Nancy Guthrie news
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The gist
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was forcibly taken from her Tucson home on February 1 and is still.
Her daughter Savannah Guthrie's rare on-air comment keeps a stalled case in the public.
Background
Nancy Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, co-host of NBC's Today show. She was forcibly taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona in the early hours of February 1, and the investigation has continued into its seventh month with no update on her whereabouts or potential suspects. Police have released no theories about what happened, no suspect has been identified, and no motive has been disclosed. With few official developments, public attention has fixated on any detail that could be a clue.
How it unfolded
- Feb 1, 2026Nancy Guthrie, 84, is forcibly taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona in the early hours.
- Jul 2026In an interview with E! News, Elizabeth Smart says Guthrie 'could absolutely still be alive' and notes others have been located after lengthy disappearances.
- Sep 9, 2026A woman claims she bought a tablet that once belonged to Guthrie for $10 from a 'smelly man' at the Alvernon Way area; after she connected to Wi-Fi, police swarmed her asking where she got the device.
- Sep 9, 2026A YouTuber claims a man wanted by the Yuma Police Department for a break-in appeared to wear the 'same style gloves' as the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping suspect, raising copycat fears.
- Sep 10, 2026Savannah Guthrie makes a rare comment about her still-missing mother on the Today show, speaking in the past tense.
Who’s saying what
- Expert
- Elizabeth Smart said in a July 2026 interview with E! News that Guthrie 'could absolutely still be alive,' pointing to others located after lengthy disappearances, and added that the public doesn't know all the details.
- Public
- With no official developments for a while, the public has fixated on any detail that could be a clue, including a claimed tablet purchase and a man's gloves.
Still unverified
A woman's claim that she bought a tablet belonging to Guthrie for $10 from a 'smelly man' at the Alvernon Way area, and that police swarmed her after she connected to Wi-Fi, is reported via a YouTuber and not confirmed by police. A YouTuber's claim that a man wanted by Yuma Police for a break-in wore the 'same style gloves' as the kidnapping suspect is likewise unconfirmed. No suspect has been identified and no motive disclosed.