{"id":641374,"date":"2026-03-08T17:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/641374\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:12:12","slug":"womans-body-found-near-phoenix-canal-raises-questions-in-nancy-guthrie-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/641374\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman&#8217;s body found near Phoenix canal raises questions in Nancy Guthrie search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was found dead along a canal in Phoenix \u2014 prompting speculation over a possible connection to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/06\/us-news\/desperate-fbi-agents-returned-to-talk-to-nancy-guthries-neighbors-as-sheriff-reportedly-cutting-manpower\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The remains were found Friday, more than 100 miles from Tucson, from where the 84-year-old matriarch <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/03\/us-news\/savannah-guthrie-siblings-left-heartbreaking-note-to-missing-mom-nancy-at-memorial\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went missing on Feb. 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDetails on the call indicated that an adult female was on the nearby canal bank and was unresponsive,\u201d the police said in a statement. \u201cWhen officers arrived, they located the woman, who was ultimately pronounced deceased on scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police at the scene in Phoenix, where a woman\u2019s body was found alongside a canal.  Arizona&#8217;s Family<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen at her home near Tucson \u2014 more than 110 miles from Phoenix \u2014 on Jan. 31.  Facebook\/Savanah Guthrie<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix police have yet to release any identifying information about the woman they found, but the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikerreports\/status\/2030034161428570567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said in a statement to Fox News Digital<\/a> that they have not been alerted that there\u2019s any connection to the Guthrie case.<\/p>\n<p>The slow pace of the investigation has frustrated Guthrie\u2019s loved ones \u2014 including her daughter, \u201cToday\u201d host Savannah Guthrie, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/24\/us-news\/savannah-guthrie-immediately-wanted-to-offer-1m-reward-for-mom-nancy-but-sheriff-told-her-not-to-sources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">offered a $1 million cash reward<\/a> for information leading to her safe return or recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Savannah and Nancy Guthrie on the set of \u201cToday.\u201d  Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The slow pace of the investigation has frustrated Guthrie\u2019s children, Annie, Savannah and Camron, who are seen in a Feb. 4 video pleading for their mom\u2019s safe return.  via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Security footage recovered from Nancy\u2019s doorbell camera captured a masked man \u2014 possibly two different men \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/23\/us-news\/masked-suspect-caught-on-nancy-guthries-doorbell-camera-may-have-visited-her-home-before-abduction-reports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">loitering on her doorstep<\/a> the night before police believe she was kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>A large amount of evidence recovered from the home, including traces of blood, is still being investigated. However, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/22\/us-news\/dna-in-nancy-guthrie-case-could-take-a-year-to-analyze-sheriff-says\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">warned it could take up to \u201ca year\u201d to analyze it all<\/a>, particularly the evidence containing DNA.<\/p>\n<p>The PCSD told The Post that the investigation remains very active with some 300-400 personnel still assigned to the case, the same as when the case was first opened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman was found dead along a canal in Phoenix \u2014 prompting speculation over a possible connection to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":641375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[54612,5229,5643,1587,54613,8324,245270,1589,94373,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-641374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-abductions","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-kidnappings","tag-missing-persons","tag-nancy-guthrie","tag-phoenix","tag-savannah-guthrie","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116194675608011959","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}