Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy, has been missing for four months at this point. And Guthrie, the co-host of the Today show and a pretty big name in Hollywood, has reportedly done all she can to help the search for her mom. That includes messages on social media and even a very large reward for information. But after all this time, we still have no answers.
It’s reportedly not for lack of trying. The U.S. Sun is reporting that Savannah has spent about $500,000 on private investigators to try to solve the case of her mother’s disappearance.
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“She is not prepared to stop looking for her mother. She feels that depending only on the official investigation is not enough anymore — that’s why she’s investing so heavily in private investigators and outside specialists,” a source told the outlet.
NewsNation senior national correspondent Brian Entin couldn’t confirm the report, but did say on “Jesse Weber Live” in Las Vegas, where he hosted a weekend panel at CrimeCon about the case, “I haven’t heard anything about any private investigators.” However, Entin also added, “At the same time, I would imagine that Savannah Guthrie is probably getting frustrated.”
Pima County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Aaron Cross previously told Entin that the beginning of the investigation was “described to me as, frankly, a s— show.”
“If our own detectives aren’t speaking to each other about which witnesses they’ve already spoken to, what chance is there for agencies that aren’t even located inside the same floor?” Cross said. There has been a lot of criticism of how the investigation was handled, including the fact that DNA evidence recovered from the crime scene was originally sent to a private lab and not handed over to the FBI.
Nanos told People in a recent interview that he’s no longer communicating with the Guthrie family directly, confirming that the FBI is now handling those updates. The sheriff also said he understood that the family must be “frustrated” with the lack of answers.
“The public is frustrated. Even the Guthrie family,” he said. “Every passing second must feel like 100 days because they don’t know. What matters is moving forward carefully so we don’t make mistakes or falsely accuse somebody or make a bad arrest.”
But he seemed to be certain that answers would come. “My team, I’ve said all along, they’re gonna solve this,” he told People. “I fully 100% believe that. … When you have the best minds of the country working on problems, I think they’re gonna solve them. It just takes a while.”
He explained that the investigation is taking a long time because there’s a lot of information to look through. “Right now, I think our focus is on the tips, the leads, and the evidence we have in front of us,” he said. “Digitally — the camera footages as well as biological, the DNA and those types of things.”
“When you have the best minds of the country working on problems, I think they’re gonna solve them,” Nanos said. “It just takes a while.”
The reward for information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance stands at over $1 million.
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