A social media post from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department has sparked a wave of backlash after it appeared to offer a long-awaited update in the high-profile disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, only for users to discover it referred to a different missing woman.
Late Thursday evening, the department posted a brief update on X reading “Nancy has been located,” prompting an immediate surge of attention from those closely following the case of Nancy Guthrie, who has now been missing for 75 days.
But when users clicked through, they found the attached image referred instead to Nancy Radakovich, an 82-year-old “vulnerable adult” who had gone missing earlier that same day and was safely located.
The omission of a last name in the original post led to confusion and, for many, a moment of false hope.
It didn’t take long for frustrated users to voice their anger online. “Thank God she was found but COME ON. Can you be anymore tone deaf???” one person wrote. Another added: “You couldn’t have included her last name in this tweet? I thought you were talking about Guthrie for a second.”
© Getty ImagesA third echoed the sentiment, writing: “[You] need to use the last name when you have 2 Nancy’s missing!!” while another bluntly responded: “Could you be more tone deaf? Nancy has been located? You are just toying with us at this point.”
While many acknowledged relief that Nancy Radakovich had been found safe, the incident has reignited concern and urgency around the ongoing search for Nancy Guthrie.
© Getty ImagesThe mother of Savannah Guthrie was last seen on the evening of January 31, after being dropped home in Tucson, Arizona following a dinner and game night with family. By the following day, February 1, she was reported missing after failing to attend church.
Investigators later revealed chilling details that suggested her disappearance may not have been voluntary. Security footage from her home, which had been disabled, captured images of a man wearing a ski mask, gloves and a backpack near the property. The FBI Phoenix described the suspect as a male standing approximately 5’9″ to 5’10″ with an average build.
© TODAYAuthorities have since indicated they believe Nancy may have been taken against her will.
In the weeks following her disappearance, Savannah and her siblings have made multiple public appeals for information, urging members of the Tucson community to come forward with anything that could help.
“We are deeply grateful for the outpouring from neighbors, friends and the people of Tucson. We are all family now,” the family said in a statement shared through a local report.
© Instagram“We continue to believe it is Tucsonans, and the greater southern Arizona community, that hold the key to finding resolution in this case,” it continued. “Someone knows something.”
The family has specifically asked residents to reflect on anything unusual from the evening of January 31 through the early hours of February 1, as well as a separate timeline on January 11 that could prove significant.
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