Savannah Guthrie fought through tears on the June 23 episode of “Today” while reacting to the latest news development regarding the disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie. News broke the day prior that Nancy was proclaimed dead in the second note sent to the Guthrie family earlier this year.
Savannah and her siblings received two notes after Nancy’s disappearance. The first demanded $6 million in bitcoin for Nancy’s safe return. The contents of the second note were unknown until now, with multiple news outlets reporting the second message said Nancy died shortly after she was abducted and was buried somewhere in nature.
“I love you guys and I love this place,” Guthrie said surrounded by her “Today” co-anchors. “This is unusual and unprecedented to say the least, to be sitting here. I don’t have any comment on this story, and I’m not involved in our coverage, but I can’t pretend I’m not here. And so since I am, I want to just take the opportunity to ask people, to really to beg people to come forward. Somebody knows something, and this is a new story today that 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. We cannot be at peace.”
Fighting back tears, Guthrie continued: “No matter how much I try to come out here every day and smile and find that joy, and I will, I promise I will, this is a moment to tell you that we need your help. We’re begging for your help, and I’m not going to miss that opportunity. And so please if you’re watching, no matter how small, the reward is there. 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’ll never stop looking for her, ever.”
Savannah and her family are offering a $1 million reward for the return of her mother. Nancy was last seen in her Tucson, Arizona home on Jan. 31. Two days later, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told reporters that he believed Nancy was abducted.
The Guthrie family was sent the second note in February. Shortly after, Savannah posted a video on Instagram sitting next to her siblings and addressed whoever wrote the note by saying: “We received your message and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have our peace. This is very valuable to us.”
