{"id":448857,"date":"2026-02-04T17:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/448857\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T17:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:20:14","slug":"search-for-today-co-anchor-savannah-guthries-mom-stretches-into-fourth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/448857\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for ‘TODAY’ co-anchor Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mom stretches into fourth day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The desperate search for \u201cTODAY\u201d co-anchor Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mother<\/a> stretched into its fourth day Wednesday as local and federal authorities continue to investigate her possible abduction. <\/p>\n

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing Sunday afternoon<\/a> from her home outside Tucson, Arizona, after she did not show up at church, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told NBC News. She was last seen around 9:45 p.m. the previous day, when family members dropped her off at home.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s department believes Guthrie was taken \u201cpossibly in the middle of the night, and that includes possible kidnapping or abduction.\u201d The FBI is now involved in the investigation, which also includes about 100 detectives from the sheriff\u2019s office. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would commit to sending more federal agents to assist. <\/p>\n

In a statement <\/a>Wednesday morning, the sheriff\u2019s department reiterated that investigators have not identified a suspect or person of interest in the case. \u201cDetectives continue to speak with anyone who may have had contact with Mrs. Guthrie,\u201d the department said, adding that officials were also working closely with her family.<\/p>\n

Authorities said they have received \u201chundreds of leads\u201d and have no credible information that this was a targeted incident. Nanos said Tuesday they are still searching for Guthrie and pinning down a timeline on when she was taken from her home. <\/p>\n

There are some technological challenges that occurred with the cameras at Guthrie\u2019s house, making it more difficult for authorities to find any video from those overnight hours when it\u2019s believed that she was taken, according to two senior officials briefed on the investigation.<\/p>\n

Nanos said Tuesday that authorities are also trying to find any usable footage from neighbors\u2019 homes, though the landscaping and lack of streetlights in the area make it even harder to capture anything. <\/p>\n

Guthrie has limited mobility and is without her necessary daily medication. Nanos said that she has no cognitive issues and her disappearance was not linked to dementia, describing her as \u201csharp as a tack.\u201d<\/p>\n

“We have nothing else to go on but the belief that she is here, she\u2019s present, she\u2019s alive, and we want to save her,” Nanos said in an interview with NBC News. <\/p>\n

Reports indicate that ransom notes have been sent to two news outlets referencing Guthrie. NBC News has not seen copies of them. No law enforcement agency has substantiated the reports, but law enforcement officials have said they are investigating them.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Office said that it was \u201caware of reports circulating about possible ransom note(s) regarding the investigation into Nancy Guthrie,\u201d and added that it is \u201ctaking all tips and leads very seriously.\u201d It added that anything it receives is shared with its detectives and the FBI.<\/p>\n

At a news conference Tuesday, Nanos declined to answer specific questions about the investigation, including which evidence was found at the scene. He previously confirmed that law enforcement officials have Guthrie\u2019s cellphone and car found at her home, where she lives alone and employs part-time staff members. <\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office previously said that DNA samples confirmed to be those of Guthrie were collected from the home, but it said it has not confirmed that they were blood. The DNA samples, some of which were still being tested Tuesday, have not pointed to any person of interest, it said. Detectives are also working through any pacemaker information that may be available, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

As the search continues, Savannah Guthrie is set to remain in Arizona and will not be in Italy as planned<\/a> for coverage of the Olympics, NBC Sports announced Tuesday. <\/p>\n

\u201cSavannah will not be joining us at the Olympics as she focuses on being with her family during this difficult time,\u201d NBC Sports said. \u201cOur hearts are with her and the entire Guthrie family as the search continues for their mother.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The desperate search for \u201cTODAY\u201d co-anchor Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mother stretched into its fourth day Wednesday as local and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-448857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}