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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

OP posts:
Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 11:23

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 11:07

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.

Yes, I believe she would be too frightened to investigate and report on anything further. Other journalists are already scared and frightened of being arrested if they do speak out. I’m afraid it’s very dark days for America.

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 11:25

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 08:15

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

I feel like I have complete clarity about what type of man he is. This is perfectly plausible. Read the Epstein files please to get a grasp of what this man is capable of.

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 11:38

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 11:25

I feel like I have complete clarity about what type of man he is. This is perfectly plausible. Read the Epstein files please to get a grasp of what this man is capable of.

You don’t understand where I’m coming from. I’m not saying he wouldn’t be morally capable of something like this. I’m saying that he wouldn’t have done it because I don’t believe it actually furthers his interests at all.

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 12:31

ProfessionalPirate · 11/02/2026 11:38

You don’t understand where I’m coming from. I’m not saying he wouldn’t be morally capable of something like this. I’m saying that he wouldn’t have done it because I don’t believe it actually furthers his interests at all.

I disagree - obviously.

Ihavelostthegame · 11/02/2026 16:01

This is not the work of Trump. No way. Trumps interest in this case is because of the media attention around it. Nothing more. Trump hates anything being more newsworthy than him. If he is not the centre of attention he has to reframe it so that he is. Thats why he has offered full support.
Kidnapping an elderly woman of a journalist does nothing for Trump. It doesn’t in any way further his objectives. Nor is he actually competent enough to pull it off.

No this seems personal.

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 13/02/2026 15:18

What’s going on with this poor lady and her family? It all seems to have gone very very quiet. Or am I looking in the wrong places? Have they (FBI/police) given up due to the daily medicine she isn’t taking, and they think she’s probably dead now anyway?

nomas · 13/02/2026 15:56

Just horrible. I’m guessing it’s someone replicating the attack by a Republican on Democrat Nancy Pelosi’s husband.

Republican supporters have also already started the victim blaming against Savannah Guthrie.

The USA is a shit show.

Ohhhthedrama · 13/02/2026 16:52

It does seem to have gone quiet but I bet there's lots going on with the investigation. I don't think it's helpful to turn it into political mud slinging.

Manifesto · 13/02/2026 18:12

Adult kidnapping by strangers is rare. Something else is afoot. It’s taking ages for anything concrete to happen. You’ve got to hope there’s load of focused smart work going on behind the scenes

RonaldMcDonaldTrump · 13/02/2026 18:31

The issue with releasing such bold images from the doorbell camera is the sheer resources it must be taking up for the FBI to now filter through all the rubbish. I read that they'd received something like 13,000. Hope there is something in the 13,000 that will lead to a breakthrough

OP posts:
Daisywhatsyouranswer · 13/02/2026 20:12

Plasticdreams · 11/02/2026 11:20

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

In this instance it really is. I am guessing if they find the culprit you will assume they have been framed and it was really trump kidnapping tv presenters mums,

Plasticdreams · 13/02/2026 21:35

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 13/02/2026 20:12

In this instance it really is. I am guessing if they find the culprit you will assume they have been framed and it was really trump kidnapping tv presenters mums,

spot on 👍

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 13/02/2026 21:46

Plasticdreams · 13/02/2026 21:35

spot on 👍

Thought so,

Ihavelostthegame · 13/02/2026 22:04

I would hope that things going quiet means that the FBI have sufficient information to be moving the investigation forwards. If they hadn’t they would likely be still appealing for more information.
What surprises me is the lack of video footage. Unless of course there is more that hasn’t been released to the public. Whilst the houses in the area are not really close together they are not that far apart. And many are close enough to the road for CCTV footage to cover sections of the road. These are high value properties with pools etc so I would have expected more to have security cameras.

lovelyweatherforasleighride · 13/02/2026 22:37

From what I have read, I think the local police force cocked it up from the start. The FBI have been hampered in their investigations. It's a mess.

Plasticdreams · 13/02/2026 22:43

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 13/02/2026 21:46

Thought so,

Especially if they’re brown and clearly nothing like the image on the doorbell footage like the last guy.

Ihavelostthegame · 13/02/2026 23:42

lovelyweatherforasleighride · 13/02/2026 22:37

From what I have read, I think the local police force cocked it up from the start. The FBI have been hampered in their investigations. It's a mess.

The trouble is it is very unusual for these types of things to happen. Initially it may just have been assumed to be a missing person case not an abduction. Hundreds of people go missing on a daily basis and a very small percentage of those have come to harm.

lovelyweatherforasleighride · 13/02/2026 23:57

Ihavelostthegame · 13/02/2026 23:42

The trouble is it is very unusual for these types of things to happen. Initially it may just have been assumed to be a missing person case not an abduction. Hundreds of people go missing on a daily basis and a very small percentage of those have come to harm.

There was blood spatter at her front door and along the path... Not a missing person case.

Ihavelostthegame · 14/02/2026 00:50

lovelyweatherforasleighride · 13/02/2026 23:57

There was blood spatter at her front door and along the path... Not a missing person case.

Yes sorry what I was meaning is that in such an unusual case it might well be that many of the local police were not used to or experienced in correctly dealing with this type of thing.
Reading between the lines of what has been said the scene inside the house in addition to the blood and doorbell cam being removed made it very clear very quickly that something sinister had happened

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 14/02/2026 02:56

Now they’re saying they have unknown dna in the house. So not family or staff (gardener etc).

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 14/02/2026 07:43

I can’t beleive they still haven’t found this woman, it is so unusual.

lovelyweatherforasleighride · 14/02/2026 07:51

They've detained three people. It may go nowhere like the other person they detained.

Kitterkitkat · 14/02/2026 07:53

The press on this is very muddled at present, it might be a lead with the SWAT team but difficult to tell at present

lovelyweatherforasleighride · 14/02/2026 07:55

Woah, three detained and a fourth person associated with the three detainees has shot themselves in the head and died.

guinnessguzzler · 14/02/2026 08:02

lovelyweatherforasleighride · 14/02/2026 07:55

Woah, three detained and a fourth person associated with the three detainees has shot themselves in the head and died.

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