Police Search for Nancy Guthrie

警方搜尋 Nancy Guthrie

Jun 16, 2026, 12:00
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Introduction

Nancy Guthrie is 84 years old. She lived in Tucson, Arizona. She disappeared on February 1, 2026. Police are looking for her.

Nancy Guthrie 今年 84 歲，居住在亞利桑那州的圖森市。她於 2026 年 2 月 1 日失蹤，警方目前正在搜尋她。

Main Body

The FBI and local police are working together. A woman named Lisa Miller thinks criminals took Nancy. These criminals use the internet to find rich people. They take people to get money. A camera at the house saw a person with a mask before Nancy disappeared.

FBI 與當地警方正在合作。一名叫 Lisa Miller 的女性認為 Nancy 被犯罪分子擄走。這些犯罪分子利用網路尋找富人，將其擄走以索要錢財。在 Nancy 失蹤之前，家中的監視器拍到一名戴面具的人。

Someone told the police that Nancy's body is near the border of Mexico. Nancy needs medicine and a heart machine to live. Because of this, police think she did not leave home by choice.

有人告知警方，Nancy 的遺體位於墨西哥邊境附近。Nancy 需要藥物和心臟設備才能生存。因此，警方認為她並非自願離開家中。

Some people tried to help the police, but they were not official investigators. The police arrested some of these people. Also, the 911 phone system stopped working for one day in June.

有些人試圖協助警方，但他們並非正式的調查員。警方逮捕了其中部分人員。此外，911 報案系統在 6 月份有一天發生故障無法使用。

Conclusion

The police are still looking for Nancy. They want to find her body and find the criminals.

警方仍在搜尋 Nancy。他們希望能找到她的遺體並緝獲犯罪分子。

Vocabulary Learning

💡 The "Action" Pattern

Look at how we describe what people do in the story. We use a very simple pattern: Who →\rightarrow Action →\rightarrow What/Where.

  • Police →\rightarrow are looking for →\rightarrow her.
  • Criminals →\rightarrow use →\rightarrow the internet.
  • The police →\rightarrow arrested →\rightarrow some people.

🔍 Spotting the 'Past' vs 'Now'

Notice the change in the words when the time changes:

The Past (Finished)

  • She lived in Tucson.
  • She disappeared.
  • The system stopped working.

The Now (Happening)

  • Police are looking.
  • They are working together.

🛠️ Useful Word Pairs

These words go together to make a full idea:

  • Work together →\rightarrow help each other.
  • By choice →\rightarrow wanting to do it.
  • Official investigators →\rightarrow real police.

Vocabulary Learning

disappeared (v.)
to go away suddenly so that you cannot be seen
Example:The cat disappeared into the garden.
criminals (n.)
people who do illegal things or break the law
Example:The police caught the criminals who stole the car.
mask (n.)
something that covers a person's face
Example:The thief wore a black mask to hide his face.
border (n.)
the line that divides two countries
Example:We crossed the border from the USA into Canada.
choice (n.)
the act of picking between two or more things
Example:I have a choice between tea or coffee.
investigators (n.)
people who study a crime to find the truth
Example:The investigators looked for clues at the house.
arrested (v.)
when the police take someone to the police station
Example:The police arrested the man for stealing.
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