Six weeks. No arrest. No body. No Nancy.
The 84-year-old mother of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie has been missing from her Tucson-area home since February 1, 2026 - and the case just took a turn that investigators say they cannot ignore. Someone may have helped from the inside.
He knew exactly where the camera was
When FBI forensic analysts recovered a 44-second clip from residual data on Nancy's doorbell camera, the behavior of the masked suspect immediately stood out. Former FBI special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer told Newsweek the suspect walked straight toward the camera with his head down - no hesitation, no searching. "They knew exactly where that camera was," she said. "It makes no sense to me that this wasn't completely targeted."
Then came the detail that changed everything. Investigators confirmed the same individual had visited Nancy's front door on a separate occasion - days or weeks before the night she disappeared. On that earlier visit, he had no backpack. The backpack only appeared the night she was taken. One visit was reconnaissance. The second was execution. And someone, investigators believe, may have let him in - or told him when to come.
"I do not think this is a one-person job"
Coffindaffer was blunt: "I do not think this is a one-person job." She pointed to someone close to Nancy - family, a housekeeper, a pool handler, a maintenance worker - as the likely source of inside information. "Somebody who was close to her," she said.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos agreed the crime was targeted, issuing a stark public warning: "Don't think for a minute that because it happened to the Guthrie family, you're safe." He added that investigators have held strong beliefs about the motive from the beginning - but have not disclosed them publicly.
Where the case stands right now
The FBI has received over 13,000 tips. The family has posted a $1 million reward. Unidentified DNA found at the scene is still being processed. Multiple ransom notes demanding cryptocurrency have surfaced, but none have been authenticated by law enforcement.
Savannah Guthrie herself has said her family is "blowing on the embers of hope" - acknowledging publicly that her mother may already be gone.
Outside Nancy's home in Tucson, handpainted canvases left by neighbor and artist Donna Preuss carry a single message: "Nancy, all of us are praying for you to come home now." Those prayers - and this investigation - continue today.
If you have any information, contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit a tip at tips.fbi.gov.
