In a house that should have been her safest place, Nancy Guthrie vanished without her cane, keys, phone, or ID. Investigators now treat her Tucson foothills home as a crime scene, convinced this is no case of a confused elder wandering off into the cactus and rock. The narrow window between a family dinner and a worried call from a church friend has become the focus of a sprawling search that now stretches toward the U.S.-Mexico border, with Customs and Border Protection and homicide detectives working side by side.
For Savannah and her siblings, every hour without answers cuts deeper. She has stepped away from television lights to stand in the desert shadows, pleading for any clue that could bring her mother back. Neighbors replay security footage, strangers send prayers, and a nation watches a public figure walk through the most private terror: waiting for the phone to ring, hoping it brings news that doesn’t shatter what’s left of their faith.
