{"id":367453,"date":"2026-04-07T07:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367453\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:12:08","slug":"savannah-guthrie-returns-to-today-show-after-mother-nancys-abduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367453\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie returns to Today show after mother Nancy\u2019s abduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Today show is one of the most-watched morning programmes in the United States and Guthrie has anchored the show since 2012.<\/p>\n

\"SavannahSavannah Guthrie at the Today show studio in Uptown, Manhattan. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

No arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified.<\/p>\n

The 84-year-old was last seen on January 31 when she was dropped at home by a family member.<\/p>\n

Savannah Guthrie previously said she believes her mother is now \u201cwith God\u201d, she told her Today show colleague Hoda Kotb.<\/p>\n

She said during prayers she heard God speak to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I said to myself, \u2018I can handle anything. I just can\u2019t handle not knowing … I have to know\u2019. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I heard a voice and it said: \u2018You do know where she is. She\u2019s with me\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Nancy Guthrie disappeared, authorities released a video from her doorbell camera showing a man approaching the door in a balaclava, black gloves and wearing a backpack.<\/p>\n

He was seen approaching the door and trying to block the camera with his hand. He was then seen going into the garden and covering the camera with plant material.<\/p>\n

\"USUS news anchor Savannah Guthrie (left) with her mother Nancy Guthrie (right). Photo \/ Getty Images <\/p>\n

At the time of her disappearance, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos warned that Guthrie\u2019s health could deteriorate quickly without heart medication, reported the BBC, saying she was not in good health.<\/p>\n

On February 12, the FBI doubled its reward for information leading to the return of Guthrie from US$50,000 ($82,808) to US$100,000.<\/p>\n

Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer told Newsweek this was usually a bad sign.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I see the FBI is offering more money for information that tells me that the FBI doesn\u2019t have the information.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you see a case quiet, where there\u2019s no big amount of money offered, that means they are running leads, they really don\u2019t need the public\u2019s help. They need the public\u2019s help right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ManMan captured by Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera on the night she went missing. Photo \/ FBI<\/p>\n

Shortly after Guthrie\u2019s disappearance, a Californian man was arrested for sending a fake ransom text to Guthrie\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

The Attorney\u2019s Office alleged during an investigation that suspect Derrick Callella was an imposter trying to take advantage of the situation for monetary gain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Today show is one of the most-watched morning programmes in the United States and Guthrie has anchored…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[109989,74,156,1888,151240,12022,20920,6178,192708,111,139,69,12971,6443,96962,1305,7811,11227,2044,61,1865],"class_list":{"0":"post-367453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-abduction","9":"tag-after","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-first","12":"tag-guthrie","13":"tag-host","14":"tag-kidnapped","15":"tag-mother","16":"tag-nancys","17":"tag-new-zealand","18":"tag-newzealand","19":"tag-nz","20":"tag-returned","21":"tag-returns","22":"tag-savannah","23":"tag-show","24":"tag-since","25":"tag-talk","26":"tag-time","27":"tag-to","28":"tag-today"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}