Breaking: Nancy Guthrie’s Pacemaker Faces Sync Issue with Apple Watch – What You Need to Know

In a chilling turn of events, investigators have determined that Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker ceased communication with her Apple Watch during her abduction early Sunday morning. According to Fox News, the 84-year-old’s heart monitoring device stopped transmitting data to the smartwatch at approximately 2 a.m. on Sunday. Police believe the synchronization ended because Guthrie’s Apple Watch remained at her residence, while the pacemaker, being removed from the Bluetooth range, lost its connection. Apple Watches offer users the ability to link health devices, including pacemakers, to track vital statistics wirelessly.

Pacemakers are essential medical implants designed to regulate abnormal heart rhythms by emitting small electrical signals to the heart. Prior to the incident, Nancy, who is the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, was last observed at her home around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday night. The data from her Apple Watch provides a potential timeline of the kidnapping, supporting reports from the Daily Mail that Nancy was forcibly taken from her bed during the night. Law enforcement officials have noted the presence of blood droplets tracing from the house’s entryway to the driveway. Additionally, it was discovered that her doorbell camera had been removed before investigators arrived on Sunday.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos informed the Daily Mail that the evidence strongly suggests an abduction, with significant indicators of foul play discovered at Guthrie’s home. Her disappearance was reported the following morning when she failed to attend church, prompting her family to check her residence. They found personal items like her wallet, cellphone, Apple Watch, and car left behind, but there was no trace of Nancy. The LA Times further reported blood and signs of forced entry at the scene. In response, authorities initiated a search for Nancy on Sunday evening, utilizing helicopters, infrared cameras, and drones by 9 p.m.

An exhaustive hunt for Nancy continues, with the sheriff almost bursting into tears Monday night when asked if he thinks Nancy is still alive. Nanos welled-up after he was asked by AZFamily host Briana Whitney: ‘Do you believe you are still looking for Nancy Guthrie alive at this point? That she could be held somewhere? And if so, do you believe that is local in the Tucson area, or that she’s been taken somewhere?’ Nanos stumbled on his words as he said he and his deputies are ‘just not going to give up hope’ of finding Nancy – who officials say is frail and has been without daily medication she needs to survive.

Sheriff Nanos said they did not believe Nancy had been targeted because of her rich and famous daughter, but said he could not rule out that line of inquiry. Nanos said that while the exact nature of Nancy’s disappearance remains unknown, investigators believe they are ‘looking at a possible kidnapping or abduction’. ‘She did not leave on her own, we know that,’ he said. ‘She’s very limited in her mobility.’ On Monday, Nanos appealed to a potential abductor while speaking with NBC. ‘Just call us. Let her go. Just call us. The family will tell you, there’s no questions asked here,’ he said.

Savannah’s father died of a heart attack while she was in high school, and officials said Nancy lived alone in her Tucson home. Savannah, 54, flew to Arizona shortly after learning that Nancy had been abducted – a moment CNN reported was ‘the worst phone call of her life’. An NBC source told CNN that Savannah was preparing to go to Europe to cover the Winter Olympics at the time, and had spent much of the last week with her children before she would make the trip. Savannah, who only recently returned to NBC after throat surgery, is now set to remain off-air indefinitely.

With the search for her mother ongoing, Savannah Guthrie made a heartbreaking plea for fans to keep her family in their prayers. ‘We believe in prayer. We believe in voices raised in unison, in love, in hope,’ Savannah wrote on Instagram. ‘We believe in goodness, we believe in humanity. Above all, we believe in Him.’ ‘Thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant,’ Savannah wrote. She then asked her social media followers to ‘raise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment,’ adding: ‘We need you’ and ‘Bring her home’.