“Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, has been missing for 75 days. So when the Pima County Sheriff’s Department posted “Nancy has been found” Thursday night, thousands of people flocked to the post, eager for the latest news on the missing matriarch.
However, when user X clicked on the post, the update included a missing poster of another senior named Nancy. Specifically, the sheriff announced that 82-year-old “vulnerable adult” Nancy Radakovich has been found after going missing earlier in the day.
It didn’t take long for those following the Guthrie case to slam the Sheriff’s Department for leaving out the last name in the latest update, which briefly raised hopes among those who wanted to see the Guthrie matriarch return home safely.
“Okay, now you’re all intentional assholes,” one critic responded. “Thank God she was found, but come on. Can you be any more deaf???”
Another chimed in: “There’s no way you could have included her last name in this tweet? I thought you were talking about Guthrie.” A third echoed a similar sentiment, noting: “[You] When you have 2 Nancys missing, you need to use the last name! ! “
A fourth bluntly responded: “Can you be a little more deaf? Nancy has been found? You’re just toying with us now.”
Many others said they were happy to hear about Nancy Radakovich’s whereabouts but demanded to know Guthrie’s whereabouts.
The Guthrie matriarch was last seen on the evening of January 31, when her family dropped her off at her home in Tucson, Arizona, after dinner and a game night. However, by late noon on February 1, Nancy was reported missing after failing to attend church. Pima County investigators later said they believed Nancy was taken against her will.
That said, early in the investigation, Nancy’s security cameras had been disabled and showed an image of a man wearing a ski mask, jacket, gloves and backpack outside her residence. FBI Phoenix later described the suspect as “male, approximately 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a medium build.”
Savannah and her siblings made multiple public appeals for their mother’s safe return. Last month, Nancy’s children renewed their appeal for information about the abduction, asking Tucson residents to revisit memories and observations made before and after the disappearance.
“We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of love from our neighbors, friends and the people of Tucson. We are all family now,” the statement released as part of a KVOA – News 4 Tucson special report began.
“We continue to believe that the Tucsonans and the greater southern Arizona community hold the key to solving this case,” it continued. “Someone knows something. Members of this community may have important information that they don’t even realize they have. We want people to search their memories, especially the critical timeline of January 31st, the early morning hours of February 1st, and the late night of January 11th.”
The Guthrie family encouraged their mother’s neighbors to “review camera footage, diary notes, text messages, observations.” [and] Conversation,” they assure, “no detail is too small. “
Despite multiple searches, DNA analysis, alleged extortion notes, and more, no one has yet been arrested or named a suspect in Nancy’s disappearance.
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