- Savannah Guthrie gave her first interview since her 84-year-old mother Nancy disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona home on the night of January 31, nearly two months ago.
- Speaking to former Today co-host Hoda Kotb, a visibly emotional Guthrie described her family as being “in agony” and made a direct plea for whoever has information to come forward.
- The Guthrie family is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to Nancy’s recovery, with the FBI separately offering an additional $100,000.
Nearly two months of silence. Then, on Wednesday morning, Savannah Guthrie sat down with Hoda Kotb and said the words her family has been living with every single day since January 31. Her mother, Nancy Guthrie, 84, is still missing. And nobody has come forward. Here is everything we know from the most emotional television moment of 2026 so far.
“I Wake Up Every Night Imagining Her Terror”
There was no careful media strategy here. No polished statement. Just a daughter in pain.
“We are in agony. We are in agony,” an emotional Guthrie told Kotb. “It is unbearable, and to think of what she went through, I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night, and in the darkness, I imagine her terror, and it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought.”
Both Guthrie and Kotb were visibly crying during the portion of the interview that aired Wednesday morning. The full interview will broadcast in two parts across Thursday and Friday on Today, making it one of the most anticipated television moments in recent memory.
Guthrie’s last appearance on the show before all of this was January 30, just two days before Nancy was reported missing to police. She has been on leave ever since.
What Happened to Nancy Guthrie
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing by her family on February 1 from her home near Tucson, Arizona, after she failed to attend a virtual church service at a friend’s house. She was last seen the night before, around 9:45 p.m., after having dinner at her daughter Annie Guthrie’s home.
What makes this case deeply unsettling is what the security footage captured.
Authorities released video of a person they have described as a suspect, showing a masked, armed figure appearing to tamper with a security camera on Guthrie’s Tucson-area home. The FBI has said it is looking for a male who is 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, with an average build.
Despite a $1 million family reward and a separate $100,000 FBI reward, there has been little movement in the investigation. Eight weeks in, and the case remains open with no named suspects or persons of interest.
A Family Reaching Out to an Entire Community
Guthrie didn’t just grieve on camera. She made a direct appeal.
The Guthrie family released a statement urging residents of southern Arizona to review doorbell camera footage, journal notes, and text messages from around January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11. They believe the answers exist somewhere in that community, with someone who has not yet spoken up.
“Someone needs to do the right thing,” Savannah said in the clip. “I will not hide my face, but she needs to come home now.”
Kotb said of her former co-host: “There is a desperation and a steeliness about Savannah. She hopes that somebody, whoever that person is, will say something.”
Where Things Stand Now
Earlier this month, Guthrie made an emotional visit back to the Today studio at Rockefeller Center to express gratitude to her colleagues. “I wanted you to know that I’m still standing, and I still have hope, and I’m still me,” she told the staff. “And I don’t know what version of me that will be, but it will be.”
She has been a co-host of NBC’s morning show since 2012 and is expected to return at some point, although no return date has been set as she continues to spend time with her family.
For now, every day without answers is another night of imagining the unimaginable. Anyone with information is urged to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.
