{"id":2272018,"date":"2026-02-08T01:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T01:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2272018"},"modified":"2026-02-08T01:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T01:26:08","slug":"savannah-guthries-new-plea-to-mom-nancys-kidnapper-raises-chilling-question-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/savannah-guthries-new-plea-to-mom-nancys-kidnapper-raises-chilling-question-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie&#8217;s new plea to mom Nancy&#8217;s kidnapper raises chilling question: expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/07\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-offers-to-pay-moms-ransom-in-emotional-plea-to-kidnapper-we-beg-you\/\">latest plea to her missing mom Nancy Guthrie\u2019s abductor<\/a> raises a chilling question, according to an expert.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday \u2014 in her second Instagram video since 84-year-old Nancy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/04\/celebrity-news\/timeline-of-savannah-guthries-moms-disappearance\/\">was taken from her Tucson, Ariz., home<\/a> last weekend \u2014 Savannah, 54, said publicly to the kidnapper, \u201cWe received your message, and we understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cToday\u201d show host \u2014 who was joined by sister Annie Guthrie, 56, and brother Camron Guthrie, 61 \u2014 added, \u201cWe beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"8738137\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>Savannah Guthrie\u2019s latest plea to her missing mom Nancy Guthrie\u2019s abductor raises a chilling question, according to an expert. <span class=\"credit\">Savannah Guthrie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>CIA member and FBI special agent Tracy Walder subsequently told Page Six that the wording of the message seems \u201cvery contrived\u201d and \u201calso scripted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She explained, \u201cI feel like they use a lot of coded language in there: \u2018This is very valuable to us.\u2019 \u2018So that we can celebrate her.\u2019 \u2026 That\u2019s not normal words we use to describe a situation like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the NewsNation contributor wondered, \u201cIs this a ransom for a dead body? Are we paying to get a body or human back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walder went on to compare Saturday\u2019s video with the one Savannah and her siblings <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/04\/celebrity-news\/devastated-savannah-guthrie-siblings-plead-for-moms-safe-return-in-emotional-video-to-purported-kidnapper\/\">posted Wednesday<\/a>, noting that in the first one, the trio \u201chumanized their mom in present tense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new one, she argued, is more \u201cmuted\u201d and \u201csomber\u201d and does not \u201chumanize their mom at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cIt\u2019s matter of fact, to the point. They\u2019re being methodical. They\u2019re deliberately answering [the abductor] back. Using words like \u2018celebrate\u2019 infers memorial or funeral, but it also infers they want to have a party when she comes home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walder pointed out that Savannah, who is the only one who spoke in the new video, now \u201clooks defeated\u201d and not \u201chopeful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also said that the broadcast journalist\u2019s willingness to pay is \u201cnot surprising\u201d given that \u201cany person would pay to get their 84-year-old mom back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This story is developing\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah Guthrie\u2019s latest plea to her missing mom Nancy Guthrie\u2019s abductor raises a chilling question, according to an expert. On Saturday \u2014 in her second Instagram video since 84-year-old Nancy was taken from her Tucson, Ariz., home last weekend \u2014 Savannah, 54, said publicly to the kidnapper, \u201cWe received your message, and we understand.\u201d The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2272019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[30058,351942,30055,24003,21787,25404,351221,351836],"class_list":["post-2272018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-crimes","tag-celebrity-moms","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-exclusive","tag-missing-persons","tag-savannah-guthrie"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Savannah-Guthries-new-plea-to-mom-Nancys-kidnapper-raises-chilling.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2272020,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272018\/revisions\/2272020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2272019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}