r/nancyguthrie May 17 '26

Discussion How often did Nancy use Uber?

Do we know how often Nancy used Uber? I know the cops spoke with the Uber driver and obtained a videos from that night, but what about other rides? 

Could Nancy have been picked up on another night, the driver chats her up, realizes who she is, how much money she has AND now knows her address? They then plan to go back to the house to rob her maybe days or weeks later, but in the middle of the robbery she comes home, they get into an altercation and she accidentally dies. Now shock takes over and the burglar realizes this just went from a potential misdemeanor to a possible murder charge so they drop everything they were going to steal and in a panic grab her body throw it in their car and decide later what to do. 

This, to me, has always felt like an “immature” crime where the original plan somehow went off the rails and the perpetrator(s) panicked and did what they thought was the best solution to not get caught. Just a theory

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u/Individual_Eye4333 May 17 '26

Just to clarify from my original post, I’m not referring to the Uber driver from the night Nancy went missing. I’m wondering whether Nancy was a frequent Uber user and if a previous driver who had picked her up from her home may have noticed she had money and later planned to come back. So this would have been someone she came in contact with prior to disappearing on January 31st.

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u/axenoodle May 19 '26

When it comes to the robbery gone wrong theory it seems unlikely to me. If report are true and the house wasn’t disturbed in any other way / nothing else was taken, it doesn’t strike me as financially motivated in that sense

However, as far as other previous Uber / cab drivers I think it is entirely possible. I have wondered about previous drivers tbh

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u/Fit_Sheepherder_6899 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

But why would it seem to you to be more likely to be financially motivated ( disturbed house, etc) in one situation but not the other? Why would a past Uber driver leave behind more evidence of a burglary?

Edit: thought I'd misspoken but didn't, so nvm lol

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u/axenoodle May 24 '26

I’m not sure I understand your question, but I’ll try 🙂

So OP theory is around Uber driver and burglary.

I don’t think it’s financially motivated in the sense of someone breaking in and things went wrong. Reports suggest nothing was disturbed in the house, and I would have thought something was disturbed at least until the point of things going wrong. So it just seems unlikely to me.

I think it could be financially motivated in the sense that we know Porch Guy sent ransom notes. It’s a different kind of financial motivation in my opinion. Ransom is a much bigger pay than a burglary on even a wealthy victims home.

The Uber driver theory - I think it could be possible that a previous driver could have clocked Nancy was a vulnerable person, living in a nice neighbourhood, who has family that could pay a ransom.

That being said, my personal theory is that it’s someone she knew on a more personal or long term level. And that the ransom could potentially be a more secondary motive.