Savannah Guthrie’s mom is missing, suspect kidnapping

[Anonymous]

If she died it makes no sense that they would still chance going after the ransom, but rather leave her where she could be found and disappear. It is ghoulish and macabre and they are monsters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Savannah's message:

"We received your message, and we understand.

We beg you now to return our mother to us so we can celebrate with her.

This is the only way we will have peace.

This is very valuable to us, and we will pay."

To me, it sounds like the captors have said she's died (no proof of life), but they have to pay to get her remains. Absolutely horrible.

Celebrate with her? Wouldn't they say "celebrate her" if she died?

These kinds of scripts are carefully written by hostage negotiators. She clearly said "celebrate with her."

Dp- I also don’t think they want to announce she has died yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Savannah's message:

"We received your message, and we understand.

We beg you now to return our mother to us so we can celebrate with her.

This is the only way we will have peace.

This is very valuable to us, and we will pay."

To me, it sounds like the captors have said she's died (no proof of life), but they have to pay to get her remains. Absolutely horrible.

Celebrate with her? Wouldn't they say "celebrate her" if she died?

Celebrate [her life] with her = funeral w. the body vs not

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It could be SIL with one of his band mates. Band mate has a rap sheet of burglary and embezzlement. I don’t think that they thought this case would have so much media attention. SG would just send the funds and then they would release NG. If it was them, then SIL took extra meds for her and she is fine. Might be hiding in Mexico while waiting for ransom to come in.

I don’t understand why people don’t think this case would not get much media attention. Savannah has hosted the opening ceremony and been a huge part of the Olympics for the last decade. She also has hosted presidential debates and anchored NBC coverage on election nights. These are events that get HUGE viewership around the country. she also hosted the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade which hundreds of millions of Americans have on in the background of their Thanksgiving preparations.

Most Americans are very familiar with Savannah Guthrie. She’s not as popular as Taylor Swift, but most Americans are going to know her and are going to be interested that her 84 year old mother was forcibly dragged from her home in the middle of the night.

Further, she hosts a national morning television show. Do you actually think that the today show wasn’t going to lead their coverage with our colleague’s Mom was kidnapped and taken from her home??!?!

Of course this was going to get national and sustained coverage. It was no surprise that the president called us out and offered her condolences.

No one with any common sense thought this wasn’t going to be a huge news story.

It was no surprise the president posted about it? Disagree. If anything this is one aspect highly suspect. When has he expressed sympathy for anyone? Hell he basically said Rob Reiner deserved to be murdered bc he didn’t support him politically.
I would have expected president to say nothing at all or call this fake news.

This is what I find suspicious also: you would expect Trump to save it served Guthrie right or something. Very out of character for him to express sympathy for anyone.

He regularly calls victims of violent crimes. The victims talk about it publicly and extensively.

He is creepy. Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Savannah will pay the bitcoin.

[Anonymous]

I had not even interpreted things this way until I read here. I hope she has not passed away, but it sounds like that. They really need to find out the whole scenario. Was she targeted because she's associated with someone rich? Because of Savannah's job as a journalist or because of Savannah specifically? There's going to be a lot of wealthy journalists/politicians etc. begging their elders to move to fancy assisted livings or setting up high level security.

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Anonymous wrote:TMZ is reporting that the ransom note included something not disclosed by law enforcement or noticeable on b-roll: the placement of her Apple watch.

I would suppose this is something more specific than "on her nightstand" but maybe as something they placed specifically to be able to show authenticity.

So why aren't the kidnappers giving the family proof of life so they can collect their money and end this?

because this isn't a ransom situation. That is just a false story everyone is running with. It's unlikely she's alive. No one is going to call and try to get $ now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The timing of this is very suspect so close to the Olympics. Everyone knows Savannah covers the Olympics for NBC and during the opening ceremony her colleagues acknowledged this horrible situation. It certainly assures an even bigger audience.

No one did this to get her a bigger audience.

I assume it was someone who had worked in her house. Maybe they wanted to rob her and she died when confronted. There are too many scenarios. It doesn't have to be the son in law.

My mother is significantly older than Nancy. I've wanted to hire a driver for her and more outside help, but my siblings and I worry about how many people know she lives by herself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Vehicle of interest possibly recorded at a Circle K.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/us-news/tucson-circle-k-turns-over-footage-in-nancy-guthrie-investigation-as-feds-eye-vehicle-of-interest/

I'm not super optimistic about the Circle K video -- seems like they are looking for any videos of any cars within a several mile radius between 1 and 3 a.m. But this article is the first time I've seen that a neighbor reported a suspicious white van (no markings) parked on her street earlier that week. Wonder if that's a rental van. I hope the police are checking that. I also think it's odd that there's a half hour break between when the front door camera is disconnected, and when the other camera records a figure . Maybe the perp unclipped the front door camera, then went to get the van to bring it to the front area.

[Anonymous]

Super? Are you 12? You sound dumbbb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she died it makes no sense that they would still chance going after the ransom, but rather leave her where she could be found and disappear. It is ghoulish and macabre and they are monsters.

They would leave her where she can't be found. I believe his is what has happened. I think she died when whomever broke in or entered her house early that morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The timing of this is very suspect so close to the Olympics. Everyone knows Savannah covers the Olympics for NBC and during the opening ceremony her colleagues acknowledged this horrible situation. It certainly assures an even bigger audience.

No one did this to get her a bigger audience.

I assume it was someone who had worked in her house. Maybe they wanted to rob her and she died when confronted. There are too many scenarios. It doesn't have to be the son in law.

My mother is significantly older than Nancy. I've wanted to hire a driver for her and more outside help, but my siblings and I worry about how many people know she lives by herself.

I'm in the same boat with my mom. She lives by herself in a small town, and has to park on the street and walk in and out of her house outside (no garage). She has good neighbors and we talk daily, but I think about it all the time, now doubly so.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t send the money if for not other reason than to prevent them from thinking this is an easy way to get cash. Sets a terrible precedence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If she died it makes no sense that they would still chance going after the ransom, but rather leave her where she could be found and disappear. It is ghoulish and macabre and they are monsters.

They would leave her where she can't be found. I believe his is what has happened. I think she died when whomever broke in or entered her house early that morning.

I don't think she died right away. Seems the perps were trying to get attention with the ransom notes but they weren't taken seriously early on, which explains why they started sending more to multiple outlets. There was no payment on Thursday because there had been no proof of life (maybe she'd died at that point).

[Anonymous]

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These kinds of scripts are carefully written by hostage negotiators. She clearly said "celebrate with her."

Yes. Hostage negotiation is a specialty career and those people know what lingo to use.