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. 23h ago

    How Nancy Guthrie's Sheriff And The FBI Lost Four Days

    The first forty-eight hours are the only hours that really belong to you. Everything after that is archaeology. In the Nancy Guthrie case, the two agencies responsible for those hours cannot agree on what happened during them. FBI Director Kash Patel says the Bureau was kept out for four days. Sheriff Chris Nanos says he was on scene the night it happened, an FBI task force member was present, and coordination began without delay. The acting attorney general went on television and denied any friction at all. Three officials. Same side. Same four days. Three different versions. And on the third of February, Patel himself told a national audience the FBI was already on the ground in Tucson. Tony Brueski lays out every contradiction on the record in the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's eighty-four-year-old mother. Statements released forty-five minutes apart where each agency pointed at the other. The ransom note reporting the Bureau publicly reversed inside a day. The glove that went to Florida and came back before it was ever run. The partial DNA profile that cannot be entered into the national database at all. And a sheriff who spent the search answering for discrepancies in his own record, took a no-confidence vote from his own deputies, and told the reporter asking about it to enjoy his hit piece. Nancy Guthrie is still missing. Nobody has been charged, and no suspect has been publicly named. END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod DISCLAIMERThis 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. HASHTAGS#NancyGuthrie #ChrisNanos #NancyGuthrieCase #KashPatel #FBI #PimaCounty #SavannahGuthrie #Tucson #TrueCrime #MissingPerson

    How Nancy Guthrie's Sheriff And The FBI Lost Four Days

  2. 4d ago

    Nancy Guthrie: The Note That Confirmed The Worst

    Six months into the search for Nancy Guthrie, this episode goes deeper into the one piece of evidence that may matter more than everything else combined: a note her family received that investigators still won't rule out. She was eighty-four, last seen the night blood was found on her porch and a masked figure appeared on her own doorbell camera. Since then, more than one note claiming responsibility has surfaced. Most have been confirmed as hoaxes. The one that hasn't is reportedly the one that changes how this entire case should be read, including what it may confirm about her fate. Tony Brueski and the Hidden Killers team break down what that note reportedly says, how it lines up against the blood evidence and the doorbell footage, and why the FBI continues to publicly frame this as a kidnapping-for-ransom case even as the physical evidence complicates that theory. The show lays out a detailed theory of what happened that night, built entirely on what's been confirmed so far, including the possibility that whoever was involved never intended for the night to end the way it reportedly did. This episode also looks closely at the toll six months of uncertainty has taken on Savannah Guthrie, who has continued to appear on national television throughout the search for her mother, and asks what the public owes families like hers when a case is this drawn out. For everyone who has followed Nancy Guthrie's case from the beginning, this is the update that finally moves the timeline forward. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod 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. Hashtags #NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #NancyGuthrieCase #TrueCrimePodcast #MissingPersons #FBI #Arizona #UnsolvedCase #ColdCase #HiddenKillers

    Nancy Guthrie: The Note That Confirmed The Worst

  3. 4d ago

    Nancy Guthrie's Hoaxer Walks With THIS Sentence

    Six months into the search for Nancy Guthrie, one case tied to her disappearance is finally over — and it's not about finding her. A California man pleaded guilty to sending the Guthrie family fake bitcoin ransom demands while agents were still actively searching. The sentence is what has people talking. His charge was pled down to harassment, which caps at two years federally, and the final sentence was five years of probation, both counts running concurrently. Retired FBI special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer called the outcome a travesty and warned it could set a precedent for the copycats still sending in fake notes — a group nicknamed the TMZ Twelve, which the FBI has reportedly signaled are likely not legitimate. Two other communications are being treated as potentially real. The first is considered the actual ransom note — four million dollars, an escalation threat to six million, and a threat on Nancy's life. The second is an apology letter sent only to local television stations, expressing remorse and describing her death as accidental. Both notes reportedly trace back to the same IP address, one of the few consistent threads investigators have to work with. We also dig into Porch Guy, someone tied to the case who remains unidentified publicly and hasn't been taken into custody, despite tools like highway checkpoints that have worked in similar cases before. We lay out the sentence, the notes, and exactly where this investigation stands six months in. New episode is up now — link below. Social Links & Legal Footer Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod  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. Hashtags #NancyGuthrie #RansomHoax #NancyGuthrieCase #TMZTwelve #Bitcoin #FBIInvestigation #TulsaOklahoma #PorchGuy #TrueCrimePodcast #UnsolvedMystery

    Nancy Guthrie's Hoaxer Walks With THIS Sentence

  4. 6d ago

    Nancy Guthrie's Two Notes Don't Add Up to One Kidnapper

    Nancy Guthrie has now been missing for five months, taken from her Tucson home at 84 years old, and the case has produced more written communications than actual leads. Start with the notes. One reportedly came from the man who took her, describing her as at rest somewhere in nature. A second, sent to a Tucson television station days later, was described by law enforcement as a legitimate communication from the actual kidnappers, and reportedly claimed she had died shortly after being taken. If real, it may be the closest thing to a written confession this case has produced. Then there's TMZ. One tipster emailed the outlet claiming urgency had passed. A separate, repeat emailer has claimed to have a phone containing video of Nancy and her alleged kidnapper from what was probably her last day. The FBI has already arrested multiple people for sending fake ransom notes tied to this case, and Sheriff Nanos has dismissed the newest claim as likely another one. But the FBI is reportedly investigating that same emailer at the same time, a contradiction no one in law enforcement has explained. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer and criminal defense attorney Bob Motta break down what each communication actually proves, how investigators try to authenticate a note when there's no body, and why efforts to independently confirm Nancy's death have reportedly failed. A first note demanded millions. A second offered her body back for close to the same amount. Whether that points to one plan falling apart or two people working the same case is still an open question. All claims here are reported and unconfirmed, and no one has been charged. This is everything filed and reported so far, laid out in order. SOCIAL LINKS & LEGAL FOOTER Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod 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. HASHTAGS #NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #HiddenKillers #RansomNote #FBI #JenniferCoffindaffer #BobMotta #Tucson #PimaCounty #TrueCrime

    Nancy Guthrie's Two Notes Don't Add Up to One Kidnapper

  5. Jul 1

    Nancy Guthrie: The Note That Might Be a Confession

    Five months after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her home, a detail that had been kept private was finally made public. A second note sent to a Tucson station days after the abduction claimed Nancy died shortly after she was taken. The senders expressed regret. They made no more demands. Investigators have reportedly described the note as a legitimate communication from the actual kidnappers. For the case-specific audience following every development: criminal defense attorney Bob Motta evaluates what that note means in a courtroom. If investigators can link the note to a suspect through forensic or digital evidence, the content alone may function as an admission. The claim that Nancy died in their custody, combined with regret and cessation of demands, carries legal weight that goes beyond a ransom communication. The discussion also addresses the anonymous emailer’s latest demand to TMZ — claiming to possess a phone with video of Nancy and an alleged kidnapper — and Harvey Levin’s challenge for the emailer to produce a single screenshot, which was refused. The FBI continues investigating while Sheriff Nanos has publicly dismissed the emailer as likely fraudulent. Tony Brueski and Bob Motta. End Links:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitterhttps://x.com/TrueCrimePod Disclaimer: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. Hashtags:#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #NancyGuthrieCase #BobMotta #DefenseDiaries #RansomNote #Confession #FBI #Tucson #TrueCrime

    Nancy Guthrie: The Note That Might Be a Confession

  6. Jun 30

    What the FBI Did About Nancy Guthrie’s Fake Ransom Notes Changes This Entire Case

    Five months after Nancy Guthrie was allegedly taken from her Tucson home, the sheriff leading the case went on local radio and said he thinks the FBI has made “a number of arrests” for fake ransom notes. He thinks. The lead investigator doesn’t know the details of what the FBI has done inside his own investigation. Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke take apart the listener questions that keep flooding the comments — starting with what the sheriff’s uncertainty tells you about the gap between these agencies. Nanos is dismissing the TMZ emailer as a fraud while the FBI is reportedly spending resources to identify that person. Harvey Levin offered to pay the Bitcoin and follow the money. The FBI ghosted him, then told him to stop. The arrests, the agency friction, the emailer who keeps coming back, the million-dollar reward nobody claims — and a sheriff under recall pressure who sounds like he’s learning about FBI activity from the same news cycle as everyone else. Tony and Robin push into all of it. A Hidden Killers investigation. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod 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 #TrueCrime #RobinDreeke #FBI #ChrisNanos #HarveyLevin #PimaCounty #JusticeForNancy

    What the FBI Did About Nancy Guthrie’s Fake Ransom Notes Changes This Entire Case

  7. Jun 29

    Nancy Guthrie's 'Porch Guy' — One Agent's Bombshell on the Arrest

    After a long stretch of silence, the Nancy Guthrie case got a surge of confidence from an unexpected place. On Megyn Kelly's show, retired FBI agent Maureen O'Connell said her sources tell her investigators are closing in on "porch guy," the masked man recorded outside the 84-year-old's home the night she vanished. She placed her confidence at 75 percent and said his identification would open the floodgates. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer weighs whether the claim holds. She explains what a confidence level is worth from outside the case, how anyone names a man who hid his face — reportedly from eye shape and DNA — and whether one masked figure can really crack the whole thing open. She also takes on the slow-pace explanation: a case built to beat an elite defense. Is an arrest close, or is this optimism with nothing under it? And how does it square with reporting that the trail's gone cold? All claims are reported and unconfirmed; no one has been charged. A Hidden Killers conversation on the Nancy Guthrie case. LINKS:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod DISCLAIMER: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. HASHTAGS:#NancyGuthrie #PorchGuy #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #FBI #MegynKelly #Tucson #PimaCounty #SavannahGuthrie #JenniferCoffindaffer

    Nancy Guthrie's 'Porch Guy' — One Agent's Bombshell on the Arrest

  8. Jun 29

    Nancy Guthrie's Investigators Won't Say the One Thing Everyone's Waiting For

    Behind the headlines, the Nancy Guthrie case may be quietly stuck. Air Mail's Howard Blum reports that the investigators themselves fear an early mistake cost them their best chance to solve the abduction of the 84-year-old grandmother. Suspects reportedly hauled in and released. Leads going nowhere. The task force back on the ransom notes because the trail offered nothing newer. Brian Entin's sources describe the same vanishing act. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer takes it apart. She explains what it signals when agents admit fear about their own case, whether clearing suspect after suspect is real movement or none at all, and how a Bitcoin misstep can hobble an investigation. And she confronts the piece that won't add up — a kidnapper who demanded millions and never touched the money. If cash was the goal, why abandon it? How do cases like this actually end? And is "nobody knows" the truth, or just the public version? All claims are reported and unconfirmed; no one has been charged. A Hidden Killers conversation on the Nancy Guthrie case. LINKS:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod DISCLAIMER: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. HASHTAGS:#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #FBI #PimaCounty #MissingPerson #Tucson #Bitcoin #JenniferCoffindaffer

    Nancy Guthrie's Investigators Won't Say the One Thing Everyone's Waiting For
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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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