Savannah Guthrie will share more insight into the disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, in a new interview more than 50 days after the 84-year-old went missing.
During the Wednesday, March 25, episode of the Today show, host Craig Melvin introduced a clip from Savannah’s upcoming sit-down with Hoda Kotb, marking her first interview about the case. Melvin noted that the conversation was a “very personal” one for those involved.
In the clip, Savannah was moved to tears while discussing what might have happened to her mother.
“Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. … It is unbearable,” she told Kotb. “And to think of what she went through. I wake up every night in the middle of the night. Every night. And in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable.”
Savannah emphasized, “She needs to come home now.”
More from the interview will air on Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27. Back in the morning show’s studio, Kotb opened up about her emotional conversation with Savannah.
“There is a desperation and also a steeliness about Savannah. She’s hoping that somebody, whoever this person is, will see something and say something,” she explained. “As you’ll see in the coming days, she talks about so many things. She talks about the investigation, she talks about her faith and she talks about how she’s getting through.”
Nancy was last seen at her Arizona home on January 31. Her family reported her missing the following day.
“On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support. Right now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear mom,” the Guthrie family said in a statement at the time. “We thank law enforcement for their hard work on this case and encourage anyone with information to contact the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900.”
The day after Nancy was reported missing, Savannah shared a heartfelt message with her Instagram followers.
“We believe in prayer. We believe in voices raised in unison, in love, in hope. We believe in goodness. We believe in humanity. Above all, we believe in Him,” she wrote on February 2. “Thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant. Raise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment.”
Two days later, Savannah’s siblings, Annie and Camron Guthrie, joined her in an emotional Instagram video.
“Mommy, if you are hearing this, you are a strong woman. You are God’s precious daughter, Nancy,” Savannah said. “We believe and know that even in this valley, He is with you. Everyone is looking for you, Mommy, everywhere. We will not rest. Your children will not rest until we are together again. We speak to you every moment. And we pray without ceasing, and we rejoice in advance that the day that we hold you in our arms again. We love you, Mom.”
Three days later, Nancy’s adult children pleaded with her kidnapper for her safe return.
“We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,” Savannah said in the February 7 Instagram video. “This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us and we will pay.”
Two weeks after Nancy’s disappearance, Savannah shared in a February 15 Instagram video that the family still had “hope,” adding that “it is never too late to do the right thing.”
On February 24, Savannah revealed that the reward for Nancy’s return had been raised to $1 million. While she said that the family still believed “a miracle” could be possible, she also acknowledged that her mom “may already be gone.”
“She may have already gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in heaven with her mom and her dad and with her beloved brother, Pierce, and with our daddy. If this is what is to be, then we will accept it,” she said. “But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home.”
Despite an increase in tips after the FBI released photos and video footage of a masked individual at Nancy’s home and the Guthrie family raised the reward, no suspects have been officially identified.
Read the full article here
