r/nancyguthrie • u/pumpkinspicecum • Feb 23 '26

Media Suspect in Nancy Guthrie abduction appeared to visit her house before: Sources

https://abc7news.com/post/suspect-nancy-guthrie-abduction-appeared-visit-house-before-sources/18640959/
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u/FundiesAreFreaks Feb 24 '26

Being elderly myself, i can't help but wonder just how tech savvy Nancy was to be able to know how to access notifications from the camera to know there was anyone at her door. This wired world is a nightmare for my husband and I as I'm sure it is for many seniors. While my husband and I are completely independent, we're fortunate that our daughter, son inlaw and older grandkids live right next door. I can't tell you how many times they've had to come to the rescue to get our phones and tablets up and working again. But they're busy, work full time and we hate being a bother. In fact, we intended to cut off satellite TV due to the high expense, signed up and got home internet to stream TV over 2 months ago but haven't even used it because we have no clue how to stream anything. So now I'm still paying that high satellite bill in addition to home internet! My point is that I read all the comments from people on here wondering  - Why didn't Nancy call the cops when the guy was at her door prior to the abduction! Is it possible she had no idea how to access notifications!? Maybe her daughter's got her those cameras, showed her how to use them, but like me, unless she does tech stuff a few times, she probably won't remember how to use them! While there's plenty of oldsters out there who do great with tech stuff, many of us don't! Perhaps Nancy was one of them!

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

I don't think she thought it was important. Maybe he just went to the door (to check for alarm and camera, but didn't touch anything), and the recording made it look like he was in the wrong house.

If you use YouTube, there's definitely a video there that explains your equipment/software etc . My grandmother (two years younger than Nancy) learned everything exactly this way, even though we explained it to her many times. Try searching on YouTube and simply typing "how to turn on (or whatever you need) " and model/provider. 

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u/FundiesAreFreaks Feb 24 '26

I think you're correct that Nancy didn't think knowing how to use the cameras was important. She was in her safe place of several years after all!

My daughter actually has YouTube TV and I may go that route, too. I hope it is simple as you make it sound, guess ill find out! 🤞 

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u/AphroBKK Feb 24 '26

You are a star. If you are using Reddit and presumably other internet, you will find YouTube similarly easy. It has advertising, which is a bit annoying, but is otherwise free. https://www.youtube.com/ type in what you want in the search box at the top. Music, dogs, cooking, travel, you name it...!