Gayle King Speculates ‘Somebody Knows Something’ About Nancy Case After Sources Identify Kidnappers’ ‘Simple’ Motive
With something like the Nancy Guthrie investigation, everyone’s got an opinion. Particularly after over two months of nothing. Police have released surveillance video and photos, but no suspect has been identified, and no motive has been disclosed. All we know is that Savannah Guthrie’s mom was taken from her house by a masked assailant sometime between the night of January 31 and the early hours of February 1.
Gayle King, who is the co-host of CBS Mornings, talked about the situation and Savannah’s return during an interview with US Weekly, saying, “Listen, we’re just glad Savannah’s back, but of course, our hearts are still aching and still breaking,” King said. “There are no words to describe what she’s going through.”
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King also pleaded for anyone with information to come forward, saying she finds it “shocking” that no one has done so yet. “I’m still hoping that somebody will do the right thing,” King said. “Somebody, somebody out there knows something, and it’s shocking to me after seeing Savannah open up her heart, after looking at the video that we all saw, and after the million dollars reward that there has not been some resolution in this case.”
“I am just here wishing her well and cheering,” King said of Savannah Guthrie, who returned to her job on the Today show on April 6. “I’m glad that she’s back.”
The Guthrie family pretty much said the same thing in a statement released on March 23. “We continue to believe it is Tucsonans, and the greater southern Arizona community, that hold the key to finding resolution in this case,” they said. “Someone knows something. It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant.”
“We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case – please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance. No detail is too small. It may be the key.”
This all comes after former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer recently wrote on X that the motive behind the kidnapping was probably the simplest one. Police “said they know the motive for the abduction of Nancy and they have known it from the beginning,” she wrote, adding, “Kidnapping for Ransom. Nancy sadly died. The kidnappers didn’t care and tortured the family with 2 notes knowing the FBI would not recommend paying a ransom without proof of life. Like most cases, this one is simple, but everyone wants to make it complex.”
Coffindaffer added, “Occam’s Razer. Even the Guthrie family knows.”
Occam’s Razor is a problem-solving principle that can be summed up as “the simplest explanation is usually the right one.”
No ransom was ever paid for Nancy Guthrie, even though multiple ransom notes were sent to local stations and TMZ. Law enforcement has not commented on why a ransom was not paid, but speculation is that the kidnappers never produced proof of life, so the FBI recommended the family not pay.
The reward for information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance stands at over $1 million.
