Savannah Guthrie’s Husband Speaks Out: “She Came Between Us” as Search for Her Mother Intensifies

It has been more than a week since the mother of “TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie was reported missing, and authorities said today that they have not identified any suspects, persons of interest or vehicles connected to the case.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was dropped off at her home outside Tucson, Arizona, the night of Jan. 31 and was reported missing about noon Feb. 1.
In an Instagram video today, Savannah Guthrie said the family believes Guthrie is “still out there.” She asked viewers to report anything “strange” to law enforcement. “We are at an hour of desperation, and we need your help,” she said.
The FBI said today that it is “not aware of any continued communication between the Guthrie family and suspected kidnappers.”
The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Friday that they are aware of a “new message” regarding Guthrie. It is not clear what kind of message it is and whether it is connected to the possible ransom note that was sent to three news outlets.

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29m ago / 9:55 PM EST

Billboards seeking tips go up in Texas, Arizona, California

Kelly O’Donnell and Tara Prindiville

Billboards seeking tips in the possible abduction of Nancy Guthrie have been seen in El Paso, Phoenix and outside Dallas.

An FBI official said last week that the agency planned on putting up billboards in major cities and states near Tucson, Arizona, where Guthrie lives and was last seen.

An FBI official said that Clear Channel had “partnered with the FBI and donated these billboards in an effort to bring Nancy home.”

Clear Channel is a company specializing in advertising across more than 65 U.S. markets.

The Guthrie billboards are being shown in markets including Los Angles, Phoenix, Dallas-Fort Worth, Albuquerque and elsewhere.

2h ago / 9:02 PM EST

The Guthrie family has repeatedly turned to social media to communicate with possible kidnappers

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Tim Stelloh

Before Savannah Guthrie released a video today pleading for the public’s help in her family’s “hour of desperation,” the “TODAY” co-anchor and her siblings had taken to social media three times since Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1.

In the family’s first video, posted five days ago on Instagram, the siblings — Savannah, Camron and Annie — spoke directly to their 84-year-old mother, telling her she is strong and God’s precious daughter.

Savannah Guthrie referred to a reported ransom letter mentioned in media reports and said the family was ready to talk to those who may have kidnapped Nancy Guthrie.

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The avalanche hit without warning — white, violent, unstoppable. When it settled, rifles were missing. Packs were gone. And Claire was nowhere to be found.  They dug.  They found scraps of her gear.  Then their team leader made the call no one wants to make: “She’s dead. We move.”  They pulled out with wounded men and a storm closing in — leaving their medic behind.  But Claire wasn’t dead.  She woke up buried in ice, shoulder shattered, air running out. No radio. No weapon. Just darkness and pressure and the memory of one rule from survival school: panic kills faster than cold.  She dug with numb hands until she broke through into a full Arctic storm.  And that’s when she heard it.  Gunfire.  Her Rangers were still out there — taking contact, without their medic.  What she did next is the part they don’t put in the official report.  Because hours later, through the whiteout, a single figure emerged from the storm…  Carrying four Rangers.
“She’s dead.” They left the SEAL sniper under ten feet of Alaskan snow and moved on with the mission… Hours later, in the middle of a whiteout, she walked back into the fight — carrying four Rangers on her shoulders.  November 2018. A Ranger platoon out of Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson lifted into the Brooks Range for a hostage rescue that had to be finished before a blizzard locked the mountains down for days.  Attached to them? A Navy medic — Hospital Corpsman First Class Claire Maddox.  Quiet. Compact. Instantly underestimated.  Some Rangers glanced at her PT scores and made up their minds. The team leader, Staff Sergeant Tyler Kane, kept it professional but distant. “Stay close. Don’t slow us down.”  Claire didn’t argue. She checked radios. Tourniquets. Chest seals. IV warmers. Cold-weather meds. She studied wind angles and ridgelines the way other people read street signs.  Insertion was clean.  The mountain wasn’t.  They moved across a knife-edge locals called Devil’s Spine when visibility collapsed into gray static. Then came the sound no one forgets — a deep, hollow crack above them.
Naval Station Norfolk was silent except for the click of metal around Lieutenant Kara Wynn’s wrists.  The charge? Abandoning her overwatch position during an operation near Kandahar. Prosecutors claimed she “froze.” That because she didn’t fire, three Marines died.  The headlines were already brutal: Female SEAL cracks under pressure.  In dress whites, Kara didn’t flinch when they called her a coward. Didn’t react when they hinted her record was exaggerated. She just sat there, posture perfect, as the bailiff locked the cuffs.  “Standard procedure,” the judge said.  The prosecutor smirked.  Then the courtroom doors opened.  Not a clerk. Not a late observer.  A four-star admiral.