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Is anyone following the Nancy Guthrie case?

147 replies

RonaldMcDonaldTrump · 06/02/2026 00:32

Couldn't see a thread

Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mum of a US TV newsreader, is thought to have been kidnapped from her home

Does anyone think this is weird and that there's more to the story?

I believe the ransom deadline has also passed.

I can't imagine how I would feel if this happened to my vulnerable mum. I hope she's found soon

edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/savannah-guthrie-missing-mother-investigation-02-05-26

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Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 06:19

Momtotwokids · 11/02/2026 02:12

Trump is in your head. He has nothing to do with this.

Bit of a coincidence that she was interviewing Epstein victims and Trump is the most mentioned person in the files - mentioned thousands of times.
Now everyone is claiming it’s an ‘illegal’ and they’ve fled to the Mexican border! Further fuelling the fascist rhetoric he’s spouting daily. He’s behind it.

EleanorReally · 11/02/2026 06:48

so are we thinking it is not actually a genuine kidnapping?

HighStreetOtter · 11/02/2026 06:59

No idea if it’s a genuine kidnapping or not.

apparsntly the police have been searching a dry river bed and a street near the daughters house (not the famous daughter).

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 07:13

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 06:19

Bit of a coincidence that she was interviewing Epstein victims and Trump is the most mentioned person in the files - mentioned thousands of times.
Now everyone is claiming it’s an ‘illegal’ and they’ve fled to the Mexican border! Further fuelling the fascist rhetoric he’s spouting daily. He’s behind it.

But if Trump was worried and wanted to silence SG, why wouldn’t he just have her bumped off? Why arrange for her elderly mother to be kidnapped, what does it achieve?

MsWilmottsGhost · 11/02/2026 07:33

CollieModdle · 06/02/2026 01:34

It’s horrible.

The detail reported on the news about her pacemaker signal being disconnected (?) . What would make that happen? Is it a software or electronic process? They didn’t seem to imply that it meant her heart had stopped.

I think disconnected just means the oacemaker is far away from her phone and the app that controls it.

So she's isn't nearby.

RonaldMcDonaldTrump · 11/02/2026 07:34

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augustusglupe · 11/02/2026 07:53

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 06:19

Bit of a coincidence that she was interviewing Epstein victims and Trump is the most mentioned person in the files - mentioned thousands of times.
Now everyone is claiming it’s an ‘illegal’ and they’ve fled to the Mexican border! Further fuelling the fascist rhetoric he’s spouting daily. He’s behind it.

Sorry, who’s behind it?

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 07:54

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 07:13

But if Trump was worried and wanted to silence SG, why wouldn’t he just have her bumped off? Why arrange for her elderly mother to be kidnapped, what does it achieve?

A massive media frenzy, so he can claim ‘an illegal did it!’ Further cementing that all brown people are bad. More votes in mid terms and support for the gestapo, I mean ICE.

Have you read any of the Epstein files? If not, I would suggest you do so you understand the evil we are dealing with. Even Epstein said he was the most depraved of them all, and look where he ended up.
He’s having journalists arrested and detained for nothing more than stating factually correct information about him. The man is a convicted felon (34 times) married to an ‘immigrant’ and Ivanka was too. The hypocrisy is insane.

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 07:58

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Also known as the scapegoat

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 11/02/2026 07:59

It’s rhe oddest thing isn’t it and must be very rare, I do fear for this lady, however I could see a situation where someone who needed rhe money and is a fundamental criminal may attempt this, as stupid as it is. Kidnap and cold blooded murder are very different things though, and one can lead to the other is a desperate situation, and I am unsure if proof of life has been provided.

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 08:11

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 07:54

A massive media frenzy, so he can claim ‘an illegal did it!’ Further cementing that all brown people are bad. More votes in mid terms and support for the gestapo, I mean ICE.

Have you read any of the Epstein files? If not, I would suggest you do so you understand the evil we are dealing with. Even Epstein said he was the most depraved of them all, and look where he ended up.
He’s having journalists arrested and detained for nothing more than stating factually correct information about him. The man is a convicted felon (34 times) married to an ‘immigrant’ and Ivanka was too. The hypocrisy is insane.

This still doesn’t make any sense. You said he had targeted SG because she had dirt on him. Now you’re saying he just wanted an opportunity to blame a crime on an illegal immigrant… so in that case he could have kidnapped any random for the same effect. Furthermore, an illegal isn’t even being blamed for this - current prime suspect appears to be an American Citizen known to the family.

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 08:15

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 07:58

Also known as the scapegoat

Look we all hate Trump, but that’s no reason to lose all powers of mental reasoning.

Westfacing · 11/02/2026 08:29

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According to the New York Times he's been released

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 11/02/2026 08:46

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 08:15

Look we all hate Trump, but that’s no reason to lose all powers of mental reasoning.

I ageee, I skipped past it as it’s a conspiracy theory too far.

Twowhippetstwogingers · 11/02/2026 08:49

Plasticdreams · 10/02/2026 22:41

I'm going with this. She is a journalist and we know what Trump does to anyone who has dirt on him.

I can’t believe it’s not being talked about more. And I’ve since read that Savannah Guthrie’s husband has links to Epstein’s companies and also worked for Bill Clinton while he was in the White House. It’s also been noted that Trump has taken a personal interest in the case.

cramptramp · 11/02/2026 08:53

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That’s not the man. That’s his father. And he’s been released.

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 08:59

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 08:11

This still doesn’t make any sense. You said he had targeted SG because she had dirt on him. Now you’re saying he just wanted an opportunity to blame a crime on an illegal immigrant… so in that case he could have kidnapped any random for the same effect. Furthermore, an illegal isn’t even being blamed for this - current prime suspect appears to be an American Citizen known to the family.

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A random isn’t going to make the headlines like SG plus there there is a vendetta there. Read the Epstein file so you can understand how twisted this man is

temperedolive · 11/02/2026 09:27

Westfacing · 11/02/2026 08:29

According to the New York Times he's been released

And according to his interview, they didn't ask him a single question. I wonder if they were just waiting for DNA results and once they had that they realized he wasn't the guy.

Brooklyn70 · 11/02/2026 09:33

temperedolive · 11/02/2026 09:27

And according to his interview, they didn't ask him a single question. I wonder if they were just waiting for DNA results and once they had that they realized he wasn't the guy.

i’m surprise they even bothered taking him to a police station.

even a toddler can tell this short, skinny guy is not the same guy captured by the camera.

fully different facial hair too.

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 09:55

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 08:59

A random isn’t going to make the headlines like SG plus there there is a vendetta there. Read the Epstein file so you can understand how twisted this man is

You still haven’t explained why he would employ a bumbling idiot to kidnap an elderly lady rather than just target SG herself. Your two suggested motives have been to silence SG, and/or to implicate illegal immigrants to increase political tension. He has achieved neither of those in what has happened.

Being capable of doing something like this doesn’t mean he actually did it.

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 10:44

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 09:55

You still haven’t explained why he would employ a bumbling idiot to kidnap an elderly lady rather than just target SG herself. Your two suggested motives have been to silence SG, and/or to implicate illegal immigrants to increase political tension. He has achieved neither of those in what has happened.

Being capable of doing something like this doesn’t mean he actually did it.

All of ICE are bumbling idiots - the president himself is the biggest bumbling idiot of them all. They only employ bumbling idiots 😂
The fact X have posted a picture of an ‘illegal’ who is also a child sexual abuser now implicating him, will of course stir up more hatred. You only have to read the comments people are making to see the impact it’s having.
And in terms of her being silenced, do you mean because she’s been on TV making appeals that she’s not ‘silenced’ ? That’s not what I mean by silencing.

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 10:54

@ProfessionalPirate The motive is to stir up more hatred and to silence her and frighten other journalists in to staying quiet or their family members might be targeted. They chose the mother in particular because a, easy target, b, close family member to journalist, c, will really terrify and tug on the heart strings of the general public and will make the mainstream news. Now Trump will swoop in, blame this random brown man, and he’s a hero again for saving the day.

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 11:07

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 10:44

All of ICE are bumbling idiots - the president himself is the biggest bumbling idiot of them all. They only employ bumbling idiots 😂
The fact X have posted a picture of an ‘illegal’ who is also a child sexual abuser now implicating him, will of course stir up more hatred. You only have to read the comments people are making to see the impact it’s having.
And in terms of her being silenced, do you mean because she’s been on TV making appeals that she’s not ‘silenced’ ? That’s not what I mean by silencing.

Yes ICE are certainly idiots but if Trump had done this I don’t think he would have sent an ICE agent.

What do you mean by silenced then? Do you think Trump’s hoping SG will work out it was him and be too scared to talk for fear of further retaliation? Nah, I’m not buying it.

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 11:12

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 10:54

@ProfessionalPirate The motive is to stir up more hatred and to silence her and frighten other journalists in to staying quiet or their family members might be targeted. They chose the mother in particular because a, easy target, b, close family member to journalist, c, will really terrify and tug on the heart strings of the general public and will make the mainstream news. Now Trump will swoop in, blame this random brown man, and he’s a hero again for saving the day.

It’s a nonsensical motive for in order for it to work, it would require widespread certainty amongst all journalists that he did it and what it meant, while at the same time maintaining steadfast innocence amongst the rest of the general public. All while praying that everyone involved tows the line and it doesn’t backfire spectacularly.

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 11:20

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 11/02/2026 08:46

I ageee, I skipped past it as it’s a conspiracy theory too far.

It’s never too far fetched when you’re dealing with Trump.