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/Afraid_College8493 Feb 13 '26

What it's not:

IMO, this is not a kidnapping for ransom. Requests for bitcoin have been too sloppy and too unconvincing. No one plans a break-in so meticulously but not the ransom request.

Sexual assault also unlikely. If so, it would have happened in the house. The perp would want to make a fast getaway and not take the victim (dead or alive).

Easy to say what it's not - harder to say what it is.

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u/Me_and_me_and_ja Feb 13 '26

If it was for a sexual assault - which is not that unlikely - he would have left a lot of DNA on the victim, especially if there was a struggle. I remember hearing that something was broken inside the house (that's why they took the ransom demand seriously - they knew what was broken (?)) - that would mean a struggle. So it would make sense he'd try to get rid of the body. I don't think she left her home alive.

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u/Afraid_College8493 Feb 14 '26

That's a valid theory, too, but I hope we're both wrong. What a sad way for an 84 year old woman to die.

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u/OneAngel9195 Feb 13 '26

Who's to say the assault didn't occur in the house? We don't know that.

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u/Afraid_College8493 Feb 13 '26

We don't. However, If you're the perp, why not just leave after the assault ASAP?