Savannah Guthrie is looking back on the day her mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared in a new light.
During an interview segment with Guthrie on Hoda Kotb’s “Today” show on Thursday, March 26, the emotional anchor said she was spending the day with her family when her sister Annie Guthrie called in distress.
“I said, ‘Are you okay?’ And she said, ‘No, my mom isn’t here.’ And I said, “What?” What are you talking about? ‘She was panicking. I was panicking,” Guthrie told Kotb. “We thought she must have had some kind of medical emergency during the night and that somehow the paramedics had come.”
Guthrie also revealed that Nancy’s back door was thrown open. Guthrie’s sister and brother-in-law, Tommy Cioni, stressed to law enforcement that her mother’s health was fragile and that she wasn’t going to just walk away.
“She can’t walk around. She was in a lot of pain. Her back was in really bad shape. You know what? On good days, she could walk to the mailbox to get her mail, but most days she couldn’t.”
Guthrie’s older brother Charles Camron Guthrie, a military veteran, was the first to suggest that their mother had been kidnapped for ransom.
“You think it’s my fault?” Guthrie recalled saying. “And he said, ‘Sorry, but maybe.’ But I knew that. To be honest, we don’t know anything yet.”
she continued. “But that’s because she’s my mother and someone thought, ‘Oh, that girl, that woman has money, she’s going to make money quickly.'” I mean, that makes sense, but we don’t know. The thought of bringing this to her bedside is almost unbearable. That it’s my fault. And I just say, “I’m sorry, Mom.” ”
Caster has been on hiatus since the alleged kidnapping of her 84-year-old mother. The mother was last seen on January 31st after having dinner with her family at her home near Tucson, Arizona.
She was reported missing on February 1 after missing church, sparking an ongoing investigation into her disappearance and garnering national attention. Family members said Nancy Guthrie’s health was fragile and authorities believe she was taken against her will.
The kidnapping suspect was revealed in multiple surveillance photos and videos shared by FBI Director Kash Patel on February 10, which showed a masked man standing on Nancy Guthrie’s doorstep before her disappearance.
Savannah Guthrie visited the Today show studio on Thursday, March 5, to thank her colleagues. That day, NBC said she would eventually return to the broadcast show, but was “right now focused on supporting her family and bringing Nancy home.”
Nancy Guthrie’s family asks Tucson area to search for clues
In a statement shared on Saturday, March 21, the Guthrie family called on neighbors to search their hearts and memories for possible clues to their missing mother’s abduction.
“Members of this community may have information they don’t even realize is important,” the family said in a statement. “We hope people will explore their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31st, early morning of February 1st, and late night of January 11th.”
The family urged the community to refocus the case and look at “camera footage, diary notes, text messages, observations and conversations that may have significance in retrospect.”
“It doesn’t matter how small it is, it could be the key,” the statement continued.
Law enforcement is asking anyone with information to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or the Pima County Sheriff’s Office tips.fbi.gov. (520-351-4900) or 88-CRIME.
