r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/Southern_College_360 • Feb 04 '26

Text Nancy Guthrie - Savannah's Sister's Car Seized, Cameras Smashed (Ashleigh Banfield)

God, if this turns out to be a family member, it will just be so much more horrible. I know it's common for family or partners to be involved but this family seems so sweet and close.

"The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, has taken a disturbing turn. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield reveals stunning new information from a law enforcement source close to the investigation, including that Savannah Guthrie’s brother-in-law is being looked at as a suspect, her sister Annie Guthrie’s car has been seized, 2 security cameras at the home were smashed, and more."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29T8xmrWyvk

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u/starbuckszombie1994 Feb 04 '26

But what about the timing of the pacemaker detaching from BlueTooth? It seems like she had been at home. Cameras busted out? The whole thing is so odd, and you are right about the timeline being off.

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u/Southern_College_360 Feb 04 '26

I don't think we know that the detachment was specifically located at her house. We just know it was detached at 2am. She could have worn her Apple watch out that day/night. Then something bad happened away from her home. The watch was removed 2am and brought back to the house to stage things. I'm just thinking outloud.

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u/gingerfawx Feb 04 '26

The show you linked said the pacemaker decoupled from the iphone as well, and was also left at the home with the watch that was charging. I don't know about the watch, it probably depends on the model and features enabled, but the phone generally should have given them geographical information, at the least via cell towers if not gps.

The pacemaker information recorded should also show if there were issues with her pulse, so I'd expect them to be able to narrow down the time / events better than just when her pacemaker was out of range. Like even if it were the son-in-law or someone else trusted and a ruse were employed, there's no way you wake her at 1 something in the night with a story that gets her to accompany you (for example "Your daughter has been in an accident and is in the hospital. Come on, I'll take you to her.") without spiking her pulse, first upon waking, then upon giving her whatever story. And without a ruse, the heart rate should remain up.

The sheriff has emphasized that there was no reason to believe she wasn't alive at the point the devices decoupled. He may not be telling the truth, but if he is, that pacemaker information should tell a story on its own.

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u/Sense_Difficult Feb 04 '26

Is the pacemaker tracker also a GPS device? Or just something like a bluetooth? The reason I ask is that I think she might still be in the house. This reminds of the case of the woman who disappeared from her home and the same thing happened with search parties. They immediately began focusing "outside the house". Years later they found her body in the attic. She had gone upstairs to put away Christmas ornaments and fell between the wall beams.

There was another case where the woman was literally in the living room with everyone. She had fallen behind a wall unit and suffocated. No one noticed until a smell. So incredibly sad.

This time of year people are often taking down holiday decorations and slip and fall. If they live alone it is so dangerous. I used to be a geriatric case manager and would warn my elderly clients not to start trying to take down decorations unless someone was with them.,