The search for Nancy Guthrie continues.
As authorities continue to investigate the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed they found DNA evidence at Nancy’s home, which has been declared a crime scene.
“We took some samples that we hope will have enough of a DNA profile,” he told NBC News in a report shared on Today Feb. 3, “that will give us some identification as to what we’re looking at.”
Nancy—who is also mom to kids Annie Guthrie and Camron Guthrie, in addition to Savannah—was last seen by family members around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31. A concerned friend called Nancy’s family, per Today, after the 84-year-old didn’t show up for the church service the next morning. After her children searched Nancy’s property for around an hour, they called authorities and reported her missing around noon on Sunday.
In the time since, Sheriff Nanos has expressed police’s concerns that the octogenarian—who he affirmed is not cognitively impaired—was likely abducted, as Nancy’s physical health would have prevented her from leaving on her own.
“We know she didn’t just walk out of there, that we know,” he said during a Feb. 2 press conference, adding, “There are other things at the site, at the scene, that indicate there was a—she did not leave on her own.”
The sheriff also stressed that Nancy requires daily medication, of which she is currently without, that could prove “fatal” if she is unable to be found in a timely manner.
As for what Nancy’s disappearance means for the community at large, he noted there hasn’t been “any indication that the public is in danger,” confirming he doesn’t think there is an “active threat.”
He also confirmed that authorities have kept in contact with Savannah, who has been absent from Today since Nancy’s disappearance, and her security team.
And in response to whether the Today anchor has had any threats made against her, while the sheriff didn’t speculate, he noted, “We’re not going to dismiss any angles for sure.”
In the meantime, while authorities do all they can to locate Nancy, Savannah shared a request of the public.
“Please pray,” read a message the 54-year-old shared on Instagram Feb. 2, adding in her caption, “thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant.”
“raise your prayers with us,” Savannah continued, “and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment. we need you. bring her home.”
For more on Savannah’s close familial bonds, read on.
Father Charles Guthrie
Savannah Guthrie was born in Melbourne, Australia, the youngest of three siblings, while dad Charles Guthrie was transferred for work, after which the family moved to Tucson, Ariz., when she was 2.
The Today anchor was 16 when Charles died of a heart attack in 1988. She has paid tribute to him frequently over the years, including in 2014 when she was expecting her first baby with husband Mike Feldman.
“My father was a seemingly unlikely mix of qualities: always strong, sometimes terrifying, loyal to the end, and disarmingly gentle and tender when it counted,” Savannah wrote on Today.com. “He was also tall, affectionate and funny; he had that personality that people describe as “lighting up the room.”
She expressed hope that, in addition to getting Mike’s “quick wit, his peaceful disposition, his kindness,” their child would also inherit her late father’s integrity and moral clarity.
Mother Nancy Guthrie
Through law school at Georgetown and moving to Washington, D.C., and then New York for work, Savannah has maintained a close relationship with mom Nancy, who’s lived in Arizona for 50-plus years.
“My mom is an amazing and noble woman,” Savannah told Today.com in 2012, when Nancy turned 70. “She inspires everyone who knows her. She is whip smart, funny, full of integrity and wisdom. She also has the best sense of adventure. She’s always up for something fun.”
In 2015, Savannah brought Nancy to Australia to see the room at Sandringham Hospital where the veteran NBC News journalist was born and their family’s house in the suburb of Beaumaris.
“I never thought I’d see Australia again,” Nancy said in a Today segment chronicling their journey. She later summed the trip up as “wonderful.”
“I can’t even believe that we were able to do this in three days,” Nancy said, with Savannah agreeing, “We packed a lot in.”
Savannah also relished seeing her kids with their grandma, telling co-anchor Hoda Kotb on Today in 2018, “I feel like watching my mom now with my kids is so profound. Because I’m seeing the mom that she must have been with me, just the everyday joys.”
She noted that Nancy was “so good at playing with them. I appreciate her even more than I thought possible because I see her spunkiness and her quirks.”
When Nancy turned 80 in 2022, Savannah paid tribute to her “daring and adventurous” mom on air, explaining, “She has met unthinkable challenges in her life with grit, without self-pity, with determination, and always, always with unshakeable faith. She loves us, her family, fiercely, and her selflessness and sacrifice for us, her steadfastness and her unmovable confidence is the reason any of us grew up to do anything.”
Savannah Guthrie/InstagramOn Feb. 1, 2026, Nancy was reported missing after last being seen at her Tucson home the night before.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said during a news conference that they were treating the 84-year-old’s residence as a crime scene, and that, while Nancy didn’t have cognitive problems, she was “not in good physical health.”
Absent from Today Feb. 2, Savannah said in a statement, “On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support. Right now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear Nancy.”
“We thank law enforcement for their hard work on this case,” she continued, “and encourage anyone with information to contact the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.”
Savannah Guthrie/InstagramBrother Camron Guthrie
Savannah’s older brother Camron, a retired military pilot, leads a private life, but he made it into his famous sibling’s 50th birthday Instagram photos in 2021.
“My husband who treats me like a treasure,” Savannah wrote in a Dec. 27 post, “my darling angel babies… and the three who were there with me at the beginning…on this day 50 years ago today. Mom, Cam, Annie.”
MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesSister Annie Guthrie
Savannah is super-close to Annie, who has made a number of appearances on Today since her little sis started co-anchoring the show in 2012.
“Annie’s like the blood going through my veins,” Savannah said during a 2017 segment on her and Hoda’s special bond with their siblings. “She’s always been there, all my life.”
Annie said they were “like the sun and the moon.”
“Her sorrows are my sorrows,” Annie explained, “and her successes are my successes.”
And while Savannah described herself as “loud and a fast talker,” she called Annie “thoughtful and reflective.”
Rob Kim/Getty Images for Project Healthy MindsHusband Michael Feldman
Following her 2009 divorce from first husband Mark Orchard after four years of marriage, Savannah found love again with communications consultant Michael Feldman.
They tied the knot in Tucson on March 15, 2014. Two days later, Savannah shared that she was pregnant with their first child together, though their guests got the scoop during the wedding festivities that weekend.
“I feel great, and actually I’m so happy to tell the world,” she said upon her March 17 return to Today. “Because I can’t suck in this gut any more.”
Savannah Guthrie/InstagramDaughter Vale Guthrie Feldman
Savannah and Mike welcomed daughter Vale on Aug. 13, 2014.
The Today anchor shared that the baby had “blue eyes, a little bit of blondish hair and the chubbiest cheeks you’ve ever seen.”
While she was pregnant, Savannah wrote on her blog that she and her husband were drawn to less common baby names, calling them “an ever-ready conversation piece.”
Savannah Guthrie/InstagramSon Charles Max Feldman
Interest in unusual monikers aside, Savannah and Mike’s son, born Dec. 8, 2016, is named after her late father.
“He’s happy and Vale loves him, which was a big relief,” the mom of two said in a video shown on Today a couple days after Charles arrived.
Detailing her fertility struggles in her quest to have a second child, Savannah has called her son, nicknamed Charley, a “medical miracle.”
Discussing her approach to parenting on Today in 2018, Savannah said, “I think the best thing I can do for Vale and Charley is to try to be a better person so that I can just show that person. You know, when you’re home, there’s nowhere to hide. You just are who you are. So you better get it straight and spend that time looking inward and doing your best.”
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