Savannah Guthrie during a Today show interview that aired on Wednesday, and Savannah Guthrie and Nancy Guthrie on the Today show set in 2015.
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In a new interview, Savannah Guthrie is recalling the “chaos and disbelief” she experienced in the moments she learned her mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared from her home in Tucson, Ariz., 54 days ago.
In the interview with Hoda Kotb, who has been filling in on the Today show amid Savannah’s absence, that aired on Thursday, Savannah said she fears her mother may have been targeted because of her fame.
She said it’s “too much to bear to think that I brought this to her bedside. That it’s because of me … And I just want to say I’m so sorry, mommy, I’m so sorry.”
Savannah also talked about whether she believes the ransom notes sent to media outlets were real, addresses speculation of her family’s involvement and opens up about the agonizing decision to leave Arizona amid the ongoing investigation.
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Guthrie described doors propped open and blood found at her mother’s home, expressed public guilt over her fame, and refuted painful speculation about her family’s role in the case. The interview aired on Thursday with more scheduled for Friday.
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The rest of the interview will air on Friday, NBC said.
It’s been nearly eight weeks since Nancy Guthrie disappeared, and investigators have had no significant breakthroughs trying to locate her.
Last weekend, her family issued a new public appeal, asking Tucson residents to review home security footage, text messages and personal notes for anything that might help investigators.
“It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant,” the family said in a statement to KVOA in Tucson. “We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11.” The Pima County sheriff and the FBI have not publicly named a suspect or a motive for the apparent abduction. Harry Trombitas, a former special agent for the FBI, told Yahoo that authorities are likely to “continue as long as there is an investigation to conduct.”
Trombitas said that while the motive could be for ransom, it’s “appearing less and less” likely. “There’s too much involved,” he said. “There are too many ways people can get caught.”
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told NBC Nightly News earlier this month that investigators believe they know why Nancy Guthrie’s home was targeted — and didn’t rule out the possibility that her kidnapper could strike again.
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Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Pima County Sheriff’s Department tip line at 520-351-4900 or the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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Nancy Guthrie described as a ‘noble creature’ by daughter Savannah Guthrie
In the Today show interview that aired on Thursday, Hoda Kotb asked Savannah Guthrie to tell viewers about her mother.
“She is present tense to me,” Savannah said. “My mom is so incredible. She’s resolute and strong, quiet strength, quiet faith, but hard fought. She’s funny and a little mischievous, I would say, in her humor. She’s a noble creature, she does what’s right.”
Savannah also talked about her childhood home, describing it as her mother’s “safe haven.”
“It’s the house where all of our memories are. Good and bad, so it’s hallowed ground. My mom loved and treasured that house.”
“It’s really hard to see that violated, and the terror that she must have felt is unbearable,” Savannah said tearfully.
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Savannah Guthrie addresses speculation about family’s involvement in her mother’s disappearance
Nancy Guthrie was last seen when she was dropped off at her home on the night of Jan. 31 by a family member, according to a timeline from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. In the immediate aftermath of her disappearance, intense online speculation grew that Savannah Guthrie’s family members had something to do with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
When asked by Hoda Kotb how the family has dealt with those rumors, Savannah Guthrie said “it’s unbearable.”
“It piles pain upon pain. There are no words. I don’t understand,” she said. “I’ll never understand, and no one took better care of my mom than my sister and brother-in-law, and no one protected my mom more than my brother.
“And we love her, and she is our shining light,” she continued tearfully. “She is our matriarch, and she’s all we have.”
Savannah and her siblings are particularly close to their mother, as their father, Charles Guthrie, died when Savannah was 16 years old.
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Savannah Guthrie believes 2 ransom notes her family responded to are ‘real’
In the days after Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1, authorities said that multiple ransom notes were sent to various media outlets and the Guthrie family.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI said in February that they were investigating the validity of the ransom notes, but have not said publicly whether those notes were believed to have been from any person who may have abducted Guthrie.
During her first interview since her mother’s disappearance, Savannah Guthrie weighed in on whether she thinks they were real.
“There are a lot of different notes, I think, that came,” Savannah Guthrie told Hoda Kotb. “And I think most of them, it’s my understanding, are not real. And I didn’t see them, but a person that would send a fake ransom note really has to look deeply at themselves — to a family in pain. But I believe the two notes that we received, that we responded to, I tend to believe those are real.”
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