Savannah Guthrie revealed how he leans on his faith during the ongoing search for his mother, Nancy Guthrie.
“My faith is strong and strong,” said Savannah, 54, during an interview with Hoda Kotb Thursday, March 26, episode of the Today show. “But I soon felt – and I felt in one of the very few times in my life – I felt God speaking to me.”
Savannah elaborated on the emotional moment, adding, “As I was saying to myself, ‘I can handle anything, God. I can handle anything, I just can’t handle not knowing. I have to know.’ I heard a voice say, ‘You know where he is – he’s with me.’
He concluded: “Therefore, whether you are still on this earth or in heaven, I know where you are, I know who you are with, but we need to know.”
Nancy, 84, was reported missing in Arizona on February 1. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos later he noted that “there were circumstances” found in Nancy’s home.
“She’s awake, she’s in her right mind,” he told reporters, adding that Nancy is “not well” physically. “I hope we find him safe and sound, but we can’t ignore what’s ahead of us.”
Savannah, on the other hand, was absent from Today during her mother’s disappearance. As the search for Nancy reaches 50 days, Savannah and her siblings, Annie and Cameron, shared a statement pleading for her safe return.
“We are so grateful for the outpouring of neighbors, friends and the people of Tucson. We are all family now,” the family said on Saturday, March 21. “We continue to believe that the people of Tucson, and the greater community of Southern Arizona, hold the key to finding a solution to this case. Someone knows.”
They noted that someone in the community may “have information that I don’t even know is important.” They asked the public to “search their memories” for any details that stood out.
“We are asking the community to reconsider our mother’s case – please look at the camera footage, journal notes, text messages, comments or conversations that may be relevant in retrospect,” their statement continued. “No detail is too small. It could be the key.”
The statement continued: “We cannot be sad, we are sad and we wonder, we are only focused on finding him and bringing him home.”
Today viewers gather around Savannah Guthrie and her family. News broke on Sunday, February 1, that Savannah’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, had gone missing in Arizona. The next morning, Savannah was not on the Today show but released a statement on behalf of her family. “On behalf of our family, I would like to thank everyone […]
Savannah’s family has been vocal about their hope that someone knows where Nancy is. In February, they announced that the reward for Nancy’s return had been increased to $1 million.
“He may have already gone home to the Lord he loves and is dancing in heaven with his mother and father and his beloved brother, Pierce, and our father. If this is to be, we will accept it,” said Savannah at the time. “But we need to know where he is. We need him to come home.”
In her Today tell-all, Savannah became emotional about what caused Nancy’s disappearance, breaking down in tears as she suspected her fame might be to blame.
“I said [to my brother]’You think that [it was] because of me?’ And he said, ‘I’m sorry, honey, but yes, maybe,'” he said, “But I knew that. I hope not. I mean we still don’t know. In fact, we don’t know anything. So, I don’t know if it’s because she’s my mother and someone thought, ‘Oh, that girl, that lady has money, we can make a quick buck.’ That would make sense, but we don’t know.”
