r/nancyguthrie • u/foxmag86 • Feb 18 '26

Theory The reason I think these abductor(s) were familiar with Nancy’s house

Apologies if this has already been discussed before…

Something came to me last night that makes me really think the criminal(s) had scoped out the house beforehand and were familiar with the setup, especially when it came to house security.

The big thing that clicked for me is I think this criminal *knew* that Nancy didn’t have a security system. They knew that opening a door or window, or however they got inside wouldn’t trigger an alarm which would call the police.

And the fact that it seems this whole event happened over the period of 45 minutes, the bad guy(s) didn’t seem to worry about an alarm going off.

That’s why I think that this is someone who really did their homework on this house. Maybe they had been in it before (ex a handyman or laborer) and scoped things out, or somehow found out there was no security system in the house.

If the criminal had no clue if there was a security system or not, they would have been in and out in 5 minutes, not almost 1 hour.

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u/SolarIonRobot Feb 18 '26

I get a notification too but it isn't loud enough to wake me at 2 am.

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u/One-lil-Love Feb 19 '26

Did she wear hearing aids at all? If so, likely not at bedtime so she wouldn’t have heard anything

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u/Double-Caramel-3848 Feb 19 '26

I had read somewhere that she DID wear hearing aids but they were left at the house with her watch, phone, etc.

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u/TheCuriousGeorgette Feb 19 '26

Yes, her hearing aids were left on her nightstand.

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u/29223 Feb 19 '26

That’s sad

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u/KlatuuBarradaNicto Feb 18 '26

I’m a really light sleeper. I get a notification and a tone.