{"id":730,"date":"2026-06-23T16:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=730"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:47:39","slug":"savannah-guthrie-makes-a-tearful-plea-on-today-as-colleagues-report-mom-nancys-possible-death-we-are-in-agony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=730","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie Makes a Tearful Plea on Today as Colleagues Report Mom Nancy&#8217;s Possible Death: &#8216;We Are in Agony&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah gave her moving response live on the NBC morning show following a<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Savannah Guthrie made an emotional plea on the\u00a0<em>Today\u00a0<\/em>show for help in finding her mother, who was abducted in February<\/li>\n<li>New information revealed a second note suggesting Nancy Guthrie may have died, but no suspects have been named<\/li>\n<li>Savannah and her family are offering a $1 million reward for information and urging anyone with tips to come forward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/savannah-guthrie\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Savannah Guthrie<\/a>\u00a0is sharing an emotional new plea surrounding the investigation into her mom\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/savannah-guthrie-and-family-are-devastated-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing-police-11898098\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Nancy Guthrie<\/a>\u2019s abduction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On Tuesday, June 23, during the live\u00a0<em>Today\u00a0<\/em>show broadcast, co-host\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/craig-melvin\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Craig Melvin<\/a>\u00a0announced the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/second-nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-claimed-she-died-reports-12004536\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">new information surrounding the case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;This morning NBC News is reporting new information about one of the notes sent to multiple media outlets,&#8221; Melvin shared during the show&#8217;s 8 a.m. hour, before cutting to a segment about the investigation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/nancy-guthrie-case-second-note-sent-media-outlets-said-died-rcna351227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">NBC News<\/a>\u00a0reported that a second message sent days after Nancy\u2019s disappearance claimed that she had died. The note contained no apology or request for payment for the release of her body, the outlet reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Correspondent Liz Kreutz added, &#8220;There is still no major update or break in the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">After the report aired, Melvin faced Savannah, telling her, &#8220;The bravery and courage with which you have done this job every day since that happened, nothing short of remarkable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Savannah was surrounded by her co-hosts including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jenna-bush-hager\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Jenna Bush Hager,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/carson-daly\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Carson Daly<\/a>, Melvin and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/al-roker\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">Al Roker<\/a>\u00a0at the desk as she responded to the report.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8216;I love you guys, and I love this place,&#8221; Savannah began, wiping away tears. &#8220;This is unusual and unprecedented \u2014 to say the least \u2014 to be sitting here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ybkiLhFVh824_5i2MH-vBv0RjjQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/savannah-guthrie-today-show-062326-4-091d761cdba74d208533908e352396fe.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ybkiLhFVh824_5i2MH-vBv0RjjQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/savannah-guthrie-today-show-062326-4-091d761cdba74d208533908e352396fe.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Savannah Guthrie on The Today Show\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ybkiLhFVh824_5i2MH-vBv0RjjQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/savannah-guthrie-today-show-062326-4-091d761cdba74d208533908e352396fe.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ybkiLhFVh824_5i2MH-vBv0RjjQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/savannah-guthrie-today-show-062326-4-091d761cdba74d208533908e352396fe.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" data-img-lightbox-variant=\"\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin on the &#8216;Today&#8217; show on Tuesday, June 23.<\/span>NBC<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The 54-year-old journalist added that she does not have a comment on the new information and that she is not involved in NBC News&#8217; coverage of her mother&#8217;s abduction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;But I can&#8217;t pretend I&#8217;m not here,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And so since I am, I wanted to just take the opportunity to ask people, really to beg people, to come forward. Somebody knows something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Referencing her sister, Annie, and brother, Camron, Savannah added, &#8220;This is a new story that today is on your radar, but this is the life that my sister lives, that I live, that my brother lives, that our extended families live, that our children live every day. And we are in agony and we cannot be at peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Savannah, who has been candid about her struggles in returning to the\u00a0<em>Today\u00a0<\/em>show amid the ongoing investigation added, &#8220;So no matter how much I try to come out here every day and to smile and find that joy \u2014 and I will, I promise I will \u2014 this is a moment to tell you that we need your help. We&#8217;re begging for your help. And I&#8217;m not gonna miss that opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/kv4d2WDvp5nr18FUrRY3tu8tg14=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(767x371:769x373):format(webp)\/Nancy-Savannah-Guthrie-today-2019-020226-13a98ca6b162416994d8777cc90e343b.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/kv4d2WDvp5nr18FUrRY3tu8tg14=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(767x371:769x373):format(webp)\/Nancy-Savannah-Guthrie-today-2019-020226-13a98ca6b162416994d8777cc90e343b.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Nancy and Savannah Guthrie on Today on April 17, 2019\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/kv4d2WDvp5nr18FUrRY3tu8tg14=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(767x371:769x373):format(webp)\/Nancy-Savannah-Guthrie-today-2019-020226-13a98ca6b162416994d8777cc90e343b.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/kv4d2WDvp5nr18FUrRY3tu8tg14=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(767x371:769x373):format(webp)\/Nancy-Savannah-Guthrie-today-2019-020226-13a98ca6b162416994d8777cc90e343b.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" data-img-lightbox-variant=\"\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Nancy Guthrie and Savannah Guthrie on the &#8216;Today&#8217; show in 2019.<\/span>Nathan Congleton\/NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The mother of two also referenced the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/savanah-guthrie-increases-reward-mom-nancy-guthrie-1-million-dollars-11907302\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">$1 million reward<\/a>\u00a0her family has offered up for any information on Nancy&#8217;s whereabouts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;So please, if you&#8217;re watching, no matter how small, the reward is there,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You can tell us. It can be anonymous. Please do the right thing for us, for our family, for our children. We love our mom, and we&#8217;ll never stop looking for her ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Nancy, 84, was taken from her Tucson, Ariz. home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1. The Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department in collaboration with the FBI launched an investigation, but after months of searching, no suspects were named.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Savannah returned to the\u00a0<em>Today<\/em>\u00a0show in early April after taking an extended leave of absence amid the investigation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Calling the NBC morning show a &#8220;little respite&#8221; in her day, Savannah told Jenna Bush Hager earlier this month that it doesn&#8217;t take away from the pain she&#8217;s enduring in Nancy&#8217;s absence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_43-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-generic\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<p>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_45-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;It\u2019s always with me,&#8221; Savannah said. &#8220;I cry every morning on the way to work, and I cry every morning on the way home. And I\u2019m grateful to have good friends and to be able to come to such a beautiful and joyous and supportive place. Like so many people out there, you can hold all of these things together. I try to tell my kids that too. We can hold our sadness and we can hold our joy. And if you don\u2019t believe it, just watch me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_46-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_47-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><em>The FBI is urging anyone with tips or leads to call 1-800-CALL-FBI in addition to the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Office number, 520-351-4900.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>new report on the case of her mom&#8217;s disappearance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah gave her moving response live on the NBC morning show following a Savannah Guthrie made an emotional plea on the\u00a0Today\u00a0show for help in finding her mother, who was abducted in February New information revealed a second note suggesting Nancy Guthrie may have died, but no suspects have been named Savannah and her family are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}