{"id":2346410,"date":"2026-03-26T14:39:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2346410"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:39:49","slug":"savannah-guthrie-recalls-the-moment-she-learned-mom-nancy-guthrie-was-missing-in-a-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/savannah-guthrie-recalls-the-moment-she-learned-mom-nancy-guthrie-was-missing-in-a-panic\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie Recalls the Moment She Learned Mom Nancy Guthrie Was Missing: &#8216;In a Panic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie is taking <em>TODAY<\/em> viewers <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/celebrity\/news\/savannah-guthrie-breaks-down-to-hoda-kotb-in-emotional-first-interview-since-mom-nancys-disappearance\/\">back to the moment<\/a> she learned that her 84-year-old mother was missing. <\/p>\n<p>Savannah sat down with Hoda Kotb\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/celebrity\/news\/savannah-guthrie-breaks-down-over-fears-mom-nancy-was-targeted-because-of-her\/\">for her emotional first interview<\/a>\u00a0since Nancy was reported missing on Feb. 1, recalling the moment she received a call from her sister, Annie Guthrie, breaking the news. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018Is everything OK?\u2019 And she said, \u2018No.\u2019 She said, \u2018Mom\u2019s missing,\u2019\u201d Savannah remembered. \u201cAnd I said, \u2018What? What are you talking about?\u2019 She said, \u2018She\u2019s gone.\u2019 And she was in a panic. I was in a panic.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/nrWapazRwbs\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Part I: Savannah Guthrie on Moment She Learned Her Mom Was Missing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nrWapazRwbs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Part I: Savannah Guthrie on Moment She Learned Her Mom Was Missing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nrWapazRwbs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe thought that she must have had some kind of medical episode in the night, and that somehow the paramedics had come because the back doors were propped open, and that didn\u2019t make any sense,\u201d Savannah said. \u201cWe thought maybe they came, and there was a stretcher, and they took her out the back. But her phone was there, and her purse was there, and all her things. And it just didn\u2019t make any sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having already called the police, Savannah and her family began calling local hospitals to see if Nancy had been admitted, \u201cand it was just chaos and disbelief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savannah immediately traveled to Tucson, Ariz., to be with her family, where she and her siblings insisted to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos that Nancy\u2019s disappearance was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/celebrity\/news\/sheriff-in-nancy-guthrie-case-believes-he-knows-exactly-why-she-was-targeted\/\">not a case of someone with dementia<\/a> wandering off.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"610\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/savannah-guthrie-1.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-630077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/savannah-guthrie-1.png 1500w, https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/savannah-guthrie-1.png?resize=300,179 300w, https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/savannah-guthrie-1.png?resize=768,458 768w, https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/savannah-guthrie-1.png?resize=1024,610 1024w, https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/savannah-guthrie-1.png?resize=425,253 425w, https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/savannah-guthrie-1.png?resize=200,119 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(TODAY SHOW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy mom, she was in tremendous pain,\u201d Savannah explained. \u201cHer back was very bad. On a good day, she could walk down to the mailbox and get the mail, but most days not. So there wasn\u2019t a wander off. And the doors were propped open, and there was blood on the front doorstep. And the Ring camera had been yanked off. And so we were saying, \u2018This, this is not OK. Something is very wrong here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nancy was reported missing on Feb. 1 after being seen by her family the night before. Police and the FBI have been investigating the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/celebrity\/news\/fbi-releases-first-images-of-potential-subject-in-nancy-guthrie-case\/\">identity of a masked and armed man<\/a>\u00a0who appeared on Nancy\u2019s doorbell camera prior to her abduction.<\/p>\n<p>The Guthrie family is offering a $1 million reward for Nancy\u2019s return, and the FBI is offering an additional $100,000 reward. People who have information about Nancy\u2019s abduction or whereabouts are asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of Savannah\u2019s interview will air on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/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 popculture.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah Guthrie is taking TODAY viewers back to the moment she learned that her 84-year-old mother was missing. 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