A body, identified as belonging to Alex Fleming was found amid Nancy Guthrie's missing case investigation. Are the two cases connected?
The search for Nancy Guthrie reached its 37th day, without any hopeful news regarding the 84-year-old's survival. The manhunt began on February 1, 2026, after the elderly woman, who isthe mother of Today Show co-anchor, Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home under mysterious circumstances. The Pima County police and the FBI are looking at the case with priority, suspecting kidnapping. Amid that, a dead individual, identified as Alex Fleming, was found in an area near Nancy's house, sparking curiosity regarding whether the deceased was linked to Savannah's mom.
A witness reported seeing a body near his property along the Phoenix canal near 28th Street and Oak Street on March 6, 2026, at approximately 7:40 a.m. The body was found covered by a large black winter coat with a bike nearby and a pool of blood on the ground. After authories' initial investigation, the deceased was identified as 42-year-old Alex Fleming. The individual was unresponsive and reportedly showed clear signs of trauma. She was pronounced dead at the scene by the Phoenix Fire Department. As per current updates of the case, the Phoenix homicide detectives are leading the investigation of her suspected murder.
The officials are canvassing the area around Phoenix canal for surveillance footage to determine the events leading to Alex Fleming's death. As of March 10, 2026, the official cause and manner of death have not yet been revealed. A postmortem examination by the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner is underway, the results of which might provide answers regarding Alex's passing. The discovery initially sparked significant online speculation that the remains belonged to Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie. However, after the body was identified to belong to someone else, the next theory which arose was that the alleged murder might be connected to Nancy's kidnapping.
Nancy Guthrie's missing case and Alex Fleming's alleged murder became linked in public discussion due to timing and location of the two events. Alex's body was found in Phoenix, Arizona, about 100 miles away from Nancy Guthrie's Tucson, Arizona home, from where the latter was allegedly abducted about five weeks ago. The information was enough to spark immediate social media speculation regarding the two case's connection. However, the Pima County Sheriff's Department, which is leading the search for Nancy Guthrie, stated it has no information or evidence indicating any overlap between the two cases.
While official statements from the Pima County Sheriff's Department maintain that the investigation remains active with hundreds of personnel assigned, several reports indicate the case might have reached a dead end. There is a list of setbacks in the investigation that might have led to the possibility. DNA found on a black glove recovered two miles from Nancy's home did not return a match in the FBI's CODIS database. For the unversed, the data included the DNA samples of persons of interest in the abduction case.
Besides gloves, volunteers discovered a backpack, but it did not match the brand of the bag the masked intruder seen carrying in Nancy's doorcam footage was carrying. On February 25, 2026, the FBI conducted what sources described as a "final sweep" of Nancy Guthrie's Tucson home. It often signals the end of active on-site evidence collection. Additionally, sources informed ABC News that the case is transitioning to a smaller, long-term task force approach after primary leads failed to make an arrest or locate the suspect.
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