Savannah Guthrie Addresses Trauma Since Mom Nancy’s Disappearance

Savannah Guthrie opened up about the “unending trauma” that she has suffered amid her mother Nancy Guthrie‘s disappearance.

“It is five months of agony and unending trauma for our family,” Savannah, 54, said in a statement to local Arizona news outlet KOLD News 13 on Wednesday, July 1. “There is not a moment that goes by that we aren’t actively trying to find our mom.”

Savannah issued a thank you to “the people of Tucson for holding her in their hearts, as well as both the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Office for their tireless work on behalf of our family. Bring her home.”

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told KOLD that the investigation into Nancy’s disappearance is still active.

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“Especially when you throw in genealogy — now, you’ve got … this may not be the bad guy, but this person might be the bad guy’s relative three times over,” he added. “So, that has to be broken down to see if this might be someone of interest to us.”

Nancy was reported missing after she was last seen on January 31. Early on in the case, Nanos noted that there were “concerning circumstances” found at the 84-year-old’s home.

“She’s very alert. She’s of good, sound mind,” he told reporters in February, adding that Nancy was “not in good” physical health. “I hope we find her safe and sound, but we can’t ignore what’s in front of us.”

Throughout the months-long investigation, several ransom letters were received by TMZ and local news outlets. The FBI also released photos and video footage of an unidentified subject outside of Nancy’s Arizona home as authorities and the Guthrie family offered rewards for information about her whereabouts.

“Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony,” Savannah told Hoda Kotb in an emotional interview before officially returning to the Today show in April. “And to think of what she went through. I wake up every night in the middle of the night. Every night. And in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable.”

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At the time, Savannah said she questioned whether her status as a public figure had contributed to her mother’s abduction.

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“It’s just too much to bear to think that I brought this to her bedside, that it’s because of me,” she told Kotb. “I have to say, I’m so sorry, Mommy. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry to my sister and my brother and my kids and my nephew and Tommy, my brother-in-law. I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry. If it is me, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry.”

As the search continued, news broke in June that one of the ransom letters received by news outlets made reference to Nancy’s death.

“I don’t have any comment on this story. I’m not involved in our coverage, but I can’t pretend I’m not here. Since I am, I just wanted to take the opportunity to ask people — really, to beg people — to come forward,” Savannah said on Today at the time. “Somebody knows something. This is a news story today that is on your radar, because this is the life my sister lives, that I live, that my brother lives and our extended families live, that our children live every day. We are in agony. We cannot be in peace.”