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.
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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Savannah Guthrie leans on her faith as desperate search for mother continues
As Nancy Guthrie’s abduction nightmare drags into a seventh day, “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie is desperately praying for her missing 84-year-old mother’s safe return — turning to her greatest source of hope and strength: the Bible.
“On Sundays, we’d spend all day at Casas Adobes Baptist Church for Sunday school, morning service, choir practice and night service,” Savannah told Guideposts, a non-denominational Christian magazine, in 2016.
“Faith was so woven into our daily lives, we liked to say that God was the sixth member of our family.”
Her mother, who was taken from her Tucson, Ariz. home on Jan. 31, was a no-nonsense single mom to Savannah and her two older siblings, Camron and Annie, after husband Charles suffered a fatal heart attack in 1988.
But one day, Nancy surprised her with a spontaneously kooky quest — and it’s become one of Savannah’s favorite memories.
“I was with her as she drove around doing errands,” said Savannah. “There was a rare desert rainstorm and afterward, a gorgeous rainbow arced across the sky.
“‘Is there really a pot of gold at the end of it?’ I asked. She replied, ‘I don’t know. Let’s find out!’ With me giving instructions, we drove around laughing and chasing the elusive end of the rainbow until the last wisp of color faded.”
In a poignant Feb. 2 Instagram post while praying for her mother, Savannah highlighted Isaiah 26:3 as the Biblical verse she has clung to for comfort in the midst of the family’s kidnapping horror.
“He will keep in perfect peace those whose hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”
Search for Nancy Guthrie enters 7th day as police investigate new message’s ‘authenticity’
The search for Nancy Guthrie has entered its seventh day as officials investigate the “authenticity” of a second message believed to be from the 84-year-old’s captors.
“The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department are aware of a new message regarding Nancy Guthrie. Investigators are actively inspecting the information provided in the message for its authenticity,” officials wrote on social media.
