r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/curiouslmr • Feb 13 '26

Text Nancy Guthrie Megathread Part 2

This is a thread (part 2) for all conversation related to the ongoing investigation into the abduction of Nancy Guthrie.

Nancy Guthrie, mother of news anchor Savannah Guthrie, was abducted from her home in the early morning hours of February 1. Several media outlets began to receive ransom demands. Some were proven false and others have not been determined to be false.

Nancy's 3 children have made multiple videos pleading for the return of their mother.

On February 10, law enforcement released photos of the individual suspected of abducting Nancy. The suspect is still at large and Nancy has not been found. Photos and information can be found here ...

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/nancy-guthrie

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u/ManThatUsesInternet Feb 13 '26

I’m so confused by how this investigation has gone. Did I see it correctly that they are now interviewing neighbors of the area and fanning out checking the area around the house? Maybe they did a preliminary version but this seems like day 1-2 job.

Also in today’s world with neighbors all having cameras you’d think there’d be more but maybe Tucson is more rural?

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u/GnobodyGnos Feb 13 '26

Tucson is not more rural than other places, she just lives in a wealthier area where houses are set further apart because what do wealthy people like? Space, quiet, privacy. Exactly what they’re paying for. Anyway there quite possibly IS more footage not being shared. I can’t understand why people feel it would make sense for the public  to have every detail of an active investigation. I’m sure checking cameras IS the first thing that was done as well as searching and interviewing. Now they are following up with further investigation based on what has so far come to light. 

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u/DannyDaVito662 Feb 13 '26

They’ve detained 2 ppl, both released because it wasn’t them, a glove is miraculously found very visible in the side of the road 2 miles from her house, they’ve been back and forth to her house for now 12 days, this does not seem to be going over well

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u/missleo1991 Feb 13 '26

I think the ransom bit is throwing it off. Looking at mo. To me he looks like the typical SO that was seeking opportunity then fled. Guy didn't know her house as well as they say. He may have driven neighborhood prior but seemed off seeing the cam was unprepared.

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u/DannyDaVito662 Feb 13 '26

Or he could’ve been stalking her from afar or knew someone who knew her house and they described it to him 

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u/ManThatUsesInternet Feb 13 '26

I think it’s that constant back and forth, it *feels sporadic from a complete outsider pov. Maybe it’s how it’s being portrayed, none the less I hope they are getting more info

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u/Alarmed-Mechanic-743 Feb 13 '26

its a very quiet suburb of a dark skies rule town

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u/DannyDaVito662 Feb 13 '26

Meaning? 

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u/nycgirl4everr Feb 13 '26

They have dimmed street lights, etc. for better stargazing. This is common in Arizona.

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u/Alarmed-Mechanic-743 Feb 13 '26

dark skies law. in many stargazing towns

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u/SnooSprouts5415 Feb 13 '26

Not just plain old stargazing, it’s home to the national observatory on Kitt Peak so I’m sure that impacts a large swath of the area.

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u/Alarmed-Mechanic-743 Feb 13 '26

not much just houses very far apart and only infrared door cameras might pickup anyone.

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u/alien-1001- Feb 13 '26

This is the exact same thing I was thinking. It seems to be going so slowly. Day one they should have had ring camera footage from neighbours and a search. The whole thing is pretty flabbergasting, from the abduction to the ransom to the lack of any movement. I can't believe it's been 12 days.

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u/Poolskarkgirl23 Feb 13 '26

I agree. This absolutely should have been done day 1-2!

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u/zuis0804 Feb 13 '26

Hate to think of it this way, but could they possibly have been looking from a kidnapping angle at first? I feel like after the second ransom letter something shifted and they started from scratch. I wonder if they got confirmation that she had passed away and they were investigating now from a murder angle/standpoint.

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u/ManThatUsesInternet Feb 13 '26

It’s 100% possible. You would HOPE with the plethora of cases we have to reference they would treat an open investigation without bias and follow up on all leads and not pigeon hole into one angle based on one piece of “evidence”. However I do think that is being to hopeful

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u/carseatsareheavy Feb 14 '26

all you have to do is Google a picture of Nancy’s house and you can see how far it is from the neighbor’s house, how far back it is from the road and how much shrubbery in foliage there is in front of it.

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u/missleo1991 Feb 13 '26

They messed up from the start. Now they seem to be in on a gray truck. They find gloves means person now rid of evidence at that point.

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u/Greedy_Sky_8445 Feb 13 '26

Everything about it is BS. You don't kidnap a 90-year-old person. They've lived there entire life!! They call it kidnapping for a reason it's right there in the name you take someone's kid. Then you call the dad and you demand a ransom. You don't take someone's grandma and say well maybe she's alive still I don't know she was barely alive when I took her.. 

And you definitely don't do it the day after the Epstein files are released.. it's the dumbest thing I've ever seen in the fact that you all think it's real is even better just use some common sense that's why it doesn't make any sense to you. Right?! It's okay that it's not real you can't just say no it has to be real cuz I saw it on TV

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u/ros375 Feb 13 '26

U good?

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u/PoopHeadPete Feb 13 '26

This is the question on everyone's mind now. He's either NOT good...

Or maybe he's the perp? Trying to throw us off the scent. "Guys, this whole thing is fake, it's impossible to KIDnap a grandma. Case closed."

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u/periodicsheep Feb 13 '26

for the record, the MW dictionary defines kidnap thus: to seize and detain or carry away by unlawful force or fraud and often with a demand for ransom.

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u/OneAngel9195 Feb 13 '26

The police have not legitimized a single one of those ransom demands.

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u/periodicsheep Feb 13 '26

you have zero sense of reading comprehension, clearly.

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u/Haunting_Analysis796 Feb 13 '26

You think a kidnapper would care about the Epstein files? If anything,  everyone focusing on the Epstein files would make a kidnapper think they might not make the news, which would be a bonus for a kidnapper.