'Today' show host Savannah Guthrie asks for prayers to help bring her missing mom home

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — “Today” amusement big Savannah Guthrie is asking for prayers to assistance bring location her 84-year-old mother, whom authorities successful Arizona judge was kidnapped, abducted oregon different taken against her will.

“thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a pistillate of heavy conviction, a bully and faithful servant. rise your prayers with america and judge with america that she volition beryllium lifted by them successful this precise moment,” Savannah Guthrie wrote successful a societal media station precocious Monday. “Bring her home.”

It’s imperative that Nancy Guthrie beryllium recovered soon due to the fact that she could dice without her medication, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said, urging whoever has her to escaped her.

“If she’s live close present her meds are vital. I can’t accent that enough. It’s been amended than 24 hours, and the household tells america if she doesn’t person those meds, it tin go fatal,” Nanos said.

For a 2nd time Tuesday, “Today” opened with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, but Savannah Guthrie was not astatine the anchor’s desk. Nanos said during a quality league Monday that Savannah Guthrie is successful Arizona. Savannah Guthrie grew up successful Tucson, graduated from the University of Arizona and antecedently worked arsenic a newsman and anchor astatine KVOA-TV successful Tucson.

Nancy Guthrie was past seen Saturday nighttime astatine her location successful the Tucson area, wherever she lived unsocial and was reported missing Sunday. Someone astatine religion called a household subordinate saying Guthrie wasn’t there, starring household to hunt her location and past telephone 911, Nanos said. The sheriff’s section is investigating the anticipation she was taken overnight, spokesperson Angelica Carrillo said.

Nancy Guthrie has constricted mobility and officials don’t judge she near connected her own. Nanos said she is of dependable mind.

Nanos said investigators took immoderate samples they anticipation volition person capable of a "DNA illustration that gives america immoderate recognition arsenic to what we’re looking at,” KVOA-TV reported.

Searchers utilized drones and hunt dogs and were supported by volunteers and Border Patrol. The homicide squad was besides involved, Nanos said Sunday. The FBI has offered to help, Carrillo said. On Monday morning, Nanos said hunt crews worked hard but person since been pulled back.

“We don’t spot this arsenic a hunt ngo truthful overmuch arsenic it is simply a transgression scene,” the sheriff said.

Even so, a sheriff’s chopper flew implicit the godforsaken Monday day adjacent Nancy Guthrie’s location successful the affluent Catalina Foothills country connected the bluish borderline of Tucson. Her ceramic location has a gravel driveway and a gait covered successful Prickly Pear and Saguaro cactus.

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Billeaud reported from Phoenix.

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