Savannah Guthrie’s mother was reported missing by her family on Sunday and her Tucson home is now being considered a crime scene, said Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos at a news conference Monday morning.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, “is very limited in her mobility,” Nanos said. “We know she didn’t just walk out of there. … There are other things at the scene that indicate that she did not leave on her own.”
She was last seen on Saturday, according to a missing person’s flier. The Guthrie family reported Nancy missing around noon on Sunday, Nanos said. He added that the county’s homicide and criminal investigation teams were working on the case, noting that search-and-rescue teams had been sent home.
Nanos didn’t provide additional details on the state of the investigation but noted that Guthrie needs daily medication and doesn’t have cognitive issues. She “could not walk 50 yards on her own,” said Nanos, who added that Guthrie lives alone. Authorities do not know whether she was targeted because she is Savannah Guthrie’s mother.
The Pima County sheriff asked members of the public to contact law enforcement if they have any information on the case and asked neighbors to look at their security footage. “I need this community to step up and start giving us some calls,” Nanos said.
Savannah Guthrie, 54, has co-anchored NBC’s popular morning show “Today” since 2012, a platform that’s made her one of the most recognizable people on television news. The journalist is now in Arizona and missed Monday morning’s “Today” broadcast.
“On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support,” Guthrie said in a statement provided by NBC News, which ran a special report on Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance and aired the news conference Monday. “Right now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear mom. We thank law enforcement for their hard work on this case.”
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