{"id":2345534,"date":"2026-03-25T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2345534"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:21:00","slug":"why-savannah-guthries-emotional-tell-all-interview-has-kidnapper-terrified-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-savannah-guthries-emotional-tell-all-interview-has-kidnapper-terrified-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Savannah Guthrie&#8217;s emotional tell-all interview has kidnapper &#8216;terrified&#8217;: expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/25\/celebrity-news\/today-shows-savannah-guthrie-sobs-in-agony-during-first-interview-since-mom-nancys-unbearable-disappearance\/\">heart-wrenching \u201cToday\u201d interview<\/a> with Hoda Kotb could leave her mom Nancy Guthrie\u2019s kidnapper \u201cterrified\u201d as more eyes are on the mysterious case. <\/p>\n<p>Former FBI agent Jason Pack exclusively tells Page Six, \u201cThis interview doesn\u2019t hurt the investigation. What it does is keep Nancy\u2019s name in the news at the exact moment national attention starts to drift. The whole country has been praying for this family. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time Savannah speaks, somebody sitting on information hopefully gets a little closer to picking up the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Savannah Guthrie made an emotional plea for her missing mom in an interview with \u201cToday.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Today\/ NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Nancy Guthrie has been missing since Feb. 1. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Pack goes on to explain how the kidnapper now has \u201cthe FBI, a million-dollar reward, and the entire country looking for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my experience, suspects who have done something like this are usually terrified. They have been scared for two months,\u201d Pack believes. \u201cEvery knock on the door. Every slow moving car. They are waiting on that one tip that leads law enforcement straight to their doorstep and finally tells the world what happened to Miss Nancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pack sees Savannah as a \u201cdaughter who loves her mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t necessarily a law-enforcement strategy,\u201d Pack says of the \u201cToday\u201d interview. \u201cThis is what grief looks like. It\u2019s a family carrying something too heavy to hold alone, and a woman who decided she was done holding it in silence. Think about who she chose to sit down with. Hoda Kotb. Her friend. Her colleague. Someone she trusts with her life. Savannah didn\u2019t walk into a press conference. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe walked into a safe space and let herself be human. That\u2019s what grief looks like when it finally gets room to breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>An expert tells Page Six the latest interview has left the kidnapper \u201cterrified.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cIn my experience suspects who have done something like this are usually terrified. They have been scared for two months,\u201d former FBI agent Jason Pack tells Page Six.  <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Wednesday, a clip of Kotb\u2019s interview with her former co-host aired in preparation of a two-part interview set to air Thursday and Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Savannah, 54, said in between tears, \u201cSomeone needs to do the right thing, we are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to think of what she went through, I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night, and in the darkness, I imagine her terror, and it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought and I will not hide my face, but she needs to come home now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pack sees Savannah, speaking here with Hoda Kotb, as a \u201cdaughter who loves her mother.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Savannah said in between tears, \u201cSomeone needs to do the right thing, we are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kotb explained how the rest of the interview will feature her good friend discussing the investigation, her faith, and how she is coping with the situation. <\/p>\n<p>The interview comes days after Savannah pleaded with the kidnapper in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/22\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-pleads-to-arizona-community-to-bring-renewed-attention-to-mom-nancys-case\/\">statement to station KVOA<\/a>, which Pack told Page Six was a \u201cdeliberate\u201d move, as staying relevant in the news cycle is an \u201cuphill fight\u201d and investigators \u201chave not helped keep the case in front of the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw enforcement has not held a press conference in over a month, and it had been nearly three weeks since the family last made any public appeal before Saturday night,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/23\/celebrity-news\/inside-savannah-guthries-deliberate-tactic-to-find-missing-mom-after-authorities-go-dark-on-investigation\/\">Pack explains<\/a>. \u201cWhen investigators go dark and the media moves on, tip volume likely drops. That is just the nature of it.\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/23\/celebrity-news\/inside-savannah-guthries-deliberate-tactic-to-find-missing-mom-after-authorities-go-dark-on-investigation\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The 84-year-old was snatched in her sleep, authorities believe.  <span class=\"credit\">savannahguthrie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>No suspects have been arrested and the case remains ongoing.  <span class=\"credit\">savannahguthrie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nancy was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/02\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthries-mom-84-reported-missing-in-southern-arizona-homicide-detectives-involved\/\">reported missing on Feb. 1<\/a>\u00a0after missing a virtual church service.<\/p>\n<p>The 84-year-old was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/02\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthries-mom-was-likely-abducted-from-her-home-police\/\">abducted in her sleep<\/a>\u00a0and \u201charmed\u201d in the process, with authorities confirming a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/03\/celebrity-news\/new-video-shows-apparent-blood-trail-outside-savannah-guthries-moms-home\/\">trail of her blood<\/a> seen outside of her home was identified as hers. <\/p>\n<p>Video and photos of a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/23\/celebrity-news\/nancy-guthrie-kidnapping-suspect-caught-on-doorbell-camera-before-her-abduction-report\/\">masked individual were released<\/a>\u00a0to the public on Feb. 10, as the images showed the individual breaking into Nancy\u2019s home with gloves and a backpack.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have made no arrests in the case, though multiple people have been questioned. The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Savannah and her siblings, Annie and Camron, have been multiple public pleas for the safe return of their beloved mother. <\/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 heart-wrenching \u201cToday\u201d interview with Hoda Kotb could leave her mom Nancy Guthrie\u2019s kidnapper \u201cterrified\u201d as more eyes are on the mysterious case. Former FBI agent Jason Pack exclusively tells Page Six, \u201cThis interview doesn\u2019t hurt the investigation. 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