Nancy Guthrie Update: Porch Blood Stain Pattern Indicates She Put Up a Fight, Says FBI Profiler
Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie‘s mother, Nancy Guthrie, is still missing after her Feb. 1 abduction in Tucson, Ariz.-and an FBI profiler recently speculated that the 84-year-old put up a fight, according to the blood stain pattern on her front porch.
In the Wednesday, April 22 episode of Brian Entin Investigates, Jim Clemente, a retired FBI supervisory special agent and profiler, spoke with NewsNation Senior National Correspondent Brian Entin.
During their chat, the two men spoke extensively about the blood splatter-which was confirmed to have belonged to Nancy-found on the front porch of her Catalina Foothills residence.
"I believe that she was threatened-she was controlled by, most likely, the gun that the offender had at his waist or his crotch area," Clemente speculated. "And that he used the gun to threaten her, control her, and get her down to the front door. At that point or shortly thereafter, she realized he was trying to take her out of the house."
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The former FBI agent explained that if an offender is attempting to take a victim away from a location, it "never bodes well for the victim" because it means they are trying to take the victim to a location where they have more privacy and control.
"I believe that Nancy fought him, either inside the door, or just outside, depending on where the first appearance of this blood splatter evidence is," Clemente told Entin. "And at that point, she was likely either blitzed with overwhelming force, punched in the face or the nose, and she began bleeding. She went down, either on her knees or just hunched over. And then coughed up this blood, which is why we see this pattern."
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Additionally, Clemente speculated, "I think at that point, she was likely picked up by the offender. He or she, having stepped in and smeared, or another body part of hers touching the blood that she had coughed up already, and smearing in the patterns that we see here."
He added, "And then from that point forward, she was carried to whatever vehicle he had. And at that point, she was likely turned with her face up so that we see no further blood dripping from the face wounds that likely caused this pattern."
Nancy was last seen at her Tucson home on the evening of Jan. 31. Despite Savannah offering a $1 million reward, no suspect has been named.
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This story was originally published April 22, 2026 at 9:18 PM.