Stay up to date with live coverage of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance as the search for “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother enters its sixth day.
Savannah will be missing the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Mary Carillo will instead be stepping in for Guthrie who had been scheduled to cover. Meanwhile, Craig Melvin is also staying in the US during the Olympics to offer his full support to Savannah and her family as the search for her mom continues.
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On Thursday, police said they believed Nancy was “still out there” and hope to get her home as soon as possible.
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6 hours ago
Car towed from Nancy Guthrie’s home after law enforcement returned Friday
A car was towed away from Nancy Guthrie’s home hours after law enforcement swarmed the residence Friday.
The truck was towing a “dark car” and “headed south,” Fox News reported.
It was flanked by a police escort, a reporter on site added.
The road leading to the house was blocked off entirely earlier Friday afternoon, shortly after the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and FBI confirmed they had obtained a “new message” sent by Nancy’s suspected kidnappers.
It’s unclear why the vehicle was removed.
When asked about the latest development, the PCSD said: “The investigation is ongoing, and detectives and agents are actively continuing their work.”
7 hours ago
Trump says feds have some ‘very strong’ clues in investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s abduction
President Trump suggested Friday that there may some new evidence in the search for Nancy Guthrie that could provide “definitive” answers to what happened to the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.
“I think we are doing very well,” the president said of the federal response to the disappearance of the 84-year-old Arizona resident. “Very well meaning we have some clues that I think are very strong, and I think we could have some answers coming up fairly soon.”
“I’m not talking about a search. I’m talking about a solution,” Trump asserted.
“We have some things I think that will maybe come out reasonably soon from DOJ or FBI or whoever that could be.”
When a reporter aboard Air Force One asked if he meant authorities have identified a suspect, Trump responded, “Yeah. Could be definitive.”
“A lot has taken place in the last couple of hours,” the president further revealed.
9 hours ago
Arizona authorities looking for a car possibly connected to Nancy Guthrie disappearance: report
Authorities in Arizona are looking for a car that may be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, according to a report.
Law enforcement received “a tip regarding a vehicle of interest,” and visited a Circle K store on Oracle Road in Tucson as part of their investigation, a spokesperson for the convenience store chain told NBC News.
“Our team has provided them access to the store’s surveillance video,” the Circle K spokesperson added.
Officials haven’t specified if the vehicle has a known connection to Nancy’s suspected abduction, or if the lead is still relevant.
One of Nancy’s neighbors told The Post on Wednesday that he reported sightings of an unmarked white van loitering on their street a few days before the matriarch vanished.
11 hours ago
Nancy Guthrie investigators probing authenticity of ‘new message’ sent to local Arizona TV station
Federal and local authorities are investigating a “new message” connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie after it was sent to the Tucson-area news outlet that previously received one of the purported ransom letters.
The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a joint statement that they are “actively inspecting the information provided in the message for its authenticity.”
Arizona-based CNN affiliate KOLD 13 News reported that it forwarded the message it received Friday afternoon to law enforcement shortly before the statement was issued.
It’s unclear what details were included in the message.
12 hours ago
Father of Elizabeth Smart on ‘uncertainty’ of kidnapping
The father of former kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart has described the emotional toll her abduction took on him, amid the reported kidnapping of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother Nancy.
“Not knowing is one of the worst things out there,” Ed Smart told CNN, as he gave his perspective on the ongoing search for the 84-year-old.
“Not knowing what Elizabeth was going through, how she was surviving, and all of these questions, of course, apply to Nancy,” he added, as the search for the missing mom and grandmother enters its sixth day.
Elizabeth was 14 when she was kidnapped by Wanda Barzee and her husband, Brian David Mitchell, from her open bedroom window at her Salt Lake City home in 2002.
The teen was sexually assaulted on a near-daily basis before she was rescued nine months later after a good Samaritan spotted her and alerted the police.
On Wednesday, Savannah and her siblings posted an emotional video begging for their mother’s kidnappers to get in touch.
Ed added that he later found out that the video messages made by the family while Elizabeth was being held captive had “given her hope” that she would one day be freed.
“Certainly Elizabeth did get the message, and I think it gave her hope, knowing that we would try to do everything in our power to bring her home,” he said.
14 hours ago
Nancy Guthrie ransom note hoaxer to appear in court
The California man accused of sending a fake Nancy Guthrie ransom note to her family is due to appear in court in Los Angeles on Friday.
Derrick Callella will have his initial appearance at 5 p.m. Eastern at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and US Courthouse in Santa Ana, California.
No pleas will be taken during today’s hearing, which US Magistrate Judge Karen E Scott will preside over.
14 hours ago
‘Helpless’ Hoda Kotb joins ‘Today’ show ‘family’ in emotional segment on Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance: ‘We all want to help’
Hoda Kotb returned to Studio 1A to cover the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie, Friday morning.
One year after leaving her “Today” show post, the 61-year-old opened up to viewers how “helpless” she and her former colleagues feel amid the crisis.
“We’re all so close with her and we all want to help her,” Kotb explained, remembering how Savannah supported her during daughter Hope’s hospitalization in 2023.
Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on Wednesday, January 10, 2025.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images
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14 hours ago
Camera snatched off Nancy Guthrie’s house could have been kidnapper’s ‘test’ to see if cops responded, NBC crime expert says
Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper could have disconnected her doorbell camera as a “test” to see if doing so would alert police, an NBC News law enforcement expert suggested Friday.
“What’s with that 20-minute gap? The camera gets ripped off the doorbell, but then there’s motion seen on the camera outside, you know, 20 minutes later,” NBC National Law Enforcement & Intelligence Correspondent Tom Winter said during Friday’s “Today” show.
He speculated that Nancy’s abductor “took the doorbell camera off and waited to see if police arrived,” citing anonymous law enforcement sources.
The front of Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson, Arizona, home.REUTERS
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15 hours ago
TMZ boss says Nancy Guthrie could still be in the Tucson area radius, ransom note was ‘very specific, well organized’
TMZ founder Harvey Levin believes that Savannah Guthrie’s kidnapped mother could be being held in the “radius” of Tucson as he described the purported ransom email as “very specific” and “well organized.”
Levin said on “Hannity” that Monday’s deadline is “far more consequential” after Thursday’s came and went, with kidnappers demanding the family shell out millions in bitcoin for NBC “Today” anchor’s 84-year-old mother safe return.
“The letter begins by saying she is safe, but scared, and they go on to say she knows exactly what the demand is,” he told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday.
Savannah Guthrie with her mom, Nancy, and sister Annie.savannahguthrie/Instagram
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15 hours ago
30 Rock, ‘Today’ ramp up security in wake of Nancy Guthrie kidnapping
Security has been ramped up at 30 Rockefeller Plaza after the alleged abduction of Savannah Guthrie’s mother. Law enforcement sources reported an increased NYPD presence and private security. The “Today” show hosts are reportedly rattled. Authorities are verifying a ransom note after a bitcoin deadline expired.
Savannah Guthrie and her mom Nancy in an undated photo.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images
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16 hours ago
AG Bondi: ‘It breaks my heart for Savannah’
Attorney General Pam Bondi has said Nancy’s disappearance is “breaking her heart,” as she gave an emotional response to a question about the case during a Friday morning press conference.
“It breaks my heart for Savannah and for her family. I know she’s asked for all of our prayers. So please pray for her. Pray for her beautiful mom. Pray for her family that she’s returned home. That’s all we can say about that at this time,” Bondi said during her morning briefing at the Department of Justice.
“I’ve known Savannah for over 30 years and it’s breaking my heart,” she said, before adding that federal authorities were working alongside local law enforcement in Arizona.
“We’re doing everything to assist the locals. We’re working with the locals,” she said during the news conference, which was held to announce the arrest of a key suspect in the 2012 attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke out on Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.AP
16 hours ago
Ashleigh Banfield doubles down on ‘reckless’ claim that Savannah Guthrie’s brother-in-law ‘may be prime suspect’
Ashleigh Banfield is standing by her claim that Savannah Guthrie’s brother-in-law “may be the prime suspect” in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie — even after the local Arizona sheriff on the case said there are zero suspects, calling the reporting “reckless.”
Banfield told the Status newsletter on Thursday that she is sticking to her reporting, which cited just one unnamed law enforcement source and aired on her podcast, despite repeated public denials from Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.
“We don’t have anybody here listed as a suspect,” Nanos said at a press conference Thursday, stressing that investigators also have no persons of interest.
Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.Facebook/Savanah Guthrie
