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Finding Nancy: The Nancy Guthrie Investigation

Finding Nancy: The Nancy Guthrie Investigation

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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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  • Nancy Guthrie: 18-24 Names, a Distinctive Holster & DNA Heading to Genealogy Labs
    Feb 23 2026

    The FBI showed a Tucson gun shop owner eighteen to twenty-four names with photographs this week—asking if anyone purchased a firearm in the past year. No matches. But investigators clearly have a working list of suspects despite no CODIS hit on the DNA.

    This deep-dive with FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke examines what every recent investigative move signals about where the Nancy Guthrie case actually stands. The FBI's outreach to Mexican federal law enforcement. The canvassing of gun shops to match a distinctive holster. The tech companies—Google, Meta, Apple—attempting to recover overwritten Nest footage. And CeCe Moore's assessment that the mixed DNA is "extremely hopeful" for genetic genealogy.

    The physical evidence profile is remarkably specific for an unidentified suspect. A ring visible through the glove in doorbell footage. A holster worn in an unusual position between the legs with what Sheriff Nanos called "unique characteristics." A glove dropped two miles from the scene. A Walmart backpack. Robin examines what these identifiable details reveal about someone who otherwise showed forensic awareness.

    The Sheriff's Office publicly declared what they won't discuss: Mexican authorities, polygraph tests, specific video surveillance, financial analysis. Robin explains that when an agency lists their no-comment zones, those are the pressure points where the case is actually moving.

    If there was a struggle at the home—if Nancy was injured in an altercation—the physical confrontation left DNA evidence. CeCe Moore says mixed samples are common in violent crimes and workable for genetic genealogy. Robin assesses the investigative tempo and timeline for identification.

    Four hundred investigators. Fifty thousand tips. The pieces are there.

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    17 mins
  • Coffindaffer on Guthrie Evidence: Which Forensic Leads Are Worth Pursuing?
    Feb 23 2026

    Nineteen days after Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Tucson home, the physical evidence has produced no match, no suspect, and no confirmed connection to whoever is responsible. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer assesses the forensic landscape and identifies what's still viable.

    The DNA recovered inside the home is a mixture still being separated — a home with family, landscapers, and service workers contributing to the sample. The glove found miles away is a CODIS miss that doesn't match the property DNA. Coffindaffer questions whether it should be treated as case evidence at all. Genetic genealogy is the next move, but the profile has to be clean enough to upload — and with the lab controversy surrounding the Florida facility versus Quantico, the condition of the samples is an open question.

    Coffindaffer addresses the loss of additional Nest camera footage, the pacemaker search still running after nearly three weeks, and the reality behind tens of thousands of tips that haven't identified a suspect. She separates the forensic avenues with potential from the ones draining resources.

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    15 mins
  • Nancy Guthrie: The Case May Already Be Compromised — This Week's Legal and Psychological Breakdown
    Feb 22 2026


    No arrest. No CODIS match. And a defense attorney says the investigation is already building the other side's case. Bob Motta breaks down the damage — a crime scene released early, DNA reportedly diverted from the FBI to a private lab, fifteen of sixteen evidence gloves reportedly contaminated by the search team. He explains how these failures become reasonable doubt before anyone's even charged. He addresses the Callella fake ransom arrest, the SWAT detention-and-release, and why the distinction between burglary gone wrong and premeditated kidnapping changes everything. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott examines the psychological toll — on the perpetrator under sustained pressure, on a family enduring ambiguous loss while being publicly accused, and on an investigation drowning in tens of thousands of tips that may be burying the signal. Two experts. Two fronts. One case in trouble.

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