Today Show host’s mother believed to be abducted <\/a><\/p>\nPolice have declared a crime scene after the mother of US TV personality Savannah Guthrie went missing from her home. Here’s what we know.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“When we saw some of those details, it was clear after a couple of sentences that this might not be a hoax,” she said in an interview aired on Wednesday, local time.<\/p>\n
In her family’s video message, Savannah Guthrie said they were “ready to talk.”<\/p>\n
“However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated,” she said.<\/p>\n
“We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her.”<\/p>\n
The family posted their plea after police searched in and around Nancy Guthrie’s home for several hours on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Investigators returned for the follow-up investigation after being at the home earlier in the week for a couple of days, said Kevin Adger, a spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.<\/p>\n
He said the sheriff’s department was not commenting on the family’s video message.<\/p>\n
The search for Nancy Guthrie<\/p>\n
Guthrie was last seen Saturday night when she was dropped off at her Tucson home by family after having dinner with them, the sheriff’s department said.<\/p>\n
She was reported missing about 14 hours later on Sunday after she didn’t show up at a church.<\/p>\n
Guthrie has limited mobility, and officials don’t believe she left on her own.<\/p>\n
A sheriff’s dispatcher said during the search Sunday that Guthrie has high blood pressure, a pacemaker and heart issues, according to audio from broadcastify.com.<\/p>\n
The neighbourhood’s desert terrain can make looking for people difficult, said Jim Mason, longtime commander of a search-and-rescue team in Maricopa County that isn’t involved in the search.<\/p>\n
He said it can be hard to see into areas dense with mesquite trees, cholla cactus and desert brush.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump posted on social media that he was directing federal authorities to help where they can, after the White House said he spoke with Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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