Nancy Guthrie neighbor shares ‘atypical’ detail about her disappearance
Nancy Guthrie’s neighbor, Jeff Lamie, shared timeline details from the early morning hours of February 1, when Savannah Guthrie’s mother was reported missing
A neighbor of Nancy Guthrie has come forward with potentially crucial details from the early morning hours surrounding her disappearance.
On an episode of Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, broadcast on Fox Nation on March 23, neighbor Jeff Lamie discussed with the host about his residence, just a few houses away from Savannah Guthrie’s mother. He recounted how his pet dogs roused him and sought to go outside on January 11 and once more in the early morning hours of February 1.
Lamie emphasized, “We hope it is of some value.” It comes after a mystery man who claimed he “saw Nancy 5 days ago” offered chilling new proof.
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Lamie described how his dogs awakened him shortly after 1 a.m. in the early morning of February 1. Guthrie’s neighbor brought the dogs into the courtyard at the rear of his property.
While he neither heard nor observed anything out of the ordinary at that moment, Lamie detected his pets behaving strangely as one of them gazed into the distance, seemingly fixated on something before continuing on, reports the Irish Star.
“Oh, just waking me up at that hour,” Lamie stated. “That’s what was atypical. Actually, it hasn’t happened since.”
He pointed out that “the dogs did rouse and I took them out. There’s an image of me on camera. I didn’t hear nothing or saw nothing, but you know, animals can be, especially dogs can be hypersensitive and we don’t know if there’s a correlation.
“We’ve shared it, whether it helps with the timeline or in any way,” he concluded. The search enters Day 52 for the 84-year-old mother of the Today Show host, who disappeared from her residence just north of Tucson, A.Z., on February 1. She was last seen at the home at around 9:30 p.m. on January 31 and was reported missing the next day.
On March 22, Lamie informed News 4 Tucson KVOA-TV that numerous residents remain “concerned” and “supporting the family.”
He noted there had been talks about restarting the neighborhood watch program. Lamie belongs to a group of neighbors who have served “an integral role throughout this investigation.”
The group has been helping the FBI gather video footage from residents’ properties, cross-checking that footage, and providing it to law enforcement.
“It’s a silver lining to a really dark cloud,” he observed.
Another neighbor acknowledged everyone feels uneasy after the incident.
“There’s a sense of what now out here,” she stated. “We need to rely on each other, and I’ve seen a lot of that in the past few weeks. More checking up on people and making sure everyone’s okay.
“Before this, we didn’t know each other. Now, we know a little more about each other and we know we’re in this together.”
This development comes as the puzzling disappearance of an Air Force general shares several disturbing parallels to the Nancy case.
It comes as the mysterious disappearance of an Air Force general has several chilling similarities to the Nancy case.
Nancy Guthrie’s neighbor said dogs mysteriously jolted him awake on key dates linked to 84-year-old’s disappearance
A neighbor of Nancy Guthrie said his dogs mysteriously jolted him awake on two key nights linked to the 84-year-old’s disappearance from her Arizona home — behavior he insists is highly unusual and hasn’t happened since.
Jeff Lamie, who lives just a few houses from Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills home, told “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” on Monday that his dogs suddenly woke him around 1 a.m. on Feb. 1 and forced him outside around the same time authorities believe the mom of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie was taken.
“It could be a coincidence or it could be nothing,” Lamie said, noting his pets’ odd late-night behavior was “atypical,” especially for the one that is normally a “deep sleeper.”
“The dogs did rouse, and I took them out. I heard nothing or saw nothing, but you know, animals can be –especially dogs — can be hypersensitive, and we don’t know if there’s a correlation. We’ve shared it, and whether it helps with the timeline or in any way, we hope it is of some value.”
After reviewing security footage from his courtyard that night, he said one dog appeared to fixate on something in the distance before moving on.
He told Grace his canines also startled him awake on Jan. 11 — a date embattled Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos recently flagged.
Nanos told KOLD on Monday that authorities are probing a possible incident at Guthrie’s Arizona home on Jan. 11, noting he believes “something occurred” two weeks before the abduction but refused to explain what evidence pointed investigators to that specific evening.
“It was unusual, and it seldom happens, and we’ve gone back to other dates we’ve been asked about to see if there’s a correlation,” Lamie said, referring to a police request for neighbors to review their surveillance footage for anything unusual.
“It hasn’t happened since,” the concerned resident said of his dogs’ midnight bathroom runs. “I don’t know if they heard something, smelled something, sensed something in some way, so we’ve obviously provided that information and I don’t know if it is of any help, but I hope that it is.”
Nanos’ startling revelation about Jan. 11 came just days after Guthrie’s three children urged anyone with information about their mother’s disappearance to come forward, clinging to hope as the search for her entered its seventh week.
Guthrie is believed to have been taken from her Tucson home during the early hours of Feb. 1.
She was reported missing after she failed to show up at her church group, and security footage recovered from her doorbell camera captured a masked man loitering around the doorstep the night police believe she was kidnapped.
Police have still not identified any suspects in the 51 days since she vanished.
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The Pima County Sheriff’s Department issued a warning to the general public about potential scams surrounding the investigation into the February 1 disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Arizona.
Newsweek reached out to the department via email for comment on Tuesday night.
Why It Matters
The scam warning arrives as the high-profile search for Guthrie entered its eighth week, with authorities previously releasing doorbell camera footage of an armed, masked person and expressing concern about the 84-year-old’s need for daily medication.
Guthrie, the mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was last seen at her home outside Tucson on January 31 and was reported missing the next day, with authorities saying drops of blood were found on her front porch.
What To Know
In the post to X on Tuesday, the sheriff’s department said, “Important notice regarding fundraising scams in the Guthrie investigation -“. The attached infographic read in part, “Please be advised there is no official GoFundMe or any fundraising effort associated with the Guthrie investigation.”
The post later added, “The public is urged to remain vigilant and not send money to anyone claiming to raise funds related to this case.”
Authorities released doorbell camera footage last month showing a man on Guthrie’s porch wearing a ski mask, gloves and a handgun holster, and have described the suspect as a male about 5-foot-9 or 5-foot-10 with an average build and carrying a 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack.
Investigators said the suspect spent about 40 minutes inside Guthrie’s house in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood after the doorbell camera was disconnected around 1:45 a.m. February 1 and that Guthrie’s pacemaker disconnected from her cellphone about 2:30 a.m.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told local station KVOA that the investigation has “absolutely” gone as he wanted when asked, saying, “Look, I have no regrets about my team and their efforts. I don’t regret we let the crime scene go too soon or any of that, that’s just silly.”
What People Are Saying
Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, on X Monday: “Nancy Guthrie You know what makes no sense? If the FBI and local LE want the public’s help, why the cloak and dagger approach? Tell the public that the 11th is important. Tell us to look for footage on that date. Give us times, if you know them, that are important. Also, please release the photo and video enhancements.
“I know they have been done by now. LE help the public help you unless, you already have a suspect. Then I get it. No need to release more information because you have Porch Guy pegged. But if you don’t, transparency with dates and times and imagery could help solve the case. That’s why you released the images in the first place. The public wants to help find Nancy. It is day 51. #NancyGuthrie #NancyGuthrieKidnapping”
FBI Phoenix, on X late last month: “The family of missing Tucson woman Nancy Guthrie is offering a private $1 million reward for credible information that directly leads to her return. If you have firsthand knowledge of Nancy’s whereabouts or any information about where she may be located, please contact the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324).
“Due to high call volume, you may experience delays when submitting information. The FBI’s $100,000 reward also remains active. To help keep the tip line available for actionable investigative law enforcement leads, please submit only serious and detailed fact-based information – no well-wishes or case theories.
“The tip line is not for personal messages to the Guthrie family.”