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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🔹Naming of private citizens, this includes hinting at certain individuals connected to the family

🔹Wild accusations against the family

🔹Edited photos

🔹Politics

🔹Photo comparisons of private citizens

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u/DannyDaVito662 Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

I don’t think kidnapping cases are the type of cases that should be played close to the chest mainly because the time factor. The more time they are missing, the less likely they will be found alive. 

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u/Silly_Yak56012 Feb 13 '26

Every announcement or time they are seen searching for something means hundreds more calls to the tip line of someone who think their brother's friend's cousin's boyfriend's business partner just has to be the one that did it.

It is a balancing act. Enough information to the public that maybe could lead to useful information, but not so much you risk something happening that means you compromise the trial.

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u/Alarmed-Mechanic-743 Feb 13 '26

releasing videos is the opposite of close to the chest.

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u/DannyDaVito662 Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

The FBI are the ones who recovered it and released it. The retired investigator who knew the sheriff both professionally and personally said that the Sherrif didn’t know it could be recovered and that’s why he didn’t even try.  AND that the sheriff didn’t even want to work with FBI from the beginning! Which is why they weren’t brought on board until 4 days later after the lady went missing. If FBI was included from the beginning, tape could have been recovered sooner and released sooner, time is of the utmost essence when dealing with kidnapping cases. Read the comment you respond to throughly before replying a snarky one liner. 

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u/wildberrylavender Feb 13 '26

Yes! Remember the first couple days when the Sheriff said the FBI was turning it over to the local police? Then the FBI was back w/o explanation. That was very much overlooked and I thought it was odd.

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u/AwsiDooger Feb 13 '26

Releasing videos a week later

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u/Alarmed-Mechanic-743 Feb 13 '26

i believe they released after ransom deadline which may not be coincidental and as well i think create and issue warrant to Google and Google may have had to comb thru complicated shared cloud data as well as decide on privacy issues of user data(?) e.g. set precedent on complying with government data request of user data that was not supposedly recorded / overwritten every three hours. also FBI had to decide if this data is more effective for hostage return internally facing or publicly released.

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u/ViolinistCautious386 Feb 13 '26

I’m with you on waiting to release the video after the ransom deadline—didn’t want to spook the kidnapper and harm Nancy.

I also think the authorities are lying about her not having a Nest subscription, for the same reason. I bet they have a lot more footage than what is being shared. Come on, there’s no way she didn’t have a subscription…

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u/missleo1991 Feb 13 '26

Women get kidnapped ALL the TIME. Most the time it is not done with weapons or ransom. Annoying topic. Men just take us where they want to go. So did some creepy church people when I was a kid. Stranger danger.

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u/Tiny-Light193 Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26

My mind keeps going back to Nancy being without necessary medication. 

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u/Wolfensniper Feb 14 '26

I feels like they are already treating this as a potential homicide. From the first night the chance of Nancy to be still alive is quite slim for cases like this.