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Nancy Guthrie, 84: Missing From Catalina Foothills, Arizona Since February 2026, Savannah Guthrie's Mother

Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of NBC Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on February 1, 2026, after failing to appear for a scheduled church service livestream. She had been dropped off at her Catalina Foothills, Arizona home the night before by her son in law, Tommaso Cioni. Overnight, a masked individual disconnected her doorbell camera and her pacemaker app disconnected from her phone, suggesting she was moved out of range. Bloodstains found at the home were confirmed to be hers, and Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said investigators believe she was taken against her will. Multiple ransom notes demanding cryptocurrency followed, including one that claimed she had died shortly after being taken, though a separate man later pleaded guilty to sending fake ransom messages as a hoax. A Mexican search group's June search of a tipped location turned up no evidence connecting to her. More than five months later, she has not been found, no arrest has been made in her disappearance, and a $1.2 million reward remains available for information.

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Case Summary

Victim: Nancy Guthrie

Location: Catalina Foothills, Tucson, AZ

Status: Investigation ongoing

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Investigative Focus

Victim

Missing since February 1, 2026

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Name: Nancy Guthrie

Age: 84

Mother of NBC News Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie. Last seen at her Catalina Foothills, Arizona home.

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Family Member

Publicly seeking information

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Name: Savannah Guthrie

NBC News Today co-anchor and daughter of Nancy Guthrie.

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Witness

Last known contact

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Name: Tommaso Cioni

Investigative Relevance

Son in law of Nancy Guthrie; dropped her off at her home the night she was last seen.

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Official

Leading the investigation

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Name: Sheriff Chris Nanos

Pima County Sheriff overseeing the investigation into Guthrie's disappearance.

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Family Member

Contacted by hoax ransom sender

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Name: Annie Guthrie

Investigative Relevance

Nancy Guthrie's daughter, who along with Tommaso Cioni received the fake bitcoin ransom texts from Derrick Callella.

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Person of Interest

Pleaded guilty, awaiting sentencing September 10, 2026

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Name: Derrick Callella

Age: 42

Los Angeles County man who pleaded guilty to sending fake ransom demands. Explicitly not a suspect in Nancy's actual disappearance.

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Person of Interest

Unidentified, captured on doorbell camera

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Name: Unidentified Masked Individual

Masked figure captured on Nancy Guthrie's doorbell camera around the time of her disappearance, released publicly by the FBI.

AI Case Brief

Updated Jul 20, 2026

Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of NBC Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing from her Catalina Foothills, Arizona home for more than five months, and no arrest has been made in her disappearance. The FBI says it continues to treat the case as a kidnapping for ransom, though investigators have discounted several of the ransom notes received as extortion attempts unrelated to the abduction. The agency says it is still evaluating others that may be legitimate. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos says the FBI is analyzing mixed DNA recovered from the home and that he believes an arrest will eventually be made. A $1.2 million reward remains available for information leading to her recovery. Guthrie was last seen on the night of January 31, 2026, when her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, dropped her off at her home around 9:50 p.m. In the early hours of February 1, a masked individual disconnected her doorbell camera, and her pacemaker app went offline shortly after, suggesting she was moved out of range. When she failed to appear for a scheduled church service livestream that morning, her family called 911. Sheriff Nanos said bloodstains found at the scene were confirmed to be hers and that evidence indicated she was taken against her will. In early February, Derrick Callella, 42, of Los Angeles County, was arrested after sending bitcoin demands to the family while posing as her kidnapper. He has since pleaded guilty to two felony counts of harassment by telecommunications device and is not accused of any involvement in her actual disappearance. His sentencing is set for September 10, 2026, and a federal judge has ordered him into inpatient substance abuse treatment in the meantime. A June search by a Mexican volunteer group near Mariposa, Mexico, following an anonymous tip, turned up no evidence connecting to Guthrie. The Pima County Sheriff's Department has also warned the public about fake social media posts using QR codes to solicit donations, saying those efforts are not affiliated with the official investigation.

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Member Analysis

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Updated Jul 20, 2026

One open question that careful readers will flag immediately is the status of the ransom notes that the FBI has not yet dismissed. While Derrick Callella, accused of sending fake messages, has pleaded guilty to those specific communications, the FBI has stated it is still evaluating other notes as potentially legitimate. It remains unclear how many additional notes exist, who sent them, or what their contents reveal about the actual abductor's intentions or knowledge of Guthrie's condition. A notable gap in the timeline concerns the masked individual captured on doorbell camera footage. More than five months after the disappearance, that person has not been publicly identified, and it remains unclear what progress, if any, investigators have made in tracing them. The log also notes that mixed DNA was recovered from the home and that the FBI continues analyzing it, but no results or conclusions have been made public. One open question is whether that analysis has narrowed the field of persons of interest in any way authorities are willing to discuss. The unconfirmed report that a crime commentator cited an unnamed FBI insider claiming the agency suspected a media member may have planted evidence at the scene is striking and entirely unaddressed in any official statement in the log. It remains unclear whether investigators have formally examined or dismissed that possibility. Finally, the log records coverage flagging photographs of son-in-law Tommaso Cioni, the last confirmed person to see Guthrie alive, with another woman. No official statement in the log addresses that reporting in any way, leaving its investigative relevance entirely unresolved.

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Case Log

ConfirmedJul 20, 2026

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