Today Show host 84 year old mom is missing in Arizona-'concerning circumstances'

JustBonee said:
At this point it won’t matter much IF things have gone over the border …. dealing with Mexican authority is a whole other problem.
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What?!

You're not like some of those awful 'comments' I've seen on MSN newsfeed articles, blaming 'undocumented immigrants' (they use a worse word) for this, are you??
 
I disagree with some of your statements, @Deya. Unless Nancy had been (legally) declared mentally incompetent her children had no standing to demand she move elsewhere, wear a life-alert bracelet, have a security system or make other life changes. We also have no idea whether Nancy's children discussed those matters with her. Since they were obviously caring and attentive, it's hard to imagine they hadn't.

Hired pool and landscaping services are quite common in the southwest. When Ms. Guthrie saw folks working outside she may have smiled, waved and talked about the weather a bit, but the relationship was unlikely more than that. Whether she had a house cleaning service is unknown, but there was apparently no live-in help.

My husband and I are in our early 70s and intend to age in place for as long as possible. We expect our children to be supportive of our wishes and not attempt to impose changes in our lives because it makes them feel more comfortable.
 
Deya said:
My thoughts from the start. No one has ever told us how many people were involved keeping that huge house clean and in repair. Look at the pool and the lawn and grounds. All look well kept. That all takes several people on a weekly and monthly basis.

From the get go, the family made repeated statements about her health and how she couldn't survive more than 24 hours without her meds. She was 84 and couldn't walk more than a few yards at best, yet the family has no remorse over letting her live alone in an over 4000 sq foot house with concrete floors in a dark community that was a burglars paradise.

No life alert or any system to warn family if a problem. No maintained security system. No sensor lights. No means of self defense. Nothing!

The son in law drops her off and just stayed watching in his car until he saw the garage door close. Who goes thru their garage door unless they enter in a vehicle? Why didn't the son in law see her inside thru the front door? The no light pollution rule doesn't apply to low brightness front door lights. Her front door entry way should have been lowly lit.

In my opinion, her children are just a bunch of wealthy spoiled brats that couldn't be burdened to see their mother had basic security. Maybe they weren't involved in her disappearance, but they sure didn't do anything to make sure she was secure and safe and had multiple alert systems.

Something is very wrong with this entire show of incompetence, starting with the family neglecting their mothers basic security needs. Has anyone ever heard how the intruder got in the house? In the beginning, they said no forced entry and no photos of any forced entry. Did her doors have secure deadbolts? Were her doors even locked? Did the intruder have a key or find a key kept in the entry? Did they discover forced entry weeks later?

Lots of questions unanswered and the focus is on a massive search and TV news domination, instead of important things that could help find the intruder. Something stinks badly!

What is so important about this case that it should dominate the news for 16 days and use such vast resources?
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Mrs. Guthrie was/is perfectly competent to make her own decisions. This disaster is not the fault of her family.
This has been a valuable training operation for law enforcement.
 
Sometimes I see the dribble or slow walk of information and have to think some of it is a planned leak or disclosure to put pressure on the perps. They might already have a pretty good ideal who they are and want to pressure them into a mistake or releasing ms Guthrie. Here's hoping anyway

I'd also up the reward to 1/4 million dollars for a tip not ransom
 
hearlady said:
Now they have revealed that they're trying to "ping" Nancy's pacemaker. Unfortunately, that may lead the perps to take it out. 😒
It reminds me of when I lost my fitbit. I walked around the house and yard hoping it would connect.
It would be wonderful if they found her through that tech
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Is it me.....shouldn't they have tried that a lot sooner...or did they and the news outlets slow in reporting this?
 
The latest on ABC Evening News:

1. They are now also looking in Mexico for Nancy Guthrie.

2. There is a new kind of DNA marker that can pinpoint first & second cousins on family tree searches. This may have already been mentioned, but I’ll mention it again as it was part of their recap.

3. An anonymous donor has added 100K to the reward pot, for a total of 200K. That should shake somone out of a tree.

A Sidebar: there have been some really good theories on this forum. It’s too bad the police and FBI aren’t smart enough to look toward every day people for their thoughts. Not just clue tips but their thoughts or maybe they have and they just don’t publish it. OK it’s Wednesday evening back to Expedition Unknown on the Discovery Channel.
 
gruntlabor said:
Mrs. Guthrie was/is perfectly competent to make her own decisions. This disaster is not the fault of her family.
This has been a valuable training operation for law enforcement.
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The family says she was, but I question how competent, when her security camera program was allowed to expire for a year and she knew she had health issues that might require life alert, but didn't and lived alone in a large house with no porch light sensors or any form of basic security. Apparently, she wasn't competent enough to make good decisions about her safety. Maybe she just didn't care and that is where her kids should have kept all the basic safety things up even if they had to pay for it. The one local daughter could have had kept a Ring camera going and monitored it on her cell phone.

Both myself and husband are of sound mind and very security wise, but still one granddaughter is also connected to our Ring and knows when someone is at our door.

She no doubt wanted to keep the family home and stay there, but her children should have made sure she was safe. She was 84 and her body sure wasn't as sound as it once was and I bet her mind wasn't as inattentive as it once was. She kept up her security for years, but only in the last year let it lapse. That tells me she wasn't thinking as clearly as she once did and her kids should have made sure security was kept up to date.
 
Imogene said:
A Sidebar: there have been some really good theories on this forum. It’s too bad the police and FBI aren’t smart enough to look toward every day people for their thoughts. Not just clue tips but their thoughts or maybe they have and they just don’t publish it. OK it’s Wednesday evening back to Expedition Unknown on the Discovery Channel.
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You can bet, despite some posts, they have pursued every known investigative technique, every crime can't be solved despite superior police work. I read the Boston Strangler in the 60's. You would not believe the investigative work that was done, Things I never heard of. You know how they narrowed in on the Son of Sam, brilliant.
 
A $200K reward could go pretty far in Mexico. The question is was it a cartel/Mexican gang or would the perps think it's easier to hide in Mexico.
 
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