Updated February 10, 2026
The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Office have released terrifying images showing that an armed intruder came to Nancy Guthrie’s house and disabled the camera outside her front door.
The intruder appeared to be a man with facial hair. He carried a gun in a holster at his waist. He was wearing a hood and gloves and carrying a backpack.
There’s still no word on what happened to Nancy after the intruder entered her house, where she is now, or whether she’s still alive.
Prior Post.
Telltale evidence including a trail of Nancy Guthrie’s blood leads authorities in Tucson believe that the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie was abducted from her home in the predawn hours of Sunday morning, February 1st.
Although bogus ransom demands are commonplace in high-profile missing person cases, a ransom note received by TMZ and a local TV station in Tucson, and a follow-up ransom note, may have convinced Nancy’s family that they are in communication with her kidnappers.
In a video posted to Instagram on February 8th, Savannah Guthrie, flanked by her brother Camron Guthrie and sister Annie Guthrie, said this:
“We received your message, and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us and we will pay.”
In another Instagram video, posted on February 9th, Savannah pleaded for the public’s help. “We believe our mom is still out there,” said the Today show host. “We need your help… She was taken and we don’t know where… We are at an hour of desperation.”
The nightmare began for Savannah and her siblings when Nancy didn’t show up at church on Sunday morning and they discovered that she was missing from her suburban home in the upscale Catalina Hills neighborhood.
There was a trail of blood outside the door. Subsequent DNA analysis matched the blood to Nancy.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office conducted a massive search, assisted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other agencies. But from the outset authorities suspected Nancy was a crime victim rather than a missing person.
Although physically frail and on medication, Nancy was sharp-minded and not the kind to wander off. Plus, her wallet, cell phone, and medications remained at the house.
As the troubling case attracted nationwide attention, the FBI began assisting with interviews, securing and analyzing cell phone data, and helping with the hunt for other evidence.
The FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST) can use information from cell phone carriers and tower operators to trace cell phone activity days and even weeks after the fact.
Meanwhile, investigation revealed that on Saturday evening, January 31st, at about 5:30 p.m., Nancy took an Uber to Annie’s home.
Savannah’s older sister Annie, a writer, and her husband Tommaso Cioni, a schoolteacher, live in Tucson about ten minutes away from Nancy.
At 9:38 p.m., following a family dinner, Tommaso dropped off Nancy at her home and watched as she entered through the garage door. He was the last person in the family to see Nancy before she disappeared.
The known timeline of what happened next, in the predawn hours of Sunday, February 1st, under the glow of an almost full moon, is terrifying:
—At 1:47 a.m. on Sunday, Nancy’s doorbell camera disconnected. At 2:12 a.m. her security system detected someone but didn’t capture any image.
—At 2:28 a.m. Nancy’s pacemaker stopped sending information to her cell phone, indicating that she was out of range. Authorities surmise that this may be when Nancy was abducted.
—At 11:56 a.m., after learning that Nancy didn’t show up at church, the family checked her home and discovered she was missing. At 12:03 p.m. they called 911. A patrol team arrived about ten minutes later.
As days passed without Nancy being found, unconfirmed reports began spreading via conventional media and the true crime ecosystem.
A report by YouTuber Ashleigh Banfield, citing an undisclosed source, alleged that detectives had zeroed in on Tommaso as a likely suspect. This prompted the sheriff’s office to issue a pointed denial.
In the most recent update from the sheriff’s office, on February 8th, Public Information Officer Angelica Carrillo said: “Investigators have not identified any suspects, persons of interest, or vehicles connected to this case.”
Meanwhile, authorities have been spotted arriving at neighbors’ houses for interviews and obtaining security video from locations such as a Circle K located a few miles from Nancy’s house.
The sheriff’s office has asked anyone with information to call a confidential tip line: 520-351-4900.
