Four months into the search for her mother, Savannah Guthrie posted a fresh plea on social media over the weekend, keeping public pressure on a case that has haunted the Today show anchor since March.
The NBC anchor shared an Instagram story Sunday featuring a religious image paired with the words "Oh my, my soul it cries out, soul, it cries out," followed by a caption reading "Bring her home" with a yellow heart. The post comes 127 days after Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her home near Tucson, Arizona, in what authorities believe was an abduction.
Guthrie has transformed her national platform into a tool for finding her mother, using the Today show and social media to keep the case in the public eye. Her family is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to Nancy's location, while the FBI has posted a separate $100,000 reward and is searching for a suspect described as approximately 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall with an average build. No arrests have been made.
Evidence collected from the scene includes blood drops found on Nancy's porch and a glove recovered two miles from the home. Investigators initially thought the glove might match one worn by a man caught on surveillance footage the night of the disappearance, but it was later determined to belong to a restaurant worker and deemed unrelated to the case.
In a tearful March appearance with co-host Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie described the psychological toll of uncertainty. "Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable," she said, her voice breaking. She spoke of waking multiple times each night, plagued by thoughts of what her mother endured. "I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night. And in the darkness, I imagine her terror."
Despite her distress, Guthrie made the difficult decision to return to work in April. "I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I'll belong any more, but I would like to try," she had told Kotb. When she came back to the studio, she was met with an outpouring of support from fans gathered outside NBC's Rockefeller Plaza location. "You guys have been so beautiful," she told them. "I've received so many letters, so much kindness to me and my whole family. We feel it. We feel your prayers."
Author James Rodriguez: "Guthrie's refusal to let her mother's case fade from public memory, even as the emotional weight clearly bears down on her, is exactly what keeps missing persons in the spotlight when they need it most."
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