‘We Are in Agony’: Savannah Guthrie Breaks Down Imagining Her Abducted Mom’s ‘Terror’ After Reports Police Have ‘Gone Dark’ on the Investigation
Nancy Guthrie disappeared almost two months ago, and ever since she went missing, her family has been posting videos on social media, pleading for her return. But Savannah Guthrie has been missing from the Today show since February 2, and we haven’t really heard from anyone in the Guthrie family outside of the curated videos on social media.
Savannah Guthrie is changing that. The Today co-host sat down for an interview with Hoda Kotb on Today. An excerpt of the interview aired on March 25, and the full interview will air in two parts on Today on Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27.
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In the interview, Guthrie said, “Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable. 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. But those thoughts demand to be thought. And I will not hide my face. But she needs to come home now.”
Both Guthrie and Kotb look visibly upset as Guthrie talks about her family’s ordeal. Later, Kotb recounted how she was feeling during the interview. “I’m ok. There is a desperation and also a steeliness about Savannah,” Kotb said after the clip. “I mean, she’s hoping that somebody, whoever this person is, will see something and say something, and 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 that was one portion there.”
All of this comes after Page Six reported that Guthrie’s latest social media post was a “deliberate” tactic to reach the kidnappers. “It was aimed directly at residents of Tucson and southern Arizona,” former FBI Agent Jason Pack told the outlet.
“The family chose a local television station, not a national platform. That is not an accident,” Pack said. “NBC and its platforms would likely have aired it if asked. They targeted their own neighborhood. That tells you they believe someone local has information, or more likely, someone local has not checked their cameras yet because they assumed somebody else already did.”
It comes as, “Law enforcement has not held a press conference in over a month, and it had been nearly three weeks since the family last made any public appeal before Saturday night,” Pack said. “When investigators go dark, and the media moves on, tip volume likely drops. That is just the nature of it,” he added.
Pack also made it clear that law enforcement going quiet doesn’t mean nothing is happening. “Weeks of search warrant returns, subpoena responses, lab work, and digital forensics are likely being worked and plotted against a timeline right now,” he said. “The public does not see that work. It happens behind closed doors, and it takes time.
The Guthrie family’s statement said, “Someone knows something. It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant. We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11.”
“We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case – please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance,” the statement went on to add.
