In the dead of night, during an emergency meeting that stretched into the early hours, police dropped a bombshell that has sent shockwaves through the already harrowing investigation into the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. Just 30 minutes ago, authorities revealed a chilling detail: at precisely 2:45 AM, a GPS tracking signal linked to Annie Guthrie—Nancy’s daughter and sister of TODAY show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie—suddenly lit up. The signal flashed brightly, pulsing for a mere six seconds before going dark forever, as if swallowed by the shadows.

This fleeting ping has investigators scrambling. Sources close to the case describe it as a “ghost signal”—brief, deliberate, and terrifyingly suspicious. Why did it activate only to vanish so quickly? Was someone tampering with the device in a desperate attempt to cover tracks? The timing is eerie: it aligns eerily with the critical window when Nancy was believed to have been taken from her Tucson-area home. Official timelines show her doorbell camera disconnected around 1:47 AM, movement detected on surveillance software at 2:12 AM, and her pacemaker app losing connection to her phone by 2:28 AM. That narrow timeframe—when technology failed one by one—now has a new, disturbing layer with Annie’s GPS anomaly.

The revelation came amid reports of a midnight emergency briefing where detectives pieced together evidence seized from Annie’s vehicle. Authorities have reportedly impounded the car after discovering troubling items inside, turning what began as a missing-persons case into something far grimmer. Whispers of blood traces, abandoned quarries as potential leads, and deleted data have fueled speculation that this is no longer just a search for a missing elderly woman—it’s a race against time to uncover a possible crime scene.

Annie, who shares a home nearby with her husband, was among the last to see Nancy alive. Family members dropped Nancy off at her residence late on January 31, with the garage door closing around 9:50 PM. Hours later, the chain of technological failures began. Police have searched multiple properties, including Annie’s home, where unmarked vehicles lingered for hours and investigators emerged with evidence bags. Drone footage captured flashes from inside garages—likely crime-scene photography—and probes into septic systems and surrounding areas.

The case has gripped the public, especially given Savannah Guthrie’s prominence. The family has appealed for information, with the FBI releasing images of a masked figure spotted near Nancy’s home that night. No ransom demands have surfaced, and authorities stress the urgency due to Nancy’s heart condition and need for medication.

As dawn breaks on this nightmare, one question lingers: What caused that six-second GPS flare-up at 2:45 AM? Was it a cry for help, a glitch, or something far more sinister? Police aren’t saying yet, but the midnight discovery has shifted everything. The hunt continues—and the truth may be buried deeper than anyone imagined.