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Savannah Guthrie is speaking out about her mother's disappearance, sharing the emotional toll it has taken on her and the difficult questions she's been forced to confront.
In her first interview since her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing on January 31, the Today host sat down with Hoda Kotb for a candid and emotional conversation that aired on March 26.
Guthrie revealed that early on, her family feared the worst. She recalled a conversation with her brother, who immediately suspected a kidnapping for ransom. Still trying to process it, she asked him, "Do you think because of me?" His response stayed with her: "I'm sorry, sweetie, but yeah, maybe."
That possibility has been hard for her to shake. "We still don't know. Honestly, we don't know anything," she said, repeating the uncertainty that continues to surround the case. She added that while it's possible someone may have targeted her mother for money, there is still no clear answer.
During the interview, Guthrie became visibly emotional as she spoke directly to her mother. "Can I just say, I'm so sorry, Mommy," she said. "I'm so sorry to my sister and my brother and my kids... I'm just so sorry. If it is me, I'm so sorry."
Nancy Guthrie was last seen the night she was dropped off at her home in Tucson, Arizona. When she failed to show up for a scheduled church meeting the next day, concern quickly turned into alarm. Investigators later found blood at the scene and surveillance footage showing a masked person at her door, leading authorities to treat the case as a possible abduction.
Guthrie also described the moment she first learned something was wrong. "I said, 'Is everything OK?' and she said, 'No, mom's missing.' I said, 'What? What are you talking about?' She said, 'She's gone.'"
At first, she wondered if it could have been a medical emergency, but that explanation didn't add up. "There was no wander off," she said, noting her mother's limited mobility, and adding that "something is very wrong here."
As the search continues, Guthrie made a heartfelt plea for help. "Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. It is unbearable," she said.
Even without answers, her family is holding on to hope. "We still believe in a miracle... we still believe that she can come home — hope against hope," she said, as the investigation remains ongoing with no confirmed suspects so far.
