What To Know
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- Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since February 1.
- Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer urged authorities to intensify desert searches for Nancy Guthrie, drawing parallels to a similar decades-old missing persons case.
- Coffindaffer has previously called for updated billboards featuring the masked suspect and suggested strategic actions like increasing the reward and engaging with ransom demands.
Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie‘s mother, Nancy Guthrie, is still missing — and a retired FBI agent just issued a bold call to action based on a similar case.
On July 17, former FBI special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, who has been closely following Nancy’s case after her February 1 abduction in Tucson, Arizona, took to X to share what she believes investigators should do next.
“Thelma Gaston/Nancy Guthrie,” she began the post, which featured side-by-side photos of the two women. “Thelma was a millionaire who went missing 40 years ago when she was 80 YO. Her remains were finally found near Sugarloaf Mountain in a desolate area. She was murdered by her paramore, Lawrence Remsen, who received life for killing her.”
Gaston’s remains were only recently identified, thanks to advanced DNA testing, after she went missing in 1981, The New York Times reported.
Coffindaffer than declared, “This is exactly why searches need to be conducted for Nancy. Unless they know where she is — search that desert.
Thelma Gaston/Nancy Guthrie
Thelma was a millionaire who went missing 40 years ago when she was 80 YO.
Her remains were finally found near Sugarloaf Mountain in a desolate area.
She was murdered by her paramore Lawrence Remsen who received Life for killing her.
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— Jennifer Coffindaffer (@CoffindafferFBI) July 17, 2026
This wasn’t the first time the retired FBI agent has spoken out about the Pima County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) and the FBI’s joint effort to uncover what happened to the 84-year-old.
Previously, Coffindaffer called for investigators to update billboards with photos of “Porch Guy” (the masked suspect spotted on Nancy’s front porch in doorbell-camera footage). She also called for them to “tickle the wire” by depositing money into the Bitcoin account for the two alleged ransom demands and to increase the reward.
Nancy was last seen at her Catalina Foothills home on the evening of January 31. Despite Savannah offering a $1 million reward in addition to other reward money, no suspect has been named in the case.