Savannah Guthrie, along with her brother Camron and sister Annie, has now put out a raw, emotional video, hoping to reach whoever might have taken their mom, Nancy Guthrie (84), who vanished from her home in Arizona back on February 1. “Our mom is our heart and our home,” Savannah shared a video on Instagram, visibly emotional. “Her health, her heart is fragile. She lives in constant pain. She is without any medicine. She needs it to survive. She needs it not to suffer.”Savannah Guthrie, the ‘Today Show’ personality, didn’t shy away from addressing the situation head-on. She spoke directly to whoever might have her mom, saying the family knows about the ransom notes that have surfaced in the media. “We too have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media,” she said. “As a family, we are doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk. However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her.”Annie, Savannah’s sister, holding a letter, added her own message: “The light is missing from our lives. Nancy is our mother. She is our beacon,” Annie read from a letter she held. “She holds fast to joy in all of life’s circumstances. She chooses joy day after day, despite having already passed through great trials of pain and grief.”“We are always going to be merely human, just normal human people who need our mom,” she added. “Mama, if you’re listening, we need you to come home. We miss you.”
Who is Nancy Guthrie, and what happened to her?
Nancy Guthrie, 84, is Savannah Guthrie’s mom and is the mother to her three kids: Annie, Camron, and Savannah. She was last seen at her Tucson home around 9:30 p.m. on January 31. The next day, she didn’t show up for church, which set off alarm bells. After searching her house for about an hour, her kids called the police.The day after Nancy was reported missing, Savannah finally broke her silence, thanking everyone for their support.“On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers, and messages of support,” she said in a Feb. 2 statement to the NBC morning show. “Right now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear Nancy.”“We thank law enforcement for their hard work on this case,” she noted, “and encourage anyone with information to contact the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.”Meanwhile, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office is still working hard on the case. As reported by E! News, they’ve declared Nancy’s Tucson home a crime scene and collected DNA evidence. “We believe now, after we processed that crime scene, that we do, in fact, have a crime scene,” Nanos shared during a February 2 press conference. “We’re asking the community’s help. This community has always stepped up to help us solve some pretty tough crimes. I’m looking for that again.”Nanos added, “We know she didn’t just walk out of there, that we know,” he said, adding, “There are other things at the site, at the scene, that indicate there was a—she did not leave on our own.”Nanos also noted, per E! News, “You don’t typically get the sheriff out at a scene like this, but it’s very concerning what we’re learning from the house,” adding, “This one stood out because of what was described to us at the scene and what we found and located just in looking at the scene.”“It’s not standard,” Nanos continued. “Typically, our homicide team comes out when we have a homicide, a body. This one was done simply because of what the surveyors were telling us.”In a February 4 update, Sheriff Chris Nanos said that they haven’t found any suspects yet, but they’re talking to everyone who might have seen or spoken to Nancy. “At this point, investigators have not identified a suspect or person of interest,” he said in a February 4 statement shared on social media. “Detectives continue to speak with anyone who may have had contact with Mrs. Guthrie.”