of contacting the family for the money they contact TMZ..something makes me think this is an inside job..heck I dont know what to believe anymore, is the family in on the con job who knows
Sometimes yes, but not this time.
Probably a nutter who figured TMZ would play along a little without LE involvement to get a story first, long enough to be relieved of some payola anyway.
Unless the note was specific about what happened inside the house something that NO ONE would know except the one involved yeah its totally fake but the bitcoin account is legit.
Also another question that I have is how come she had NO caregiver. She had her brain but she barely walk more than 30 feet and she had no one watching her..how the heck did she go to the bathroom at night without falling? Savannah Guthrie is worth millions, no cameras in the house no cameras outside the house, no caregiver, but she had a pool guy just so weird
So many nutters, not enough psychiatric hospitals.
Cops could have good evidence, but holding it close to the vest. Creeps in In Cold Blood who murdered the Clutters left footprints - one bloody - and shipped the boots to themselves with some other junk. They were picked up at the Vegas post office with the box in their hands. Print was the straw that got a confession out of Hickock. If they had known about the print, they would have burned the boots.
It’s a team. Or more. “We”
“Just imagine if it turns out that it was an illegal alien that did her harm in some way.”
I hope it does turn out that way.
SOMEbody did something (in my best Ilhan voice with an up-squeak at the end). So if the perp has to be SOMEbody, it might as well be an illegal. Just to prove a point to the left; I want THEM to hurt like other victims do, whom the ignore all the time.
And to hear Savannah blather on about her “faith” ... I call BS.
Probably college students. Hate the Rich!
My problem with this deal has always been motive.
Police and FBI are withholding details as well they should, it’s professional police work to not disclose all you know.
Kidnapping for big money ransom has not happened in the USA for ages.
But is Tuscon really in the USA?
Only sixty miles from the border of Mexico where kidnapping and the fear of kidnapping still exists.
From the outside with what little we know of real evidence on the scene, I think kidnapping makes as much sense as any motive so far.
Also ZERO reason to take her out of the house unless they wanted to get access to her bank account or demand a ransom..if she had died in the house(like she was surprised and had a massive heart attack or died during a struggle) they would have left her body there..no reason to remove the body for the purpose of burying her, too much hassle..they could have easily just left her behind but they took her
Going INTO Mexico is easy, but since Trump secured the border they cant come back into the USA..but why take her to Mexico, its not like she can be sex trafficked ..I dont know why Im having flashbacks to Sherri Papini..now home invasions are very common, and robbing a house with people inside are common too, but taking them away never heard of that one before especially an 84 yr old with a pacemaker who apparently has not gotten any signal on any apple device since early Sunday morning..does that mean that the pacemaker is dead meaning she’s dead too, who knows. I had no idea that you could connect your pacemaker to an apple device
A lot of people still believe “no body = no crime” as far as murder. Breaking and entering ... tough, but no death penalty for it. We aren’t talking about mensa members here.
The Apple Watch was left in the home with her mobile phone.
I assume she may have taken the Apple Watch off when she goes to be and may not use it as a monitor.
I’m also assuming that at a certain distance the Apple Watch disconnects.
For the apple device, it can detect the pacemaker by downloading an app and being at least 3 feet away from the device, supposedly it gave a signal early sunday morning, since then, nothing..IF she is in Mexico maybe its too far away to even be detected anymore..or she’s dead
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