# Savannah Guthrie (Today Show, co-anchor) mother missing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [February 6, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414 "2026-02-06T03:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/121 "2026-02-12T15:51:16Z")
I have to say, I never thought there’d be so much speculation about a crime scene “glove”. Again. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/122 "2026-02-12T16:37:46Z")
Tent’s by the front door. I’ve seen too many of them in missing persons case. > **[Activity increases outside home of Nancy Guthrie as search continues](https://www.12news.com/video/news/local/arizona/activity-increases-outside-home-of-nancy-guthrie-as-search-continues/75-db4f22a0-1fa4-4fd1-817e-d0b6b509c526)** > > Investigators are increasing their activity outside Nancy Guthrie's home as the search continues. A tent was visible in front of the front door. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/123 "2026-02-13T00:15:28Z")
The reporting I saw on CNN this evening discussed the just-released physical description of the suspected kidnapper, including his height, and one ex-FBI (I believe) panel expert pointed out that an investigator on the scene at tent time was carrying an apparatus for calculating a person’s height based on known measurements of items in photographic evidence. I would assume the tent was in place to aid in that process by eliminating confounding background stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/124 "2026-02-13T01:23:05Z")
Rain is expected on Friday. A tent makes sense. Investigators coming in or out might just be on their way in or out of the house. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/125 "2026-02-13T01:27:13Z")
What is the point of the tent? What does it signify? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/126 "2026-02-13T02:10:34Z")
Tents are often used by forensic anthropologists and coroners for privacy when recovering remains. Shows respect for the victim and dignifies the recovery procedure. I was skeptical in this case. It’s unimaginable a criminal would hang around the scene and bury a body by the porch steps. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/127 "2026-02-13T02:15:00Z")
I suspect they are just preserving the crime scene until they are absolutely sure they haven’t missed anything. Like I said, it is raining tomorrow, and putting up a tent is a precaution that requires little effort or expense. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/128 "2026-02-13T02:17:15Z")
That makes sense. **Meanwhile TMZ received a new letter.** Link [New Nancy Guthrie Note, Sender Demands 1 Bitcoin for Info On Kidnapping Suspect](https://www.tmz.com/2026/02/11/new-nancy-guthrie-note-demands-bitcoin-for-suspect-information/) > [@](#): > > TMZ received the note just before 5 AM PT, and the sender claims they’ve tried unsuccessfully to reach [**Savannah Guthrie**](https://www.tmz.com/people/savannah-guthrie/)’s brother, [**Camron**](https://www.tmz.com/people/camron-guthrie/), and her sister, [**Annie**](https://www.tmz.com/people/annie-guthrie/), by email and text. The note goes on, "If they want the name of the individual involved then I want 1 Bitcoin to the following wallet. Time is more than relevant. Link [Nancy Guthrie Kidnapper Likely From Tucson Area, First Activity in Bitcoin Account](https://www.tmz.com/2026/02/10/nancy-guthrie-kidnapper-is-from-tucson/) > [@](#): > > **We’ve seen activity for the first time in the Bitcoin account listed in the first ransom note which was sent to us here at TMZ, and also to 2 TV stations in Tucson. For various reasons, we are not going to reveal the amount, but the activity happened in the last 25 minutes.** > > Potentially big development in the [**Nancy Guthrie**](https://www.tmz.com/people/nancy-guthrie/) abduction … our law enforcement sources say whoever kidnapped her from her Arizona home is also from the Tucson area. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/129 "2026-02-13T02:34:17Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s unimaginable a criminal would hang around the scene and bury a body by the porch steps. Yes it is. There’s zero chance they put the tent there because they think they are going to exhume her buried body from next to the front steps. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/130 "2026-02-13T02:38:13Z")
It’s day 12. There’s alway a slim chance she’ll be found alive. At least there is still communication and undisclosed money transfered into the Bitcoin account. That family is made up of over-achievers. Savannah a journalist and co-host on a morning network show. Cameron a retired F16 pilot who served in the U.S. military for well over 20 years. He later served in the ‘Green Mountain Boys’ — the Vermont Air National Guard. I think they’re a resilient family that will get through this tragedy regardless of the outcome. Link [https://parade.com/news/who-is-camron-guthrie-everything-we-know-savannah-guthrie-brother-amid-mom-nancy-disappearance](https://parade.com/news/who-is-camron-guthrie-everything-we-know-savannah-guthrie-brother-amid-mom-nancy-disappearance) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/131 "2026-02-13T03:34:47Z")
Interesting article. It’s not informative enough with anything new for me to burn a gift link. They explained my own and my family’s interest in this case. Link [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/style/nancy-guthrie-missing-savannah.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/style/nancy-guthrie-missing-savannah.html) > [@](#): > > In many ways, the interest in the case can be traced to a confluence of factors which have captured the public’s imagination — and tapped into their fears: a vulnerable victim, taken out of a seemingly safe home; an unknown perpetrator, seen lurking in a mask; and a celebrity whose agonized pleas are broadcast around the world. > > “We’re fascinated by evildoers,” Jack Shafer, the veteran media critic, said, noting the nation’s past obsessions with kidnapping cases like the Lindbergh baby. “And then you add the celebrity quotient, and it starts to go through the roof.” > > For a nation with an unceasing appetite for true-crime podcasts and fictional police procedurals, the interest in the Guthrie case may not be surprising. Still, some elements have set it apart, including the universality, and relatability, of the victim: an elderly mother in peril. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/132 "2026-02-13T09:11:12Z")
I can’t help but wonder what it must be like to get abducted by some rash person and then held for 13 days against one’s will. If it were me, I think I’d probably end up with some kind of stress disorder at the least. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/133 "2026-02-13T12:43:18Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > They explained my own and my family’s interest in this case. Have you encountered any data regarding the percentage of Americans who are interested in this case? No desire to say you ought not be interested, and no intent to threadshit. But I would imagine a decent percentage of Americans - if not a majority, have little or no interest. I often find it interesting how at various times a single crime story seems to garner great media attention. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/134 "2026-02-13T13:15:02Z")
Eh. . . I dunno. Your first post in this thread, and it amounts to wondering why anyone would be interested in this story. Comes pretty close. Anyway, my 2¢: A lot of us (Americans, anyway) like to follow “true crime” stories. To each his own. I don’t understand why people liked “The Office.” I’m part of the minority there, but that’s just the way it is. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/135 "2026-02-13T14:02:53Z")
Everyone loves a mystery and the opportunity to guess the solution. It’s a shame that usually involves horrible things happening to other people and exploitive and sensationalistic coverage by the media. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/136 "2026-02-13T14:17:11Z")
I keep thinking Nancy Guthrie almost made it through her 84 year-old life without directly experiencing the savage and brutal side of humanity. What a F’d up way to go. Well, I guess there’s still a sliver of hope that she will survive. It doesn’t seem like the family have given up yet. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/137 "2026-02-13T14:22:13Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I keep thinking Nancy Guthrie almost made it through her 84 year-old life without directly experiencing the savage and brutal side of humanity. How could you possibly know that? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/138 "2026-02-13T14:25:01Z")
I don’t know it for certain. I qualified that there’s a slim chance that she will miraculously survive. I’m also pragmatic and a realist. Day 13 for a heart patient without her medication. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/139 "2026-02-13T14:27:16Z")
You also don’t have much of a basis for a lot of your speculation ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414/140 "2026-02-13T14:29:37Z")
I’m not speculating. Nancy has gone through a terribe and savage experience. Her blood was on the porch. Treating a 84-year old woman like that is horrible. Whatever the final outcome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savannah-guthrie-today-show-co-anchor-mother-missing/1027414.md?page=8)