{"id":223389,"date":"2026-02-17T16:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/donald-trump-threatens-nancy-guthrie-kidnappers-with-death-penalty\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:10:49","slug":"donald-trump-threatens-nancy-guthrie-kidnappers-with-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/donald-trump-threatens-nancy-guthrie-kidnappers-with-death-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Threatens Nancy Guthrie Kidnappers With Death Penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been more than two weeks since<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/savannah-guthrie-issues-desperate-final-plea-to-mothers-kidnappers-its-never-too-late-to-do-the-right-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home<\/a> in Tucson.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the kidnapping, Donald Trump reached out to Nancy\u2019s daughter, <em>Today<\/em> show anchor Savannah Guthrie, and promised her the full support of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he\u2019s doubling down and threatening the kidnappers with the most severe penalty of them all.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256103700-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump tours the assembly line at the Ford River Rouge Complex on January 13, 2026 in Dearborn, Michigan. \" class=\"wp-image-548565 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256103700-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256103700-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256103700-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256103700-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256103700-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256103700-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256103700-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256103700-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump tours the assembly line at the Ford River Rouge Complex on January 13, 2026 in Dearborn, Michigan. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a new interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/16\/us-news\/trump-tells-the-post-he-wants-death-penalty-for-nancy-guthrie-kidnappers-if-she-isnt-returned-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Post<\/a><\/em>, Trump promised consequences for the kidnappers would be \u201cvery, very severe \u2014 the most severe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the government would push for the death penalty if it should turn out that Nancy is no longer living, Trump replied:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most, yeah \u2014 that\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement is still approaching their investigation as a missing persons case, meaning they\u2019re operating under the assumption that Nancy is still alive.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-1024x649.png\" alt=\"Savannah and Nancy Guthrie during one of Nancy's many guest appearances on the 'Today' show.\" class=\"wp-image-547987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-1024x649.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-2048x1298.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-960x608.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-1080x684.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-1200x760.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-1024x649.png\" alt=\"Savannah and Nancy Guthrie during one of Nancy's many guest appearances on the 'Today' show.\" class=\"wp-image-547987 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-1024x649.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-2048x1298.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-960x608.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-1080x684.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM-1200x760.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-1.30.28-PM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Savannah and Nancy Guthrie during one of Nancy\u2019s many guest appearances on the \u2018Today\u2019 show.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump contacted the Guthrie family by phone shortly after Nancy\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>And on February 4, he expressed his thoughts on the abduction in a Truth Social post:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cALL Federal Law Enforcement to be at the family\u2019s, and Local Law Enforcement\u2019s, complete disposal, IMMEDIATELY. We are deploying all resources to get her mother home safely,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The move surprised many, as Savannah is not a member of the MAGA movement, and usually, Trump is not quick to offer favors to public figures who don\u2019t support him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-1024x815.png\" alt=\"Nancy Guthrie is still missing, several days after being taken from her home.\" class=\"wp-image-547655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-1024x815.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-960x764.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-1080x859.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-1200x955.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM.png 1958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-1024x815.png\" alt=\"Nancy Guthrie is still missing, several days after being taken from her home.\" class=\"wp-image-547655 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-1024x815.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-960x764.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-1080x859.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM-1200x955.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM.png 1958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.59.01-PM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nancy Guthrie is still missing, several days after being taken from her home.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But as many have pointed out, Savannah is a beloved figure across party lines, and many upper-class Americans are experiencing intense anxiety with regard to the Nancy\u2019s abduction.<\/p>\n<p>In many countries, members of wealthy families are kidnapped and held for ransom with surprising frequency.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a crime that does not happen very often in the US. And for obvious reasons, the very wealthy in this country would like to see it stay that way.<\/p>\n<p>Murders are usually prosecuted at the state level, but there might be just cause for federal intervention here.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-1024x505.png\" alt=\"Savannah and Nancy Guthrie in happier times.\" class=\"wp-image-547656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-1024x505.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-2048x1010.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-960x473.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-1080x532.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-1200x592.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-1024x505.png\" alt=\"Savannah and Nancy Guthrie in happier times.\" class=\"wp-image-547656 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-1024x505.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-2048x1010.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-960x473.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-1080x532.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM-1200x592.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-3.58.38-PM.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Savannah and Nancy Guthrie in happier times.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For one, an informant claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/nancy-guthrie-is-being-held-in-mexico-informant-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nancy is being held in Mexico<\/a>, and if she <em>was<\/em> transported across the border, then her abduction might fall under the feds\u2019 jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona does have the death penalty, but it\u2019s seldom used.<\/p>\n<p>The state has carried out just two executions since 2022, and as the <em>Post<\/em> notes, \u201cmany of the 109 inmates on the state\u2019s death row have been there for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But if it turns out that Nancy was killed and the perpetrators dragged her loved ones through hell with weeks of uncertainty, then you can bet that the public furor will be unlike anything we\u2019ve seen before.<\/p>\n<p>And in a situation like that, even people who typically oppose the death penalty might find themselves feeling very little sympathy for anyone involved in Nancy\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/donald-trump-threatens-nancy-guthrie-kidnappers-with-death-penalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes It\u2019s been more than two weeks since Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home in Tucson. Shortly after the kidnapping, Donald Trump reached out to Nancy\u2019s daughter, Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie, and promised her the full support of the federal government. Now, he\u2019s doubling down and threatening the kidnappers with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-223389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}