Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

A back pack  and a bloody glove discovered are the latest discoveries in the search for Nancy Guthrie. Both items found by volunteer searchers. Are they related to the Guthrie case?

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The search for Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing for nearly four weeks, remains active, according to authorities in Arizona.

A 72-year-old Navy veteran from Jacksonville, who had been missing for over a week, has tragically been found deceased in Georgia, according to local authorities.

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A mural of murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska vandalized. The painting graffitied with spray paint  “PLEASE VANDALIZE THIS,” the tagger scrawled. The tribute had been complete for less than two weeks before the damage. 

Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, came to the United States with her family to escape her war-torn country for a better life. Iryna took English classes, had a job and was making a productive life for herself, but all her aspirations were cut short by an unprovoked violent attack from a man with a criminal history. 

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On April 3, 2025, two girls ate chocolate-covered raspberries.

Four days later, Ines de Bedout, 14, and Emilia Forero, 13, pass away. They were reportedly poisoned with thallium, injected into the raspberries.

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack find the bottom of the truth barrel and share how an entrepreneur contestant on "Shark Tank" wins the grand prize, and loses her boyfriend.

She also allegedly kills his daughter, travels the world while on Interpol's Most Wanted list, only to jump in the Thames after arriving in Great Britain.

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Lucy Letby prided herself on caring for infants. 

The neonatal nurse cared for the most vulnerable of patients: newborns. Then, the hospital noticed that more infants died in the span of a month than would typically die in a year. An investigation reveals that Letby had been the sole nurse working at the time of seven babies. 

The child deaths span over the course of a year with, again, seven babies dying, while six others survived. Letby made babies sick by injecting intravenous lines with air, some were poisoned, and others were force-fed milk.     

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Gabby Petito was strangled by her then boyfriend Brian Laundrie while the pair were on a cross-country van trip. The FBI report states that Laundrie confesses to the murder in a hand written notebook, found near the remains of Laundrie's body after he committed suicide.  According to the report, Laundrie tried to cover up Petito's death by using the woman's debit card, and then also sending text messages from her phone, to give the impression that Gabby was still alive. During the trip, a domestic violence episode was caught on Moab police body cam, after a 911 call came in r...

Speculation is that there is an accomplice to the man seen on porch video at Nancy Guthrie's home.   In the video, it appears he turns to speak to someone.  Who could be helping? 

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Alabama mother Adrienne Reid remains jailed on a $1 million bond as the search for Enterprise toddler Genesis Reid continues. Earlier this month, a Michigan man admitted to killing a pregnant 13-year-old girl who vanished in 2024 and was never found. Sydney Sumner reports.

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Former Prince Andrew held for hours by British police.  The King's brother arrested for  suspicion of misconduct in public office.

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We learn that new biological evidence, DNA was discovered in Nancy Guthrie's home two weeks after the kidnapping as the home was searched again with a fine-toothed comb.  What's more we are learning the Guthrie family has reached out to advocacy groups in Mexico as the search for Nancy Guthrie continues. 

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Margaret Hanley, 72,  a Navy veteran and beloved grandmother missing since Monday, Feb. 8. Son Jomo Thompson says his mother has some short-term memory loss. After noting unusual bank activity, the family suspects Margaret may have been scamed.  Hanley’s last known location was identified in Georgia.  She's driving a 2001 Toyota RAV4 with a license plate of ESMF23.

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The feds are reportedly doing a deep dive at Arizona guns shops armed with a 'hit list' of suspects as the hunt for Nancy Guthrie & her abductor continues. 

Survival of the Saviest: How a stabbed Salem woman negotiated her way out of her assaulter's car & into a pharmacy! Plus, a jetsetter gets grounded by the law!  Jennifer Gould reports. 

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The search for Nancy Guthrie has moved outside US borders. The FBI has contacted law enforcement in Mexico.  

Also TMZ reports it received a another ransom note. This one included a 'highly sophisticated demand'  involving a cryptocurrency 'other than Bitcoin.' 

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The search continues. The  FBI working with Walmart/other retailers to find who bought items kidnapper was wearing. So far no leads from the agency's query of local gun shop owners.  A big hope now is that more video can be recovered from Guthrie's other cameras. Google says, however, “we don’t think we can get anything. ” 

Tune in to our YouTube channel for the latest on the search into Mexico and the latest missive received by TMZ

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Annie Tisdale left her Abbeville, South Carolina home in a 2015 black Toyota Tacoma. The South Carolina license plate reads: 331860W.  Tisdale was last seen around 5pm on Saturday when she went out to pick up a food order she placed.  Annie was wearing a black dress with white polka dots and a cowboy hat. 

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 immediately.

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In Nevada, police say a Utah mother shot her young daughter inside a Las Vegas hotel room before killing herself during a trip for a cheer competition. A young woman is murdered and dismembered in North Dakota, but searchers have yet to find her remains. A woman searching for her missing dog learns the pet was beheaded after a viral Instagram post, sparking outrage and a SWAT standoff in northwest Atlanta. Drew Nelson reports.

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DNA on gloves found near Nancy Guthrie's home, just a mile and a half away,  does not match CODIS and it does not match DNA found in Guthrie's home.

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It's day 17 in the Nancy Guthrie investigation.  Sheriff Nanos says the Guthrie family has been cleared as police follow up on the over 40,000 leads that have been called in.  The FBI has been talking photos and names to gun stores in the area asking if those individuals have purchased a weapon.  

A fourth note from someone claiming to know who is the kidnapper was received by TMZ, still with no identifiable motive for the kidnapping 

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TIPLINE: Enterprise Police Department PH: (334) 347-2222

 MISSING

Genisis Reid,  3

From Coffee County, Enterprise, Alabama

Black female, 2 feet 5 inches tall, about 25 pounds, black hair, brown eyes

Last seen wearing pink Minnie Mouse pajamas

Reported missing early Monday, February 16, 2026. After mother told officers that she found her daughter’s bedroom empty and the front door open.

Neighbors tell law enforcement they have not seen Genisis for about a month

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Remains found in 2004 are identified as a Birmingham man who disappeared in 1988

Brazilian au pair receives 10-year term in the killing of Joseph Ryan linked to plot targeting a lover’s wife

New Jersey man convicted in the deaths of his brother and family, then accused of setting fires to conceal the crime

Minnesota shooting involving a Venezuelan man draws scrutiny as video evidence challenges ICE’s account

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The FBI confirms a glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home appears to match those worn by the masked suspect seen in surveillance video.

Sixteen gloves have been sent for analysis, with speculation that many of the gloves were worn and discarded by search staff. 

Police activity over the weekend resulted in no arrests, and today, TMZ received a fourth email about the kidnapping. 

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D4vd's family is fighting grand jury subpoenas related to the death of teen Celest Rivas Hernandez, who's body was found in his, David Anthony Burke's abandoned Telsa. D4vd's mother, father and brother were subpoenaed, and now they claim their rights are being violated.  The case is being investigated in California. The Burke family lives in Texas.   

The matter will be taken up during another hearing on Feb. 24.

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Nancy Guthrie update: The search has now entered its third week, as the FBI reports that a recovered glove seems to correspond with those seen on the suspect in the doorbell camera footage.

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A high-stakes tug-o-war over Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has erupted as the search for the 84-y-o enters its 3rd week. The clash comes as new evidence & ransom notes emerge. Jennifer Gould reports.

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Video shows Dalia Dippolito telling an undercover cop she wants her husband dead, but screaming in heartache later when police tell her he had been killed. Still, two Florida juries refused to convict Dippolito of hiring a hitman. Dippolito lawyer Brian Claypool argues Boynton Beach police pressured an informant to set her up so the “Cops” reality show could record it.

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TMZ has received a third email from the man who claims he knows the identity of Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper.  He suggests the doubled reward was a move designed "to discredit me."   He's asking for a bitcoin worth $50,000, and then he will give up the information Then he expects another $50,000 in bitcoin. 

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The judge in Luigi Mangione's state trial set a June 8 trial date for New York's case against him for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, leading Mangione to have an outburst Friday as court concluded.

The judge started the proceedings by saying it appears the federal government had reneged on their agreement to let the state trial go first by setting a date of Sept. 8 to begin jury selection in the federal trial, with opening statements on Oct. 13. 

However, that trial date may be delayed if the federal government appeals the decision to throw ou...

Day 13, in the search for Nancy Guthrie, we have seen an increased reward and a turf war exposed between Pima County investigators and the FBI.  Sheriff Chris Nanos says he has not be blocking FBI access to evidence, even though we learn that the sheriff's office sent evidence, gloves found inside Guthrie's home to a Florida lab, not the FBI lab. Nanos says it's not even know if the gloves where connected to Guthrie's disappearance. 

New video posted to social media of a man ringing the door cam of a homeowner 6.5 miles from Gutherie's home at 5am.  The...

A county Republican Party chairman in Utah was arrested Wednesday after he repeatedly dunked his teenage daughter’s head in a bathroom sink because didn’t clean her room to his specifications before going out with friends. A California man accused of intentionally driving into a group of children and parents conducting a youth baseball fundraiser outside a Truckee grocery store. A 48-year-old Tennessee man has been arrested after he allegedly uploaded hundreds of files of child rape material. Police in Pennsylvania issued a summons last week for a Maryland woman involved in a road rage crash with a moto...

It's day 12 in the search for Nancy Guthrie.  Investigators are asking Guthrie's neighbors to send footage from home security cameras of vehicles, traffic, people or anything unusual in the days before Guthrie's disappearance.  A tent was erected in front of Guthrie's home as forensic equipment is seen being carried in.  

TMZ received a new email from the person offering to give up information on the kidnapper.  The writer seems to complain about not being taken seriously,  saying the 1 bitcoin asked for was needed as protection from retaliation. 

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Self-defense or slaughter?  A 10yo boy tells cops he was forced to stab a 13yo girl to death after a mob of 30 broke into his apartment & attacked.

An employer & his accomplice are caged as the hunt for a missing Bama family intensifies. Plus, a sordid sister act lands a baby mama behind bars. Jennifer Gould reports. 

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F.B.I. agents scouring roadways in the Catalina foothills near Nancy Guthrie’s home.  The FBI announcing the extensive search on social media. 

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A man detained and released 

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A man has been released after being held by law enforcement in relation to the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, co-host of the Today show.

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A person is detained for questioning in the ongoing search for Nancy Guthrie, as the investigation continues into her abduction. A former Massachusetts police officer is accused by several women of using information gathered during police calls to send unsolicited flirtatious messages after official police responses. Drew Nelson reports.

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A person is detained for questioning in the ongoing search for Nancy Guthrie. Drew Nelson reports.

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New photos and videos released today of an armed, masked man at Nancy Guthrie's front door.  He is wearing a firearm in a holster at his waist, and gloves. He is wearing a full ski mask with what appears to be an overpacked backpack on his back.

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Investigators reopen a 1970 cold case in Utah and plan to exhume remains

Newly released video shows moments from the day of the fatal Brown University shooting

Trial set to begin in Georgia for the father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect

FBI found no evidence Jeffrey Epstein ran a sex-trafficking ring for powerful men, records show

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A Bitcoin ransom deadline expires with zero contact from Nancy Guthrie's alleged abductors. As the agonizing search for the 84yo takes a devastating step back Savannah Guthrie issues a heart-wrenching plea to the public for prayers and help.  

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