Savannah Guthrie Speaks Out on Note Saying Mom Nancy Guthrie Is Dead

Savannah Guthrie Speaks Out on Note Saying Mom Nancy Guthrie Is Dead

Savannah Guthrie is learning to cope with life without Nancy Guthrie.

Just hours after news broke that media outlets had received a note claiming her missing mom was dead, the Today co-anchor spoke out about the revelation.

“I love you guys and I love this place,” she told her cohosts during the June 23 episode of Today, while growing emotional. “This is unusual and unprecedented to say the least to be sitting here. But 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 wanted to take the opportunity to ask people to, to beg people to come forward, somebody knows something.”

“And this a new story today that’s on your radar,” she added. “But this is the life that my sister lives, I live, that my brother lives, that our extended family lives, that our children live every day and we are in agony. And we cannot be at peace. No matter how much I try to come out here every day and smile and find that joy, I will. I promise I will. This is the moment to tell you that we need your help. We’re begging for your help…We love our mom and we’ll never stop looking for her, ever.”

Nancy was first reported missing on Feb. 1, with police believing she was taken from her Tucson, Ariz., home.

On June 22, NBC News reported that a second note was sent to their Arizona affiliate KOLD indicating that Nancy had died amid her disappearance. While the first letter said she was safe and requested ransom for her release, the second did not contain an apology or ask for money, according to the outlet.

Authorities in the case have examined both letters and say they are potentially credible, NBC News reported.

Savannah had addressed her mom’s possible captors in the past, sharing in a Feb. 7 Instagram video alongside siblings Camron Guthrie and Annie Guthrie, "We beg you now to return our mother to us so we can celebrate with her.”

"This is the only way we can have peace,” she tearfully continued. “This is very valuable to us and we will pay."

However, the family eventually acknowledged that their mother “may already be gone” and adjusted their plea.

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“She may have already gone home to the Lord that she loves,” Savannah said in a Feb. 24 Instagram video. “If this is what is to be, then we will accept it, but we need to know where she is. We need her to come home for that reason.”

At the time, the journalist noted that her family was also offering a $1 million reward for “any information that leads us to her recovery.”

“Let this be your sign to please come forward, tell what you know, and help us bring our beloved mom home,” she continued, “so that we can either celebrate a glorious, miraculous homecoming or celebrate the beautiful, brave and courageous and noble life that she has lived.”

Amid the investigation into Nancy’s disappearance, authorities released surveillance footage of a masked individual, who they cited as a “suspect,” approaching her home shortly before she was reported missing. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos also confirmed that homicide detectives were called to the octogenarian's house as part of the investigation, noting that it “was done simply because of what the surveyors were telling us.”

"I hope we find her safe and sound," the sheriff said in a February press conference, "but we cannot ignore what's in front of us."

Read on for a deeper dive into the investigation surrounding Nancy’s disappearance.

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