{"id":563891,"date":"2026-02-03T18:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/563891\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:40:12","slug":"signs-of-forced-entry-found-at-home-of-today-show-hosts-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/563891\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of forced entry found at home of ‘Today’ show host’s mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 Investigators found signs of forced entry at the Arizona home of \u201cToday\u201d show host Savannah Guthrie\u2019s<\/a> mother, a person familiar with the investigation said Tuesday, as the host asked for prayers to help bring back the 84-year-old, who is believed to have been taken against her will<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The host described her mother as \u201ca woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant\u201d in a social media post late Monday. She asked supporters to \u201craise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment. Bring her home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nancy Guthrie must be found soon because she could die without her medication, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said, urging whoever has her to free her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf she\u2019s alive right now, her meds are vital. I can\u2019t stress that enough. It\u2019s been better than 24 hours, and the family tells us if she doesn\u2019t have those meds, it can become fatal,\u201d Nanos said.<\/p>\n

Investigators also found specific evidence in the home showing there was a nighttime kidnapping, the person told The Associated Press. Several of Guthrie\u2019s personal items, including her cellphone, wallet and her car, were still there after she disappeared.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"\/\/\/<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"This<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Investigators are reviewing surveillance video from nearby homes and working to analyze data from cellphone towers. Police are also reviewing information from license plate cameras in the area, according to the person, who was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the case and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

The motive remains a mystery. Investigators do not believe at this point that the abduction was part of a robbery, home invasion or kidnapping-for-ransom plot, the person said.<\/p>\n

For a second day Tuesday, \u201cToday\u201d opened with Nancy Guthrie\u2019s disappearance, but Savannah Guthrie was not at the anchor\u2019s desk. Nanos said Monday that she is in Arizona. The host grew up in Tucson, graduated from the University of Arizona and previously worked as a reporter and anchor at Tucson television station KVOA.<\/p>\n

Nancy Guthrie was last seen Saturday night at her home in the Tucson area, where she lived alone and was reported missing Sunday. Someone at her church called a family member to say she was not there, leading family to search her home and then call 911, Nanos said.<\/p>\n

Nancy Guthrie has limited mobility, and officials do not believe she left on her own. Nanos said she is of sound mind.<\/p>\n

Nanos said investigators took samples they hope will provide at least part of a DNA profile, KVOA reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Searchers used drones and search dogs and were supported by volunteers and Border Patrol. The homicide team was also involved, Nanos said Sunday. The FBI has offered to help, sheriff\u2019s department spokesperson Angelica Carrillo said.<\/p>\n

On Monday morning, Nanos said search crews had been pulled back.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t see this as a search mission so much as it is a crime scene,\u201d the sheriff said.<\/p>\n

Even so, a sheriff\u2019s helicopter flew over the desert Monday afternoon near Nancy Guthrie\u2019s home in the affluent Catalina Foothills area on the northern edge of Tucson. Her brick home has a gravel driveway and a yard covered in prickly pear and saguaro cactus.<\/p>\n

Savannah Guthrie\u2019s parents settled in Tucson<\/a> in the 1970s when she was a young child. The youngest of three siblings, she credits her mom with holding their family together after her father died of a heart attack at age 49, when Savannah was just 16.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen my dad died, our family just hung onto each other for dear life because it was such a shock. We were just trying to figure out how to become a family of four when we\u2019d always been a family of five,\u201d she said on \u201cToday\u201d in 2017.<\/p>\n

Nancy Guthrie raised them on her own. The host often brought her mother on \u201cToday\u201d as a guest.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has met unthinkable challenges in her life with grit, without self-pity, with determination and always, always with unshakeable faith,\u201d Savannah said on the show in 2022 on Nancy Guthrie\u2019s 80th birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe loves us, her family, fiercely, and her selflessness and sacrifice for us, her steadfastness and her unmovable confidence is the reason any of us grew up to do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Billeaud reported from Phoenix. Balsamo reported from Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 Investigators found signs of forced entry at the Arizona home of \u201cToday\u201d show host…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":563892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[246019,5643,1578,11029,245420,4219,171,57,22938,245270,405,403,94373,235115,17741,173,61,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-563891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-angelica-carrillo","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-associated-press","11":"tag-az-state-wire","12":"tag-chris-nanos","13":"tag-crime","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-general-news","16":"tag-kidnapping","17":"tag-nancy-guthrie","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-city","20":"tag-savannah-guthrie","21":"tag-send-to-apple-news","22":"tag-tucson","23":"tag-tv","24":"tag-u-s-news","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116008165371589622","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}