Today anchor Savannah Guthrie, speaking publicly for the first time since her mother Nancy vanished from her Arizona home on Feb.
1, said her family is living in agony as the search stretches into its second month.
According to Fox News, Guthrie grew visibly emotional as she described the familys anguish in a preview of a sit-down with co-host Hoda Kotb that will air in segments over the coming days. Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony, we are in agony, she pleaded, underscoring the desperation of relatives who believe authorities are dealing with a likely kidnapping but still lack critical answers.
Nancy Guthries disappearance has dominated national headlines, yet investigators have not located her or identified a suspect in what remains a suspected abduction. Her daughter called the ordeal unbearable, a word that captures not only the familys pain but also the frustration many Americans feel when violent crime strikes close to home and justice seems elusive.
And to think of what she went through. I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night, Guthrie told Kotb, describing the torment of imagining her mothers final known moments. And in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought. And I will not hide my face. But she needs to come home now.
Guthrie has been absent from the Today anchor desk since her mother went missing, though she briefly returned to NBCs Rockefeller Center studios on March 6 to visit colleagues. In her absence, Kotb has been anchoring alongside Craig Melvin, while Today plans to air the remainder of Guthries interview in two parts on Thursday and Friday.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said Nancy Guthrie is believed to have been taken against her will, after her son-in-law dropped her off at home around 10 p.m. the night before she disappeared. In the early morning hours, a masked man appeared at her doorstep, and at approximately 2:30 a.m., her pacemaker made its last sync with her Apple devices, suggesting a likely window for when she was removed from the residence.
Her Apple Watch and iPhone were later found inside the home, a chilling detail that reinforces investigators belief that she did not leave voluntarily. The Today anchor has posted multiple videos pleading for her mothers return, but this weeks conversation with Kotb marks her first formal interview, as a family and a country wait for answers in a case that highlights both the fragility of public safety and the urgent need for swift, decisive law enforcement action.
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