Savannah Guthrie’s Sister Was the Last Person to See Missing Mom (External)
Savannah Guthriesister, Annie Guthriewas the last person to see their mother, Nancy Guthriebefore she was reported missing in Arizona, Us Weekly can confirm.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos only he was spoken to Us on Monday, February 2, revealing what police know about what happened in the hours before her disappearance.
“We have a starting point,” Nanos said. “The family took him home for dinner around 9:30 to 9:45 [p.m.]” on Saturday, January 31.
“So we’re going to hold that up until maybe 9 or 8:30 p.m. to start looking.”
Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie, Annie Guthrie.
Courtesy of Savannah Guthrie/InstagramNanos confirmed that Annie, Savannah’s older sister, was the last person to see Nancy, 84, before she was reported missing. (Nancy shares daughters Annie and Savannah, 54, and a son Cameron Guthrie and late husband Charles Guthriewho died after a heart attack at the age of 49.)
The sheriff noted that Annie did not raise any “red flags” about her mother’s behavior during their last interview.
A search is underway to find the mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, Nancy Guthrie, who has been reported missing. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the news on Sunday, February 1, sharing a missing person’s report with X. Nancy has been described as a “vulnerable elderly person” who was last seen at her “home” in Arizona. […]
According to Nanos, Nancy’s family members “were not informed about her [missing] until 11 a.m.,” the next day, while police were not called until 12:15 p.m. Sunday, February 1. As a result, officials are investigating the schedule “anywhere from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. [a.m.]” as a window to where Nancy is missing.
“This is an 84-year-old woman who is safe in her home sleeping, and she is being taken. That should never happen,” said Nanos. Usnoting that Savannah “expressed no concern” for her mother’s health prior to her disappearance.
Savannah Guthrie, Nancy Guthrie, Annie Guthrie.
Courtesy of Savannah Guthrie/InstagramNews broke Sunday that Nancy was missing after officials received a 911 call early in the morning from a concerned family member.
“This is very troubling to us. We don’t usually take an officer out of the scene of an incident like this. But it’s about what we learn from the house,” said Sheriff Nanos at a press conference on Sunday about the case. “So we’ll continue. The detective homicide team is out right now heading to the scene.”
He explained, “We’ve done everything we can,” adding that Nancy “is not in good physical health, so naturally that’s a big concern.”
Afterward, Nanos added in a press conference that Nancy “doesn’t have any mental problems at all.”
Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors can’t believe their longtime friend has disappeared without a trace. “Nancy is a neighbor and a friend that we love and we’re all worried about her,” a neighbor close to Guthrie, 84, shared exclusively with Us Weekly on Monday, February 2. “We live on the same street. [We are] in complete shock again […]
“She’s very awake, she has a clear mind,” he said, but pointed out that Nancy is “not well” physically. “I hope we find him safe and sound, but we can’t ignore what’s ahead of us.”
Nanos confirmed that law enforcement is “not stopping” foul play and has officially opened a criminal investigation into Nancy’s disappearance.
In a second press conference, authorities revealed that because of the crime scene – Nancy’s home in Tucson, Arizona – they believe she “didn’t go alone.”
Police added that they do not consider Nancy’s case to be a “search operation” as a crime.
Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, made a rare appearance on the Today show two months before she went missing. In November 2025, Nancy, 84, shared what makes the city of Tucson, Arizona, so meaningful to her. In the episode, Savannah, 54, returns to her beloved hometown to find out […]
On Monday, Savannah was noticeably absent from the Today show – he is currently in Arizona with his loved ones during the search for his mother. In his absence, others present issued a statement on behalf of him and his family.
“We want to better understand the personal story that is deeply personal to us,” coanchor Craig Melvin said during the broadcast. “Nancy Guthrie, Savannah’s beloved mother, has been reported missing in Arizona.”
He and him Sheinelle Jones then read Savannah’s statement: “On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers, and messages of support.” Right now, we are focused on the safe return of our dear mother.
Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie.
Courtesy of Savannah Guthrie/InstagramJenna Bush Hager he also discussed the disappearance of Savannah’s mother Today With Jenna & Sheinelle On Monday. He revealed that Nancy is “taking daily medication” that she needs “to survive,” adding to the urgency they hope she is found in.
Sheriff Nanos said Us On Tuesday after speaking with authorities Nancy’s medical team “knows the medicine she needs and not taking her medicine … it can be fatal. After 24 hours, time is of the essence here.”
Meanwhile, Bush Hager, 44, told his viewers on Monday, “We are thinking of Savannah, who we love, and her entire family right now. Obviously, our prayers go out to Savannah.”
Authorities are releasing more information about how Today supporter Savannah Guthrie and her family found matriarch Nancy Guthrie missing. In a Monday, February 2, press conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos shared that the 84-year-old man’s disappearance was the first to be reported in one day. Nanos said that a friend from Nancy’s church noticed that she was not there […]
As the investigation continued, one of Nancy’s neighbors spoke to her Us about what happened in their community since the police started investigating the case.
“There were a lot of black vans with black windows,” Morgan Brownwho lives “a quarter of a mile up the road” from Nancy, was specifically told Us On Monday. “There were a lot of police cars there at first, then vans, so I thought maybe they encountered something.”
Brown recalled that the police had a helicopter “over there looking for him” on Sunday, noting that “there are no roads in our area. [they] he thought he went to the desert or something, but he’s walking with a cane, so I don’t think why he would do that.”
Brown noted that authorities have asked anyone with Ring cameras to look at their footage “to see if anything unusual is coming up.” He added that they “hadn’t heard that they were getting anything” from their videos, and neither had he.
