Nancy Guthrie Update: Key New Detail From Night of Disappearance Emerges
A new development in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case has surfaced after the investigation into the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's mom began more than a month ago. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now examining a detail about the night that she disappeared that the public previously didn't know about.
According to a new report, FBI agents working on the Nancy Guthrie investigation have spoken to her neighbors about an internet disruption that occurred around the time of the abduction.
FBI Targets Tech Clue: Neighbors Grilled on Internet Outage Night of Abduction
On March 5, 2026, it was revealed that FBI agents had returned to Nancy Guthrie's neighborhood and that they were talking to the neighbors of the missing 84-year-old. At the time, that seemed like it could be a promising or concerning development since there was no way to know what was being investigated. However, now that details about those conversations have come to light, new information about the night of the disappearance has been revealed.
Fox News reported today, March 6, 2026, that the FBI questioned Guthrie's neighbors about whether they had any issues with their internet connections on the night she went missing, February 1, 2026. According to several residents who spoke to the outlet about the discussions, their internet connections glitched the night she was taken from her home. Before that report, there was no indication that internet outages affected several neighborhood residents on the night Guthrie went missing.
The same report stated that Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos had previously declined to say whether he believed the suspect could have used a Wi-Fi jammer on the night of the abduction. However, he confirmed that investigators were looking into every angle related to surveillance video.
This isn't the first time that the FBI has been trying to follow digital leads potentially related to video footage in this case. On February 10, the FBI Phoenix Facebook page announced that they'd teamed up with the Pima County Sheriff's Department. They were seeking to "recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie's home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors, including the removal of recording devices."
Could a Wi-Fi Jammer Explain How Nancy Guthrie Vanished Without a Trace? Why It Could Matter for the Investigation
The #FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance. New images released today show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at… pic.twitter.com/WH76eefgcZ
— FBI Most Wanted (@FBIMostWanted) February 10, 2026
On the night that Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped, a doorbell camera captured the only footage of the suspect in the case, which allowed images of them to be widely circulated online. While it is great that footage was retrieved, that raises another question. Why weren't they able to capture any video or photos of the suspect and victim leaving her house?
One possible explanation for that, which could tie into the FBI questioning neighbors about their internet, is that a Wi-Fi jammer or a similar device could have been used on the night of the crime. They are designed to block all wireless devices from connecting to the network in their immediate area. That is important since it could provide a better picture of the nature of the Guthrie abduction and potentially give investigators new leads to follow.
Since Nancy Guthrie first went missing, there have been several times when experts have suggested that a burglary gone wrong or other more spontaneous scenarios led to the crime. However, the suspect coming prepared with a Wi-Fi jammer would certainly suggest that the event was pre-planned. As a Leppard Law article notes, someone procuring a weapon to use in a crime "can strongly suggest premeditation," and the same would hold in this circumstance. Additionally, if investigators believe that kind of device was used, that opens up significant new avenues for them to follow.
Detectives can try to trace any purchases of those kinds of devices in the surrounding area, as has been done in other cases that led to arrests. For example, in 2022, investigators traced the purchase of silencers to a Seattle man, which led to his arrest. They can also try to track any jammers in the region, as a Geotab article details, it is possible to do that using radio monitoring equipment. Since jammers are illegal in America, discovering any in the area could lead to a potential break in the case.