Blood at the Front Door, Back Door Wide Open — Inside the Nancy Guthrie Crime Scene
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The crime scene at Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home tells a story investigators are still trying to piece together. Blood at the front door. The back door left wide open. Multiple cameras smashed. And an 84-year-old woman who can't walk 50 yards on her own, gone without a trace.
Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today Show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing Sunday after she failed to show up for church. According to a law enforcement source speaking to journalist Ashley Banfield, the back door of her Catalina Foothills home was found wide open. When Banfield asked Sheriff Chris Nanos if Nancy was carried out the front door, he said, "I did not say the front door."
Brian Entin of NewsNation walked up to the home Tuesday after it was released from crime scene status. He found blood still visible at the front door stoop — some red, some brown. The blood trail stops there. It doesn't continue to the driveway. Retired FBI agent Maureen O'Connell analyzed the footage and noted the droplets are round, falling from directly above. No bloody footprints. Her conclusion: Nancy may have been carried out and placed into a waiting vehicle.
Banfield's source says multiple cameras were smashed by whoever did this. The source's assessment: "This is someone who knew where the cameras were. Somebody who was familiar with this home, this premises, this woman."
The investigation has turned toward family as part of standard procedure. A vehicle belonging to Nancy's daughter Annie has reportedly been impounded. FBI agents visited Annie's home for two hours Tuesday. Banfield stressed this is routine and called her source's speculation "musings, not evidence."
Nancy requires medication that could be fatal if missed. When asked if they believe she's still alive, Sheriff Nanos said: "We hope we are."
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:03.2 | Here now, Tony Bruske. |
| 0:06.8 | The cameras were smashed. |
| 0:09.6 | Not one camera, multiple cameras. |
| 0:11.7 | Cameras positioned around the property of an 84-year-old woman who lives alone in the Arizona desert. |
| 0:19.9 | And according to a law enforcement source speaking with journalists Ashley Banfield, |
| 0:24.3 | whoever did this knows exactly where those cameras were. |
| 0:30.6 | That's the detail that should stop you cold because that's not random. |
| 0:34.2 | That's not opportunity. |
| 0:35.2 | That's someone who studied this home, someone who knew the layout, and someone who thought at around 2 a.m. on a Sunday morning, Nancy Guthrie would be a good |
| 0:44.6 | target to kidnap. We're going to get into this. There's so many things happening with this |
| 0:53.4 | case, so many updates that are occurring |
| 0:56.0 | almost by the hour. We are recording this and putting it out pretty much immediately after |
| 1:01.3 | recording because things are changing very, very rapidly. So as of right now, it is the 4th of February |
| 1:10.2 | 2026. It's the morning hours. This is where we are at |
| 1:16.4 | as of right now. I'm looking forward to getting your thoughts, your opinions in the comment |
| 1:21.6 | section on our substack or YouTube. The links are in the description. Let's get your thoughts there. We'll continue the |
| 1:30.1 | conversation off the year. Let's continue with what we know as we begin our coverage on this |
| 1:38.1 | heartbreaking story. Before we go any further, you need to understand who we're talking about. Nancy Guthrie is |
| 1:47.7 | 84 years old. She's a mother of Savannah Guthrie, co-host of NBC's Today Show. She lives alone in |
| 1:54.7 | the Catalina Foothills in a fluent area just north of Tucson. She's lived in this home since 1992. This isn't some |
| 2:02.1 | mansion. Her famous daughter bought her. Nancy raised her family here. Her husband, Charles, |
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