Savannah Guthrie thinks there’s a good chance her mother, Nancy Guthrie, has a way to “make a quick buck” because of her fame and fortune.
Savannah Guthrie’s first interview since Nancy Guthrie disappeared nearly two months ago, an emotional conversation with her today Fellow showrunner and friend Hoda Kotb covered a lot of ground, starting with the story of how Savannah Guthrie first learned her mother was missing.
On February 1, Savannah Guthrie’s sister, Annie Guthrie, called her in a panic. Nancy Guthrie, 84 and unable to move, was missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Her back doors were open and Nancy’s cell phone and wallet were left behind — and then there was blood on the porch and a doorbell camera that had been forcibly removed.
“It was just chaos and disbelief,” Savannah Guthrie recalled in the first part of the interview, which aired Thursday. today At 7 a.m. ET.
Savannah Guthrie credits her brother, a former fighter pilot, with first identifying it as a kidnapping for ransom.
“Do you think this is because of me?” Savannah Guthrie recalled asking her siblings at the time.
She knew the answer even when she asked the question.
“How stupid can I be?” She said to Qutb. “Like, I didn’t want to believe it.”
To be clear, it is not known for certain that this was a kidnapping for ransom, and that Savannah’s fame and net worth were the ultimate goals. But Savannah Guthrie says that’s “most likely” the reason.
“I don’t know it’s because she’s my mom, and someone said, ‘Oh, that girl — that lady has money and we can make a quick buck.’ I mean that would make sense, but I don’t know.” “But, yeah, maybe this is – it’s too much. I think if I brought this into her bed, it’s because of me.”
Savannah Guthrie believes the two ransom notes the family responded to early in the investigation were “real.”
And I have to say, “I’m so sorry, Mom. I’m so sorry.” She continued, “I’m sorry to my sister, my brother, my kids, my nephew…and my brother-in-law.” “I’m just, like, so sorry. I’m very sorry. If that’s me, I’m so sorry. I’m very sorry.”
As the recorded conversation continued Tuesday, Savannah Guthrie called the recovered video and photos of her mother’s suspected kidnapper “absolutely terrifying.”
“I can’t imagine that’s who she saw standing over her bed,” she said. “I can’t, it’s too much.”
next hour, today The tearful conversation rolled over. The second part focused generally on the family’s enduring faith.
At one point, Savannah Guthrie said God told her directly that Nancy was with him.
“Early on, I felt and heard — one of the very few times in my life — I heard God speaking to me,” Savannah Guthrie said. “I also said to myself, ‘Oh my God, I can handle anything, I can handle anything. I can’t deal with not knowing. We cannot deal with not knowing. I must know.’ And I heard a voice saying, ‘You know where she is, she is with me.’ She is with me.’ So, whether she is on this earth or in heaven, I know where she is, and I know with whom.”
Savannah Guthrie, co-host today Along with Craig Melvin, he has been away from the airwaves since Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped in the early morning hours of February 1. Nancy Guthrie is still missing and there is no evidence that she is alive. The ongoing investigation is a joint effort between the Pima County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI.
The search for Nancy Guthrie captivated the nation for weeks. At times, it seemed like law enforcement was closing in on her kidnappers, but the investigation has been at a crawl — perhaps even at a dead end — for some time now.
Savannah Guthrie is expected to return today It will premiere soon, according to a source, but the date has not been announced yet. More of Kotb’s conversation with Savannah Guthrie will air on Friday.
The Guthrie family is offering $1 million for any information leading to… [Nancy’s] restoration.”
“Someone has to do the right thing. We are hurting. We are.” In agony. It’s unbearable. And think about what she went through. I wake up Every night “In the middle of the night – every night,” Savannah said. “And in the dark, I imagine her terror, which is unimaginable – but those thoughts demand thought, and I won’t hide my face.” But she needs to go home now.
