Law enforcement may have realised within 48 hours that Nancy Guthrie was dead yet continued to let her family believe she might be saved, according to a legal expert who says the pattern of ransom notes tells a story investigators refuse to confirm on the record.
The 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie was taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home on 31 January 2026. More than four months on, no suspect has been charged and her whereabouts remain unknown.
