Arizona officials say they ‘don’t know where’ Savannah Guthrie’s mother is, three days after disappearance | Arizona

Authorities in Arizona said Tuesday afternoon they are no closer to finding the missing mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, three days after she disappeared from her Tucson home, which detectives deemed a “crime scene.”

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen Saturday night and is believed to have been abducted against her will, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said. Media reports on Tuesday said blood was found in the home and there were signs of forced entry.

At a press conference in Tucson on Tuesday afternoon, Nanos declined to disclose the evidence his department and the FBI have but emphasized that “a lot of detective work has been done.”

“We don’t know where he is,” he said. “Like any investigation, we start from the point where we last saw him and work – and work as far as we can go.

“There are concerns at home that have concerned us since the beginning of this investigation. That’s all I can tell you.”

The search, which at one point included a police helicopter, drones, dogs and teams of volunteers, had already ended with investigators focusing on the family’s residence in the Catalina Range area north of Tucson, Nanos said.

Authorities said it turned out that she was abducted during the night, probably while she was sleeping. He was reported missing on Sunday when a churchgoer called his family to say he was not there as expected, and a search of the house by relatives found no trace of him.

In his briefing on Monday, Nanos said forensic analysts had finished their work on the property and returned it to the Guthrie family.

“I’m not saying there was blood inside or outside that house,” he said. “What I mean is, our team processed a scene like you would think of any crime scene. We go in and we process it. We look for things like that; blood, DNA, any physical evidence, fingerprints, anything, and all of that is collected and sent to a lab.”

At Monday’s briefing, Nanos said Guthrie was lucid. “This is not about dementia,” he said. “He’s very smart. The family wants everyone to know that this isn’t someone who just walks away.”

But he has mobility issues and needs daily medications. “If he’s alive right now, his medications are vital; I can’t stress that enough,” Nanos said. “It was better than 24 hours and the family told us that if he didn’t take these medications it could be fatal.”

The sheriff’s office has set up a tip line and is online request for evidence. The LA Times also reported that authorities were offering a $2,500 reward for “images, videos or information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved in her disappearance.”

Nanos said his detectives plan to review home video footage as well as neighborhood cameras, but they’re still waiting to see most of it.

“It’s a process,” Nanos said. “We’re grateful that there are big companies and companies that are bending over and bending over their shoulders to help us say, ‘Hey sheriff, tell us what you need.’ So yeah, I can’t criticize them, and we asked them, they know the urgency here, but I’m like you, ‘What do you mean we don’t know about this now?’ Yes, it is difficult.”

When asked if there was a ransom demand, Nanos said: “We are following all the leads we have. That’s all I can tell you.”

Savannah Guthrie, who has co-hosted NBC’s Today show since 2012, is in Arizona after canceling plans to travel to Milan, Italy, to watch Friday’s Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Page Six reported.

The 54-year-old presenter was not on the Today show for a second day on Tuesday. He released a religion-themed statement on Monday to Instagram Asking for continued prayers.

“We believe in prayer,” he wrote. “We believe in voices rising in unity, in love, in hope. We believe in goodness. We believe in humanity. Above all, we believe in Him.”

“Thank you for lifting up your prayers with us for our dear mother, our dear Nancy, a woman of deep faith, a good and faithful servant. Praise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted up by them now. We need you.”

Savannah Guthrie grew up in Tucson and has spoken of forming a close bond with her mother, especially after the death of her father, Charles, when she was 16. He graduated from the University of Arizona and previously worked as a reporter and anchor at KVOA-TV in his hometown.

In November 2025, Nancy Guthrie appeared in a story by her daughter. During dinner, Savannah Guthrie asked her mother what made the family want to put down roots in Tucson in the 1970s.

“It’s so wonderful. Just the weather and the quality of life,” Nancy Guthrie said. “Comfortable and gentle.”

Associated Press contributed reporting