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When a beloved family member goes missing, the pain is immeasurable. For NBC Today anchor Savannah Guthrie, that unimaginable reality became her life on the morning of January 31, 2026, when her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared from her home in the Tucson area of Arizona. What followed was not only a deeply distressing family crisis, but also a nationwide search effort, an active multi-agency investigation, and — troublingly — a wave of false information that spread rapidly across social media, adding confusion and heartache to an already devastating situation.
Nancy Guthrie, a woman described by those who know her as warm, independent, and sharp-minded well into her eighties, was last seen at her Tucson-area residence. Investigators believe she was taken from her home during the night. The circumstances of her disappearance were not consistent with a voluntary departure — she did not pack belongings, did not reach out to family members, and showed no signs of planning to leave. Most significantly, evidence discovered at the scene, including bloodstains that were later confirmed through DNA testing to match Nancy Guthrie, led law enforcement officials to treat the case as a possible abduction from the very beginning.
A Complete Timeline of Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance and Case Update
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