Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom Nancy: Everything we know about kidnapping…and the unanswered questions

The kidnapping of her 84-year-old mother Nancy has horrified America and now Savannah Guthrie has been warned cops face a “race against time” to find her.

Nancy was last seen at her $1 million home in Tucson, Arizona, around 9:45 pm on Saturday and was reported missing the next day.

On Monday, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told the Daily Mail that Nancy was likely snatched from her bed in the middle of the night.

On Tuesday, Apple Watch data revealed that Nancy’s pacemaker was disconnected from her Apple Watch around 2 a.m. Sunday after she was moved out of range of the high-tech watch she wasn’t wearing when she was taken away.

Law enforcement sources say blood was found in Nancy’s home and there were signs of forced entry.

A $2,500 reward was offered for information leading to Nancy, but Sheriff Nanos warned that ‘the window is closed’ to finding her safe and well.

He suffers from an unspecified condition that requires regular medication and is unable to walk more than 50 meters on his own.

The case has raised a number of troubling unanswered questions, which the Daily Mail details below…

Investigators said Nancy’s $1 million home in Tucson, Arizona (pictured Tuesday) showed signs of forced entry, and forensic teams found blood on the property.

Why was Nancy Guthrie targeted?

Investigators say they have found no evidence that Nancy was kidnapped because of the daughter of the rich and famous, but they have not yet “ruled out the possibility.”

There was no mention of any ransom demand, and a $2,500 reward was offered for information about the crime.

“We are doing everything we can to locate him,” Sheriff Nanos said. ‘We will use every tool we have.’

Nanos said Savannah has never received a similar threat.

Savannah, who reportedly earns $8 million a year at NBC, travels with a ‘security team’ despite there being no direct threat to her.

Investigators say they have found no evidence that Nancy was kidnapped because of her famous daughter, but they have not yet “ruled out the possibility.”

Savannah Guthrie reportedly earned a salary of $8 million at NBC, and her net worth is estimated to be around $40 million

Why did the cops say there was probably ‘no threat to the public’?

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told reporters Monday that there was no indication of any threat to the general public following Nancy’s abduction.

Indeed, there have been no other kidnappings in the Tucson area since then.

So why just Nancy? Sheriff Nanos claimed there was no obvious connection between Nancy’s kidnapping and the rich girl.

Does this mean she was targeted because she was an independently wealthy and vulnerable older woman living alone?

Nancy’s husband Charles Guthrie died of a heart attack in 1988; Savannah has previously talked about losing her father when she was 16 years old.

And if Nancy was targeted for these reasons alone, why was she and not one of the many wealthy neighbors nearby?

What is Nancy Guthrie’s condition that requires medication?

Shortly after Nancy was reported missing, the search became more urgent as authorities said the 84-year-old needed daily medication.

At a press conference Monday, Sheriff Nanos warned that going without medication for even 24 hours could be fatal.

The sheriff did not elaborate on what condition Nancy suffered from or what medications she needed to survive.

On Tuesday, it was revealed that Nancy’s pacemaker stopped transferring data to the Apple Watch around 2 a.m. Sunday.

He wasn’t wearing the watch, which meant it was disconnected from his pacemaker when he moved out of range.

The pacemaker indicates that Nancy has a heart condition, but it is unclear whether this is the same condition that requires medication.

Sheriff Nanos added that Nancy did not have dementia and was ‘very sharp.’

According to recent information suggesting a horrific kidnapping in the middle of the night, she cannot walk more than 50 meters on her own.

Authorities say Nancy, 84, was frail, had poor mobility and suffered from a condition that required her to take medication every day.

Where was Nancy’s ‘wand’?

Savannah’s NBC News reported Monday that Guthrie ‘lived alone and employed staff.’

It is unclear what these staff do or what hours they work; but Nancy’s ‘living alone’ strongly suggests that neither of them were live-in workers.

Nancy was last seen outside her home at 9.45pm on Saturday night and was reported missing when she failed to arrive at church at 11am on Sunday.

There is no suggestion that any alarm was raised by Nancy’s staff.

Does this mean they have the weekend off? If so, what if they are sick or have an emergency?

Neighbors left a sign outside Nancy’s Arizona home saying they ‘stand by’ the 84-year-old man and his family

Investigators said they did not believe Nancy left her Arizona home (pictured) and said she could not have walked ’50 metres’.

Is there doorbell camera footage showing what happened?

Many American homes now have doorbell or exterior security cameras that provide crystal clear footage of what’s going on outside their property.

Nancy was among them, according to Fox News.

But there was no sign of that camera when investigators arrived at his property Sunday.

His phone and Apple Watch were inside the house.

Was the doorbell camera removed by Nancy’s kidnapper? Or was it dismantled for repair?

And if it was lifted by its captor, did it manage to catch that person walking towards the lens just before it was ripped from its perch?

Nancy’s camera was not connected to a software ‘cloud’; This means researchers must go through a longer process, such as obtaining permission to access data from a server that stores its records.

Investigators did not specify whether Nancy’s neighbors saw anything on their doorbell cameras.

A person named Jeff Lamie, who lives nearby, said: AzCentral He checked the doorbell camera, but saw that only a single animal, called a javelin, was visible in the frame throughout the entire incident.

Nancy and her neighbors live in large, well-spaced lots on a very dark street, offering her captor a top-secret way out.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos (pictured) said his investigators uncovered ‘extremely concerning’ evidence at Nancy’s home, including signs of forced entry.

Why couldn’t the police identify the suspect?

In the three days since Nancy’s disappearance, investigators have shared some evidence that points to a sinister outcome.

At a press conference, Sheriff Nanos said there was ‘very concerning’ evidence of forced entry into Nancy’s home and also that investigators believe she was ‘taken away in a vehicle.’

But Nanos said there was no evidence of a specific vehicle and that he was waiting for data from intersection cameras and license plate readers that might provide any clues.

In an interview with AZFamily, Nanos admitted that he was still waiting for DNA results from home because the Tucson lab was ‘closed’ and he had to send samples to Phoenix.

The sheriff did not provide further details about the form of DNA evidence seized from Nancy’s home.

Sheriff Nanos refused to say whether he believed Nancy was abducted by one person or several people.

It is unclear whether the police believe they know the kidnapper or kidnappers, and no description of the suspects has been shared.