Nancy Guthrie: Woman Claims to Have Bought Tablet Belonging to Missing 84-Year-Old

As the Nancy Guthrie investigation continues into its seventh month, with no update on her whereabouts or potential suspects, a woman has claimed she purchased a tablet allegedly belonging to the missing 84-year-old.

The update comes from the YouTube channel A.J.DoubleU News, which claims to have spoken to a woman who bought a pink tablet for $10 from a ‘smelly man’ on Speedway Boulevard in the Alvernon Way area of Tucson, Arizona. The woman claimed that once she connected the device to Wi-Fi, police swarmed her and asked where she got it.

“She says [the police] or someone told her it came from Nancy Guthrie’s property… The woman states LE took the tablet, her backpack, and all of the personal belongings she had on her, including her wallet,” an X post recapping A.J.DoubleU News’ video stated.

Nancy, the mother of Today’s Savannah Guthrie, went missing on February 1, when police believe she was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home. Investigators have released doorbell camera footage of a masked suspect and sent DNA for testing at the FBI lab in Quantico, but no suspects have been named publicly.

🆕♦️Nancy Guthrie Tablet?
A woman claims she bought a tablet for $10 from a smelly man (Speedway Boulevard at the Alvernon Way). She connected it to Wi-Fi and was later swarmed in a wash by police asking where she got it. She says they or someone told her it came from Nancy… pic.twitter.com/EMrESQy78f

— Shana_X_ (@Shana__X__) September 6, 2026

Many social media users who have been closely following the case hoped this would be a break in the investigation. “So the police swarmed her so they had to be monitoring it somehow and the minute she logged on they found her. Interesting. Maybe this is a break,” wrote on X user.

“I find it interesting the moment she booted it up and connected to WiFi the police surrounded her,” said another.

“Didn’t a YT talk about a smelly truck it struck him that the smell was so bad night of the signs,” asked another.

However, others weren’t so convinced. “I don’t believe it. Anybody can say anything they want to say, doesn’t make it true,” one X commenter said. “If she had an ipad that was stolen from Nancy’s, they would have hauled her ass in.”

“Lies ,the story doesn’t make sense,” another added. “If someone sold it to her they wouldn’t tell her where it came from and they would’ve sold it for more than $10.00 if it came from Nancy’s house homeless or not.”

“The police would never have disclosed anything to this woman. This story is nonsense,” another wrote.

The page TrueCrime_Inc received a statement from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department about the alleged “pink tablet” mentioned in A.J.DoubleU News’ video. “Noticeably the response was about an iPad, not about a “tablet”. Not sure if that’s strange…or not,” TrueCrime_Inc tweeted.

“There has been no mention of a stolen IPAD during this investigation,” the response read. “The Pima County Sheriff’s Department remains fully committed to the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. This is an active and ongoing investigation, and we continue to work closely with our partners at the FBI.”