The terrifying disappearance of Nancy Guthrie is taking an even darker turn as criminal profilers now believe the masked figure caught outside the 84-year-old’s Arizona home may have specifically targeted her long before she vanished without a trace.
And the creepiest part? Investigators fear the suspect may have known exactly who Nancy was — even if she had never met them before.
The high-profile case involving the mother of “Today” show star Savannah Guthrie has gripped the nation ever since Nancy mysteriously disappeared from her longtime Tucson-area home on February 1.
Now, two famous criminal profilers are sounding the alarm over what they believe really happened.
During an upcoming NewsNation special with Brian Entin, renowned profiler Ann Burgess said she believes the suspect likely knew of Nancy before the abduction.
“I wouldn’t think that Nancy Guthrie knew this person,” Burgess explained while discussing the disturbing surveillance footage showing a masked man lurking outside the elderly woman’s home.
Fellow profiler Casey Jordan agreed — and suggested the suspect may have become obsessed with Nancy after seeing her on television alongside her famous daughter.
“It could have been somebody who saw her on the Today show with her daughter, Savannah,” Jordan warned. “Maybe not even have met her.”
That chilling theory has rattled locals because Nancy appeared on the “Today” show several times over the years. In one memorable segment, she demonstrated how to make perfect hospital corners from inside her bedroom. She also appeared in a November 2025 “Homecoming” feature filmed around Tucson with Savannah.
Jordan said the suspect also could have been someone who crossed paths with Nancy in everyday life over the years.
“It could have been an Uber driver that she didn’t leave a big enough tip for,” Jordan speculated. “Could have been any of hundreds of service workers. She has been in this house since the ’70s.”
Nancy and her late husband Charles bought the Catalina Foothills property back in 1975. Even after Charles died suddenly from a heart attack in 1988 at just 49 years old, Nancy continued living in the home alone for decades.
The timeline surrounding her disappearance only deepens the mystery.
Nancy was last seen on January 31 after spending the evening with her daughter Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni. Cioni reportedly dropped her off at home just before 10 p.m.
But the next day, alarm bells went off when Nancy failed to show up for a church gathering and stopped answering calls.
When loved ones checked the house, they found her medications, wallet, cellphone and car keys all still inside — a haunting sign investigators say suggests she did not leave voluntarily.
Days later, the FBI released terrifying Nest camera footage showing a masked man near her front door in the middle of the night.
The bizarre case has also sparked controversy involving law enforcement. FBI Director Kash Patel previously claimed local authorities delayed federal involvement in the investigation for days.
Meanwhile, fear has spread throughout Tucson as the case drags into its fourth month with no arrests and no answers.
Entin said many residents have become increasingly nervous as the mystery remains unsolved.
“These kinds of things don’t happen here,” he explained. “The fact that there’s no new information and nobody knows who did it has people really shaken.”
I am so sick to death of being forced to log into so many websites today. There is not constitutional reason to do that. All of you doing that need a psychiatrist.
You’re not being forced to log into websites, you may need a shrink…
This theory about Nancy Guthrie has them looking back at family members again… as most of us already suspected from the start…