As the desperate search continues for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, a neighbor near her home in Tucson has now come forward — describing a “strange” scene that has left the community deeply uns
Savannah Guthrie’s Missing Mom’s Neighbor Details ‘Strange’ Crime Scene, Told to Check Ring Cameras (Exclusive)
One of Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors is weighing in on the “really strange” circumstances surrounding the 84-year-old’s disappearance.
“There were a lot of dark vans with blacked out windows,” Morgan Brown, who lives “a quarter of a mile up the street” from Nancy, told Us Weekly exclusively. “There were a lot of cop cars there at first, and then it was vans, so I assumed that maybe they came across something.”
According to Brown, those living in the neighborhood are being told to “look at our Ring cameras to see if anything popped up out of the ordinary.” He claimed that authorities are “narrowing it down” to some time between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. local time on Sunday morning. (Nancy was last seen on Saturday, January 31.)
“I don’t know how they know that,” Brown continued. “My Ring cameras don’t face the street, but I went through them and haven’t heard that anyone found anything.”
News broke on Sunday, February 1, that NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy, went missing in Arizona. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos called the situation “very concerning” in a statement on Sunday, noting that the authorities aren’t ruling out foul play just yet. Savannah, 54, was absent from the Today show on Monday, February 2. It has been confirmed that she’s in Arizona.
Brown told Us that both “vans and helicopters” arrived at Nancy’s address on Sunday afternoon, adding, “I haven’t seen anyone there this morning.”“They had a helicopter up looking for her. There are no sidewalks in our neighborhood,” Brown added. “You just walk on the street and then there’s desert, so [they] thought she walked off into the desert or something, but she walks with a cane, so I can’t imagine why she would do that. It’s desert-y, scrubby mesquite trees and cactus and rocks everywhere.”
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Brown did make it clear, however, that “a lot of people walk in that neighborhood,” just not in the early hours of the morning.
“This is the foothills of Tucson,” he explained. “If you step two feet off the road, you are basically in the thick of the cactus. It’s not gated at all.”
While the Pima County Sheriff’s Office called Nancy a “vulnerable adult” in their missing person’s report, they made it clear that she has “no cognitive issues at all.” Nancy is “not in good” physical health, per the report. (It has since been revealed that Nancy takes a daily medication, and going more than 24 hours without a dose could be “fatal.”)
“There are quite a bit of retirees and people who have lived in the neighborhood for a while,” Brown continued. “You don’t hear of a lot of weird stuff in the neighborhood.”
In a second press conference on Monday, authorities said it’s likely Nancy “didn’t leave on her own,” noting that she “couldn’t walk 50 yards by herself.” The sheriff referred to Nancy’s home as a crime scene and explained that the situation is no longer considered “a search mission.”
“I can’t imagine what someone would want with an 84-year-old woman,” Brown told Us. “The thought comes to my mind is maybe they are trying to get to Savannah somehow, political or whatnot. It’s horrible news.”
Trump Warns Iran of ‘Total Obliteration’ if They Try To Harm Him HH
President Donald Trump warned Iran that continued assassination threats made by leaders in Tehran would be met with the country getting “blown up” and “total obliteration.”
“Well, they shouldn’t be doing it but I’ve left notification,” Trump said. “Anything ever happens, we’re going to blow the whole — the whole country’s going to get blown up.”
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Biden-era Intelligence officials briefed Trump about the alleged threats against him during his presidential campaign in 2024. Former Attorney General Merrick Garland said the plot was retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani by the U.S. in 2020, during Trump’s first administration.
Despite being briefed by his administration, Trump on Tuesday said President Biden “should have said something” on the matter, adding that presidents should defend each other on such matters.
“But I have very firm instructions,” Trump continued. “Anything happens, they’re going to wipe them off the face of this earth.”
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Trump also spoke about the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran in Geneva.
“What are you expecting from these Iran talks in Geneva?” a reporter asked Trump aboard Air Force One.
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“So, I’ll be involved in those talks indirectly, and they’ll be very important. We’ll see what can happen. Typically, Iran’s a very tough negotiator; they’re good negotiators — or bad negotiators. I would say they’re bad negotiators because we could have had a deal instead of sending the B2s to knock out their nuclear potential. We had to send the B2s. I hope they’re going to be more reasonable. They want to make a deal,” Trump said.
“Have you been told that a deal is next to impossible?” the reporter followed up.
Trump replied, “No. I think they want to make a deal. I don’t think they want the consequences of not making a deal. They want to make a deal.”
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Trump previously said that he instructed officials to destroy Iran if they killed him.
The president said this after signing an executive order right after taking office that gave him all the tools he needed to talk to Iran’s government and put as much pressure on Tehran as possible.
“They haven’t done that and that would be a terrible thing for them to do,” Trump said at the time. “Not because of me — if they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end. I’ve left instructions, if they do it, they get obliterated, there won’t be anything left. And, they shouldn’t be able to do it.”
Trump warned last week that the United States could send additional warships toward Iran if ongoing diplomatic negotiations fail to produce a deal, signaling that military pressure could increase as talks over Tehran’s nuclear program stall.
In remarks to Axios, Trump said the administration is considering deploying a second aircraft carrier strike group to the region in addition to the USS Abraham Lincoln and 9 additional warships already positioned near Iran, though he expressed hope that a diplomatic agreement can still be reached.
“Either we will make a deal or we will have to do something very tough like last time,” the president told Axios on Tuesday, a reference to the bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites in June.
“Last time they didn’t believe I would do it. They overplayed their hand,” Trump added. “We have an armada that is heading there and another one might be going.”
The president emphasized that the United States is seeking to persuade Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions, halt the development of its ballistic missile program, and end support for militant proxy groups. Iranian officials have so far resisted expanding negotiations beyond nuclear-related issues.
He described the nuclear issue as a “matter of course” part of any negotiation, but also insisted that an agreement with Iran must also address Tehran’s ballistic missile stockpiles, per Axios.
Trump said the US “can make a great deal with Iran,” and Tehran “very much wants to make a deal.”
Trump’s comments came ahead of a planned visit to Washington, D.C. by Benjamin Netanyahu, who is expected to press for a tougher U.S. stance and broader terms for any Iran deal that would include constraints on Tehran’s missile capabilities and regional activities.
Before heading to DC, the Israeli leader previewed some of what he and Trump were going to discuss.
“I will present to the president our understanding of the principles of the negotiations (with Iran) – the essential principles that are important not only to Israel – but to everyone who wants peace and security in the Middle East,” Netanyahu told reporters, per the New York Post.
The administration has already bolstered its military presence in the Middle East, with multiple warships and aircraft deployed as a means of deterrence and leverage.
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