Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Savannah Guthrie’s Tearful Plea to Her Mother’s Kidnappers: “It’s Never Too Late to Do the Right Thing” | Crime Alert 6AM 02.16.26

Episode Date: February 16, 2026

Nancy Guthrie update: The search has now entered its third week, as the FBI reports that a recovered glove seems to correspond with those seen on the suspect in the doorbell camera footage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now. Straight out to Nicole Parton for the latest. Our top story centers on the deeply troubling disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of today's show host Savannah Guthrie as the search enters day 16. Over the weekend, Savannah Guthrie released an emotional message on Instagram pleading for her mother's safe, turn. It's been two weeks since our mom was taken and I just wanted to come on and say that

we still have hope and we still believe. And I wanted to say to whoever has her or knows where she is. It's never too late. And you're not. lost or alone. And it is never too late to do the right thing. And we are here. We believe. And we believe in the essential goodness of every human being. And it's never too late. Nancy also on Sunday, the FBI announced a significant development. A glove discovered Friday near Nancy Guthrie's home in the Catalina Foothills of Arizona appears to match a pair worn by a suspect captured on Guthrie's nest doorbell camera. Investigators say the glove contains male DNA.

Preliminary results are in, but the FBI says they are awaiting official confirmation before releasing further details. Nancy Guthrie was last seen on January 31st after dinner at her daughter Annie's home. She was reported missing the next day when she fell to appear for an online church service. Earlier this week, FBI director Cash Patel released photos and videos of a possible armed subject. By Thursday, the individual had officially been labeled a suspect, and on Friday, investigators confirmed that blood found inside Guthrie's home does not belong to her or to family members. This discovery comes on the heels of her own blood found outside the residence a week earlier. As the investigation intensifies, the FBI has to be able to.

doubled its reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. That reward now stands at $100,000. Authorities are urging anyone with information no matter how small to come forward. If you know anything about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, call the FBI at 1-800-call-FBI. You can also contact the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 520-351-4-9-00. Nancy will continue to to follow this story closely and bring you updates as they develop. Nicole, thank you. More crime and justice news after this. A woman from Phoenix was taken into custody after medical professionals found that her infant's son had a skull fracture and other injuries upon his arrival at a hospital.

The woman, 24-year-old DeGajja Walker, was arrested on Wednesday, February 11 at a Phoenix apartment. She faces two charges of child abuse, according to local news sources, K-O-L-D. This arrest follows her child, a three-month-old son, being put in the hospital. According to court documents cited by the news outlet, the child's father noticed the baby twitching on Christmas Day, which prompted him to call 911. The infant was admitted to Phoenix Children's Hospital, where medical staff identified a right skull fracture, several brainble. and healing fractures in his ribs and leg. During a police interview, the child's father recounted that the baby had been in Walker's care on Christmas Eve and part of the day on Christmas.

He noticed the twitching while they were celebrating the holiday at his parents' home. Walker also spoke with police claiming she was unaware of how her child sustained the injuries. She admitted to using marijuana, but initially denied having used cocaine. However, after a search warrant was executed, she revealed that she had stopped using the substance before her child was born, but had relapsed in the last few days. Authorities later conducted a hair test on Walker, which could detect narcotic usage from the previous three months,

and the results came back positive for cocaine. Additionally, Walker failed to attend two scheduled polygraph tests arranged by the police while the child's father did attend and passed his test. After her arrest, Walker confessed. to being the sole caregiver for the child on Christmas Eve and admitted to using cocaine with a friend 24 hours prior to the night the child was injured. Although she insisted she still doesn't know how the child received those internal severe injuries. She's currently being held on a $75,000 bond. The child still listed in critical condition.

Kimberly Moore moves from Dallas, Texas to Ringgo, Louisiana to live with her partner, Vernon Parker, just in time for Thanksgiving. The couple spends the next month, settling in, and they attend a New Year's Eve party together. On New Year's Day, on New Year's Day, Vernon Parker is found shot dead

in the back seat of his running car. The last time anyone saw Kimberly was at the party the night before. Police now believe Kimberly Moore may have witnessed Parker shooting and could be in danger or worse. Kimberly Moore now. missing over a year. If you have info on Kimberly Moore, please call Bienville Parish, Louisiana

sheriffs at 318-263-2215. For the latest, crime and justice news, go to crime online.com, and please join us for our daily podcast, crime stories, where we do our best to find missing people, especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.