People love surveillance cameras. They slap them on the front porch like they just installed a force field. Congratulations. You have purchased a very expensive recording device. That is what these cameras really are. They do not stop crime. They document crime. They are not a shield. They are a replay button. And since Covid, when the entire country decided masks were normal, burglars have basically been handed the perfect disguise. Most of them now wear masks, hoodies, gloves, and the facial recognition dream is dead on arrival. Identifying them becomes a nightmare for investigators. Trust me, not everyone is going to get the obsessive, over-the-top media-level scrutiny that comes with being connected to someone like Savannah Guthrie’s mother. Most victims get a case number and a shrug. Cameras might show you exactly when the burglar kicked in your door. They might even give a clue or two that eventually leads to an arrest. Eventually. But here is the part nobody wants to he...

  Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie is living every family’s nightmare. Her mother, Nancy Guthrie, age 84, has vanished. This is not a routine missing senior case. When elderly people disappear, dementia or cognitive decline is usually the explanation. That is not the case here. Nancy Guthrie has no known mental impairment. She does, however, have mobility limitations and must take daily, life-sustaining medication. Time is already working against her. The seriousness of this case cannot be overstated. The Pima County Sheriff has publicly stated that this is being treated as a criminal investigation, not a simple missing person report. Evidence has been located. Her residence is being processed as a crime scene. Those facts alone should trigger immediate concern. Southern Arizona presents a harsh and dangerous reality. The Pima County area has long been a corridor for illegal border crossings, and residents have repeatedly been victimized by  criminal aliens moving through ...