Finding Nancy: The Nancy Guthrie Investigation

Hidden Killers Podcast

An 84-year-old woman vanishes from her Tucson home. No witnesses. No ransom call that makes sense. And a family waiting in the kind of silence that breaks people. Nancy Guthrie—mother of Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie—disappeared on January 24, 2025, setting off a national investigation that has exposed deep dysfunction between federal and local law enforcement, raised more questions than answers, and captivated a country watching in real time. This is Finding Nancy—the only podcast dedicated entirely to this case. Hosted by Tony Brueski, veteran true crime podcaster and Court TV legal analyst, this channel delivers what mainstream coverage can't: daily monologues breaking down every development as it happens, multi-part expert interview series with former FBI agents, behavioral analysts, and criminal defense attorneys, and unflinching analysis of the investigative failures, jurisdictional conflicts, and unanswered questions surrounding this case. We don't do speculation dressed up as insight. We don't recycle what you've already heard. Every episode is built on verified reporting, primary sources, and expert perspective—delivered with the kind of clarity and directness this case demands. You'll hear from voices like Robin Dreeke, former chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, and Jennifer Coffindaffer, retired FBI Special Agent, breaking down what the evidence actually tells us—and what it doesn't. You'll get real-time analysis of Sheriff Chris Nanos's public statements, the FBI's involvement, and the contradictions piling up between them. This isn't entertainment. This is accountability journalism in podcast form. Whether you're following because of who Nancy's daughter is, or because an elderly woman deserves answers regardless of her family's fame, this is where you come to understand what's really happening—not what someone wants you to believe is happening. New episodes drop daily as the case develops. Subscribe now.

  1. 21h ago

    Nancy Guthrie: Coffindaffer's Full Report From Her Neighborhood

    Jennifer Coffindaffer flew to Tucson and investigated the Nancy Guthrie case on the ground for a week. She walked the street after midnight and says the neighborhood isn't dark the way everyone reported. She stood at the porch and says deputies left evidence in plain sight. She pulled apart the sheriff's Florida lab story. She sat at El Charro, Nancy's favorite restaurant, and asked the room — not one person thinks Nancy is alive. She drove toward Nogales and looked at the checkpoints. She collected theories from every corner of the Foothills. One of them she held back. This is the complete four-part conversation with Tony and Robin Dreeke: the night walk, the porch and the lab, El Charro, and what the neighborhood believes. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #NancyGuthrie #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #Tucson #CatalinaFoothills #PimaCounty #ChrisNanos #TrueCrime #MissingPerson

    Nancy Guthrie: Coffindaffer's Full Report From Her Neighborhood

  2. 1d ago

    What Nancy's Neighbors Told Coffindaffer About Why She Was Taken

    Jennifer Coffindaffer flew to Tucson to ask Nancy Guthrie's neighbors the same question she asked in every FBI interview: what do people think happened? The answer that shocked her came from the wealthy end of the Catalina Foothills. Coffindaffer says there's zero evidence behind it. She also says she has a second theory she saved for another show. One couple told her they were certain. A source nearby blamed someone from Nancy's past. Coffindaffer drove toward the border and checked the routes herself. She sorts it with Tony and Robin Dreeke. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Watch Robin Dreeke’s MasterClass: http://masterclass.com/robindreeke  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #NancyGuthrie #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #Tucson #CatalinaFoothills #PimaCounty #ChrisNanos #TrueCrime #MissingPerson

    What Nancy's Neighbors Told Coffindaffer About Why She Was Taken

  3. 1d ago

    Coffindaffer Sat in Nancy's Restaurant and Asked Every Table

    El Charro is Nancy Guthrie's favorite restaurant — the oldest family-owned Mexican restaurant in America. Jennifer Coffindaffer sat there one night in October and interviewed about two dozen diners and the staff. Nobody believes Nancy is alive. Two couples said the sheriff blew it from the beginning. A man told Coffindaffer no comment three times. Ten women from Minnesota compared the case to Jacob Wetterling — a masked stranger, nearly twenty-seven years before a confession. The staff said the dead season filled with tourists because of Nancy, and the two hostesses at the door had never heard her name. Coffindaffer walks through it with Tony and Robin Dreeke. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #NancyGuthrie #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #Tucson #CatalinaFoothills #PimaCounty #ChrisNanos #TrueCrime #MissingPerson

    Coffindaffer Sat in Nancy's Restaurant and Asked Every Table

  4. 1d ago

    Coffindaffer Stood at Nancy's Porch and Saw What Was Left Behind

    Jennifer Coffindaffer flew to Tucson and looked at Nancy Guthrie's porch for herself. The man on the doorbell camera had torn a clump of vine off the house to block the lens. That clump was lying next to Nancy's blood on a porch that's nearly enclosed — nothing blows in there. Coffindaffer says it was never collected. She says the mat the suspect stood on was never bagged either. She read the blood pattern as expirated — coughed up from being grabbed hard, not from a cut. The same week, she heard Sheriff Nanos claim the case isn't cold because he'd flown investigators to Florida. The FBI got the hair out of that lab in April. It had no DNA. A mixed sample of up to four people is the only biological evidence left. Coffindaffer walks through it with Tony and Robin Dreeke. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #NancyGuthrie #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #Tucson #CatalinaFoothills #PimaCounty #ChrisNanos #TrueCrime #MissingPerson

    Coffindaffer Stood at Nancy's Porch and Saw What Was Left Behind

  5. 1d ago

    Coffindaffer Walked Nancy's Street After Midnight

    Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer flew to Tucson and walked Nancy Guthrie's street after midnight with her headlights off. The AP described this neighborhood as mostly dark. Coffindaffer says she could see twenty yards, down to Nancy's front door — porch lights, up-lights on the cactus, homes lit on both sides. Her camera showed black unless she aimed it at an object. She says the darkness story is a camera limitation, not a lighting condition. She drove every route out of the neighborhood and crossed lit streets, a school, a church, businesses. The only vehicle on camera is a Ring clip two and a half miles away at 2:36 that morning, still unidentified. The no-parking signs from February are still posted at every intersection. Coffindaffer walks Tony and Robin Dreeke through everything she found. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #NancyGuthrie #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #Tucson #CatalinaFoothills #PimaCounty #ChrisNanos #TrueCrime #MissingPerson

    Coffindaffer Walked Nancy's Street After Midnight

  6. Oct 10

    Nancy Guthrie Extortionist Had THIS on Coffindaffer

    Nancy Guthrie has been missing since February 1, and the people exploiting her disappearance are now part of the story. Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer says she received an extortion demand in April at a private personnel email address. The sender also used a middle name she does not publicly use. Coffindaffer reported the contact to the FBI and says it was not a genuine message from Nancy's abductors, but the private details used to reach her were real. Five months later, another sender claimed Nancy was alive in Mexico. Nancy's friend Lauren Serpa said the September 28 contact demanded six Bitcoin and included supposed proof of life. Coffindaffer has discussed signs of AI-generated imagery and digital concealment in these schemes. After reviewing the message, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said on September 29 that it was not credible and warned the public about scammers trying to profit from Nancy's disappearance. The underlying case remains unsolved. Nancy, 84, disappeared from her Catalina Foothills home after a family dinner. FBI-recovered footage shows a masked, armed individual at the front door around the time she vanished. A February ransom note demanded $4 million in Bitcoin and referenced a white watch and a damaged backyard floodlight, details that made investigators take it seriously. A second note claimed Nancy had died and was buried in nature. No public arrest has followed, and the combined reward remains $1.2 million. Jennifer Coffindaffer's experience is the warning inside the warning: a ransom claim can be false while the person sending it still knows enough private information to make the contact feel dangerously credible. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#NancyGuthrie #JenniferCoffindaffer #FindingNancy #SavannahGuthrie #FBI #PimaCounty #CatalinaFoothills #RansomScam #MissingPerson #TrueCrime

    Nancy Guthrie Extortionist Had THIS on Coffindaffer

  7. Oct 5

    They Used Her Middle Name — What the Guthrie Extortionist Knew About an FBI Agent

    Someone sent former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer a ransom demand for Nancy Guthrie — and they knew things they shouldn’t have known. The email arrived at a private personnel address and used a middle name Coffindaffer doesn’t publicly go by. For someone who spent a career in federal law enforcement, that level of personal access is alarming. She reported the demand to the FBI. Local authorities told the public these notes were fakes, but Coffindaffer saw something far more sophisticated — crypto-backed demands with masked IP addresses. Nancy’s friend Lauren Serpa was also targeted, receiving a text demanding six bitcoin with claims Guthrie was alive in Mexico and AI-generated images as proof. These aren’t prank calls. These are organized criminals exploiting a real kidnapping. Nancy Guthrie, 84, vanished from Catalina Foothills, Arizona on February 1, 2026. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #NancyGuthrie #JenniferCoffindaffer #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #MissingPerson #Arizona #FBI #RansomNote #ColdCase #CatalinaFoothills

    They Used Her Middle Name — What the Guthrie Extortionist Knew About an FBI Agent

  8. Oct 2

    Nancy Guthrie’s Family Got THIS Text About Mexico

    A text message reached Nancy Guthrie’s family on September 28 claiming she’s alive and being held in Mexico. Bitcoin was demanded. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department rejected it within 24 hours. A retired FBI agent identified it as a known scam recycled from months earlier. It’s been eight months since Nancy Guthrie, 84, was taken from her home in the Catalina Foothills outside Tucson. Her daughter Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni dropped her off after dinner on the evening of January 31. By the early hours of February 1, Nancy’s blood was on the front porch, her doorbell camera had been disabled, and her pacemaker had lost contact with her phone. The FBI pulled footage from Google’s servers showing a masked individual — armed, wearing gloves, carrying a backpack — at Nancy’s front door. That figure has never been identified. Investigators recovered DNA at the scene that doesn’t match Nancy or anyone close to her, but sources say the sample is “low-level.” Genetic genealogy testing has been running since March without a public breakthrough. The early investigation has been challenged from within. FBI Director Kash Patel says his bureau was kept out for the first four days. The deputies’ union president attributed the first week’s failures to “leadership incompetence” under Sheriff Chris Nanos. The crime scene was released back to the family before the FBI walked through the door. Two ransom notes the FBI calls “potentially legitimate” included details only someone inside the home would know — the placement of Nancy’s Apple Watch, a damaged backyard floodlight. The first demanded four million dollars. The second claimed Nancy had died shortly after being taken and was “buried in nature.” Over $1.2 million in combined rewards. Thousands of tips. No arrest. The strongest remaining lead is a DNA sample that may or may not produce a name. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #HiddenKillers #ChrisNanos #KashPatel #FBI #PimaCounty #Tucson #TrueCrime #MissingPerson

    Nancy Guthrie’s Family Got THIS Text About Mexico
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An 84-year-old woman vanishes from her Tucson home. No witnesses. No ransom call that makes sense. And a family waiting in the kind of silence that breaks people. Nancy Guthrie—mother of Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie—disappeared on January 24, 2025, setting off a national investigation that has exposed deep dysfunction between federal and local law enforcement, raised more questions than answers, and captivated a country watching in real time. This is Finding Nancy—the only podcast dedicated entirely to this case. Hosted by Tony Brueski, veteran true crime podcaster and Court TV legal analyst, this channel delivers what mainstream coverage can't: daily monologues breaking down every development as it happens, multi-part expert interview series with former FBI agents, behavioral analysts, and criminal defense attorneys, and unflinching analysis of the investigative failures, jurisdictional conflicts, and unanswered questions surrounding this case. We don't do speculation dressed up as insight. We don't recycle what you've already heard. Every episode is built on verified reporting, primary sources, and expert perspective—delivered with the kind of clarity and directness this case demands. You'll hear from voices like Robin Dreeke, former chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, and Jennifer Coffindaffer, retired FBI Special Agent, breaking down what the evidence actually tells us—and what it doesn't. You'll get real-time analysis of Sheriff Chris Nanos's public statements, the FBI's involvement, and the contradictions piling up between them. This isn't entertainment. This is accountability journalism in podcast form. Whether you're following because of who Nancy's daughter is, or because an elderly woman deserves answers regardless of her family's fame, this is where you come to understand what's really happening—not what someone wants you to believe is happening. New episodes drop daily as the case develops. Subscribe now.

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