TUCSON, Ariz. — The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, 84, mother of *Today* co-host Savannah Guthrie, remains an open case more than seven months after she vanished from her home north of Tucson.
She was last seen about 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2026, when a relative dropped her off after dinner. She was reported missing the next day when she did not appear as expected for a church service. Pima County deputies treated the house as a crime scene. Investigators have said they believe she was taken against her will. No arrest has been announced. Her whereabouts are still unknown.
Family not suspects
Authorities have said Nancy’s children, siblings and their spouses are not suspects. Officials have called the relatives victims and said they have cooperated throughout. That clarification followed a wave of online theories aimed at the family. Investigators have asked the public to ignore unverified claims and let evidence, not rumor, drive the case.
What investigators are working with
The FBI released doorbell-camera video from Nancy’s Google Nest showing a masked person approaching the front door around the time she disappeared. That figure remains a focus. Officials have cautioned that the images alone do not identify who is responsible. They have asked neighbors to check their own cameras for unfamiliar people or cars in the hours before and after she was last seen.
A glove found miles from the house was examined because it appeared similar to gear in the video. It went for DNA testing. Authorities have indicated that at least some of that work did not immediately name a person tied to the disappearance. Mixed DNA from the home has also been analyzed. Forensic hits only matter if investigators can show when the material was left and that it belongs to the crime, not to ordinary traffic through a house.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said the department is committed to the case and believes an arrest will come. The FBI and sheriff’s office have fielded tens of thousands of tips.
Reward and false trails
The family and investigators have raised a reward — reported at $1 million and later described as high as $1.2 million — for information that leads to Nancy or to a conviction. Officials want small details: a car at the wrong hour, someone on foot, a private camera that caught a plate.
The case has also drawn noise. Notes sent to media outlets, including a Tucson station and TMZ, were treated as credible enough to investigate; one was reported to claim Nancy had died. A California man was later sentenced over a fake ransom demand. The sheriff’s office has warned people not to send money or scan QR codes attached to the investigation.
Savannah Guthrie has made repeated on-air appeals, saying the family is “in agony” and wants her mother home — or at least a way to say goodbye. On the September broadcast marking more than 200 days, she thanked supporters and asked again for anyone who knows something to call.
The FBI tip line is 1-800-CALL-FBI. Until someone who saw the masked figure, the car, or the house that night talks, Nancy Guthrie remains missing, and the timeline has a hole where an 84-year-old woman should have been.
