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The disappearance of the 84-year-old parent of “Today” amusement big Savannah Guthrie implicit the play is being investigated arsenic a transgression based connected what authorities saw astatine her home, an Arizona sheriff said Monday.
Asked to explicate wherefore investigators judge the Tucson-area location is simply a transgression scene, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Nancy Guthrie has constricted mobility and said determination were different things indicating she did not permission connected her own, but helium declined to further elaborate.
“I request this assemblage to measurement up and commencement giving america immoderate calls,” Nanos said during a quality conference.
The sheriff said Guthrie, who lived alone, was of dependable mind.
“This is not dementia related. She’s arsenic crisp arsenic a tack. The household wants everyone to cognize that this isn’t idiosyncratic who conscionable wandered off,” Nanos said, adding that she needs her regular medication.
Guthrie was past seen astir 9:30 p.m. Saturday astatine her location successful the Tucson country and her household reported her missing astir noon Sunday, the sheriff said.
Nanos said a household subordinate received a telephone from idiosyncratic astatine religion saying Guthrie wasn’t there, starring household to hunt for her astatine her location and past calling 911.
Searchers were utilizing drones and hunt dogs to look for her, Nanos said. Search and rescue teams were supported by volunteers and Border Patrol and the homicide squad was besides involved, helium said. It is not modular for the homicide squad to get progressive successful specified cases, Nanos said.
“This 1 stood retired due to the fact that of what was described to america astatine the country and what we located conscionable looking astatine the scene,” Nanos said Sunday. He was not ruling retired foul play.
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 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. Savannah Guthrie issued a connection connected Monday, NBC’s “Today” amusement reported.
“On behalf of our family, I privation to convey everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support,” she said. “Right now, our absorption remains connected the harmless instrumentality of our beloved Nancy.”
“Today” opened Monday’s amusement with the disappearance of the co-anchor’s mother, but Savannah Guthrie was not astatine the anchor’s desk. Nanos said during the Monday quality league 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 appeared successful a November 2025 communicative her girl did astir her hometown. Over a meal, Savannah Guthrie asked her parent what made the household privation to works roots successful Tucson successful the 1970s.
“It’s truthful wonderful. Just the air, the prime of life,” Nancy Guthrie said. “It’s laid backmost and gentle.”
She said she likes to spot the javelinas, pig-like godforsaken mammals, devour her plants.
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