Nancy Guthrie, the 84‑year‑old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, is now being treated by one leading expert as the victim of a likely 'no‑body homicide,' rather than a simple missing person, after she vanished from her Tucson, Arizona, home on 31 January. Morgan Wright, CEO of the National Center for Open and Unsolved Cases, told US channel NewsNation that Nancy's age, fragile health and apparent signs of violence in her house mean investigators should assume she is dead unless compelling evidence suggests otherwise.
For context, Nancy Guthrie was dropped off at her Catalina Foothills home on the evening of 31 January and failed to appear the next morning for a streaming church service, prompting her family to raise the alarm. The case quickly drew national attention, not only because of Savannah Guthrie's public profile, but because detectives in Pima County said early on that they believed the 84‑year‑old had been abducted. The FBI was called in, a reward of up to $1 million was offered by the family, and a search that began as a classic missing persons investigation has steadily taken on a darker tone.
