Search Activity for Nancy Guthrie's Home Address Spiked Several Times Before Reported Abduction

Search activity apparently linked to the home address of missing Arizona woman Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, may have spiked several times in the months before her suspected abduction, according to Google Trends data reviewed by Fox News Digital.

Guthrie, 84, has been missing for 18 days after she was taken from her home in Tucson's Catalina Foothills area on 1 February in what local authorities are treating as a kidnapping.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) and the FBI are leading the investigation and have appealed for public help as they search for leads.

Last week, the FBI released a description of a man seen on Guthrie's doorbell camera footage on the night of her disappearance. The individual is described as approximately 5ft 9in to 5ft 10in tall and was seen wearing a 25-litre Ozark Trail brand backpack along with other distinctive items. No suspects have yet been publicly identified.

Nancy Guthrie Address Searches Reported Before Disappearance

Fox News Digital reported that, using the publicly available Google Trends tool, it was able to replicate charts that appeared to show search interest relating to 'Nancy Guthrie address' in Arizona prior to her disappearance.

According to those charts, there may have been search activity focused on Guthrie's address in the Catalina Foothills between 21 and 28 June 2025, originating in Arizona. The same address may have attracted search interest again on 11 January 2026, several weeks before Guthrie was last seen.

Fox News Digital also reported that Google image searches may have been carried out for the address in Arizona between 1 and 8 March 2025, and again between 30 November and 1 December 2025, apparently seeking images or a map of the property.

In addition, in the days leading up to Guthrie's disappearance, 'Savannah Guthrie salary' may have been searched from Tucson at some point between 13 and 20 December 2025, the outlet reported, citing the same Trends data.

Google Trends is a publicly accessible tool that shows relative interest in search terms over time rather than raw search volumes, and it does not identify individual users.

A Google spokesperson, responding to Fox News Digital about the data, cautioned against drawing firm conclusions from such charts. 'Google Trends is designed for understanding trends in large datasets.

For topics with low or no searches, a Google Trends chart will often mix in random noise to protect people's privacy. That means that a Google Trends chart showing a spike for an uncommon topic is not definitive evidence that a search actually happened,' the spokesperson said.

A source familiar with investigative practice also told Fox News Digital that law enforcement would typically rely on tools such as subpoenas to obtain data, rather than publicly available marketing information.

Investigators Seek Video As Nancy Guthrie Search Continues

The reported 11 January 2026 date also appeared in a message posted on 12 February on the Ring camera app, in which a user asked neighbours to share home security footage from 9pm to midnight on 11 January, as well as video from the evening of 31 January, when Guthrie was last accounted for.

A PCSD captain replied publicly to that post, asking residents to ensure they were responding to verified messages from the sheriff's department when submitting information. The department later clarified the origin of the request.

'The Ring post... did not come from the Pima County Sheriff's Office. It was posted by a neighbour,' a PCSD spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 'PCSD sent out a request via the Neighbours app asking for video from Jan. 1 to Feb. 2.'

Investigators have officially asked for home security footage recorded within a two-mile radius of Guthrie's home between 1 January and 2 February. Authorities have not announced any arrests or charges in connection with the case.

PCSD has detained and interviewed several individuals during the investigation and released them without charges, according to Fox News Digital.

Those questioned reportedly included a delivery driver from Rio Rico, south of Tucson, who told the outlet he worked in the Tucson area but did not know whether he had ever delivered a package to Guthrie's home.

For comparison with the searches linked to Savannah Guthrie, Fox News Digital noted that Google Trends also appeared to show search interest in 'Anderson Cooper salary' in the New York City area between 29 March and 5 April 2025, and 'Sean Hannity salary' in the same region between 3 and 10 May 2025. Both broadcasters grew up in New York.

Authorities have not commented publicly on whether the reported Google Trends activity forms any part of their inquiry into Guthrie's disappearance.