{"id":478833,"date":"2026-02-16T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478833\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:48:11","slug":"nancy-guthries-kidnapping-may-have-been-a-botched-burglary-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478833\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Guthrie&#8217;s Kidnapping May Have Been a Botched Burglary: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping<br \/>\n                          Investigators Eye Botched Burglary<br \/>\n                          &#8230; According To New Report<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              February 16, 2026<br \/>\n                            4:36 AM PST<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  February 16, 2026<br \/>\n                                8:34 AM PST\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260213_4f7d8c6b4a1b4ff6a9bd7593d13bb829\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b0309e6e-1f14-4994-af28-24f3d02dceba\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4f7d8c6b4a1b4ff6a9bd7593d13bb829_md.jpg\" alt=\"nancy guthrie 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a major new development in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nancy-guthrie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Guthrie<\/a> case &#8230; authorities now reportedly believe her kidnapping may have stemmed from a burglary gone wrong.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/video\/2026\/02\/16\/investigators-believe-nancy-guthries-abduction-was-burglary-gone-wrong\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">AZFamily<\/a>, citing an inside source, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/savannah-guthrie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Savannah Guthrie<\/a>&#8216;s mother is believed to have been abducted during a botched home invasion &#8212; instead of a carefully planned abduction.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260204_18a37248780744419f6254cacee7f060\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b0309e6e-1f14-4994-af28-24f3d02dceba\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/18a37248780744419f6254cacee7f060_md.jpg\" alt=\"nancy guthrie getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more &#8230; the source also tells the outlet there is belief among investigators that Nancy could be alive.<\/p>\n<p>The theory comes on the heels of the FBI&#8217;s announcement that DNA was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/15\/nancy-guthrie-surveillance-subject-dna-matches-glove\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recovered from a glove<\/a> found near the scene &#8230; the glove appears to visually match the gloves worn by the alleged perpetrator. As you know, the masked intruder was caught on a doorbell camera lurking around Nancy&#8217;s home just before she was abducted on February 1.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The FBI plans to run the DNA profile through its CODIS database in hopes of identifying a match tied to a convicted offender.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9e2a8eec6468480e91ca486f6173c2bd_md.png\" alt=\"021626_savannah_guthrie_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    Instagram\/@savannahguthrie<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Savannah shared another emotional plea on Instagram Sunday night, saying she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/15\/savannah-guthrie-begs-kidnapper-bring-back-mom-nancy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hasn\u2019t lost hope<\/a> and urging whoever has her mother to \u201cdo the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9978c967f2ec41e792e69421b9371b18_md.jpg\" alt=\"harvey-cnn--intv-kal-02-13-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    CNN<\/p>\n<p>As for the alleged ransom notes sent to TMZ and other media outlets &#8230; investigators have yet to identify the person or persons who wrote them &#8212; and no suspects have been named in the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Investigators Eye Botched Burglary &#8230; According To New Report Published February 16, 2026 4:36 AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-478833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}