​Nancy Guthrie case update: FBI reviews six theories as the kidnapping mystery intensifies​

Nancy Guthrie vanished over a month ago, and nobody seems any closer to figuring out what happened. The mother of NBC’s Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie is 84, and her disappearance from her Tucson home has left both investigators and the public on edge. The FBI and local police are digging into six theories about the suspected abduction. Now there are several new theories, and a new clue: a possible internet outage that’s got everyone wondering how this crime actually played out.

Per Reuters, Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her house in the Catalina Foothills on January 31, 2026. She didn’t show up for her usual online church service the next morning, so someone raised the alarm. Cops figured out pretty quickly that she didn’t leave on her own. They found evidence of a struggle: blood at the front entrance, which tests confirmed was hers.

As per AP News, a doorbell camera caught a masked man heading toward the house early on February 1. He was about 5'9" or 5'10", carrying a black Ozark Trail backpack. The footage shows him messing with the camera before it suddenly cuts out. Around the same time, Guthrie’s pacemaker, connected to a Bluetooth monitor, lost its signal. Clearly, something went down right then.

Now, per People, police think the abduction happened during the night.

Then there’s this odd new lead: neighbors reported a Wi-Fi or internet outage around the time Guthrie disappeared. Now, per The New York Post, investigators are questioning if the suspect used a jammer to knock out security cameras and monitoring systems before breaking in. FBI agents have even gone back to ask residents if they noticed anything weird with their internet that night. If it’s true, the suspect knew what they were doing and planned this out. But nobody’s confirmed yet that a jammer was actually used.

So, what are the theories that are intensifying the kidnapping mystery? Per The Post, the FBI is looking at six main ideas:

1. The suspect came to rob the place but panicked when Guthrie confronted them, turning a burglary into something much worse.

2. Somebody kidnapped her for ransom, as there were early reports of ransom demands sent to the media, so money might have been the motive.

3. Maybe Guthrie was targeted because of her famous daughter. The suspect could’ve thought the family would pay big.

4. The crime could’ve come from a personal grudge; someone who knew Guthrie or her family well enough to want revenge.

5. Authorities aren’t ruling out the idea of a professional or organized group behind all this.

6. Or maybe it was totally random, just someone who saw an elderly woman living alone and decided to act.

No one’s landed on a single answer, and investigators are still picking through every angle.

Of course, not every lead pans out. Nancy Guthrie’s case is no exception. Early on, per People, police found some gloves near the house that looked like those the suspect wore in the video. But DNA showed they belonged to a restaurant worker who had nothing to do with the case. They also looked at a suspicious car and a person of interest, but those both led nowhere.

A neighbor did spot a suspicious man hanging around the area weeks before Guthrie disappeared, so there’s a chance the suspect was watching the neighborhood ahead of time. But so far, that’s just another detail in a case full of frustrating dead ends.

Now, it's been weeks since Nancy Guthrie disappeared, and the questions just keep piling up. Who was that masked man? Was this some carefully planned crime, or did it happen at random? And, maybe the hardest question of all: could Nancy still be alive somewhere?

Right now, police and the FBI are still working the case. They’re digging through digital evidence, scanning neighborhood security footage, and chasing down every tip that comes in. Search teams and forensic crews have swept the area with drones, search dogs, and even helicopters, but so far, nothing.

Nancy’s family isn’t giving up. They’ve put up a USD 1 million reward for any information that brings her home, and they keep asking the public for help, hoping someone out there knows something.