{"id":10779,"date":"2026-02-27T17:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/?p=10779"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:15:10","slug":"today-show-hosts-mother-missing-in-arizona-as-homicide-detectives-join-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/?p=10779","title":{"rendered":"Today Show Host\u2019s Mother Missing In Arizona As Homicide Detectives Join Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The mother of <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Savannah Guthrie<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0has been reported missing in Arizona under what authorities described as \u201cconcerning circumstances.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen around 9:30 p.m. Saturday at her home in Catalina Foothills, a community north of Tucson, according to the\u00a0<strong>Pima County\u00a0Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/strong>, per the\u00a0<em><strong>New York Post<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2262684\" src=\"https:\/\/updatednewspost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/remix-2262662-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>Officials said Guthrie is \u201cnot in good physical health\u201d and was classified as a \u201cvulnerable adult.\u201d A relative placed a 911 call around noon Sunday to report her missing, Sheriff\u00a0<strong>Chris Nanos<\/strong>\u00a0said during a press conference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2018195264343818403&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fupdatednewspost.com%2Ftoday-show-hosts-mother-missing-in-arizona-as-homicide-detectives-join-search%2F&amp;sessionId=f7a7413836b574e0fc7de3f684ee73798ddc8e5b&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2018195264343818403\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Authorities later confirmed that Nancy Guthrie is the mother of Savannah Guthrie, who has served as a co-anchor of NBC\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Today<\/strong>\u00a0since 2012, according to\u00a0<em><strong>ABC15 Arizona<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The case is being treated as a large-scale search and rescue mission. Homicide detectives were also seen processing the elderly woman\u2019s home \u2014 a step officials said is not standard protocol in typical missing-person cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve pretty much thrown everything at this that we can,\u201d Nanos said, referring to the extensive resources and personnel involved in the search.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t need to tell you, this is very concerning to us; we don\u2019t typically get the sheriff out on a scene like this but it is very concerning,\u201d Nanos said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local authorities say Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie's mother is missing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sv4VqF55VSQ?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The sheriff said authorities have \u201cgrave concern\u201d for her well-being. While Guthrie was not known to suffer from conditions such as dementia or Alzheimer\u2019s and was considered to be of \u201csound mind,\u201d officials said they were worried about her exposure to the cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe does have some physical ailments that limit her mobility,\u201d Sheriff Chris Nanos said.<\/p>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie has not publicly commented on her mother\u2019s disappearance, according to the\u00a0<em>New York Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mother of Savannah Guthrie\u00a0has been reported missing in Arizona under what authorities described as \u201cconcerning circumstances.\u201d Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen around 9:30 p.m. Saturday at her home &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10781,"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10779\/revisions\/10781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}