Arizona police suspect crime in disappearance of At the moment present host’s mom

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The disappearance of the 84-year-old mom of NBC's At the moment present host Savannah Guthrie over the weekend is being investigated as against the law primarily based on what authorities noticed at her dwelling, an Arizona sheriff mentioned Monday.

Requested to clarify why investigators consider the Tucson-area house is against the law scene, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos mentioned Nancy Guthrie has restricted mobility and mentioned there have been different issues indicating she didn't depart on her personal, however he declined to elaborate.

"I would like this group to step up and begin giving us some calls," Nanos mentioned throughout a information convention.

The sheriff mentioned Guthrie, who lived alone, was of sound thoughts.

"This isn't dementia associated. She's as sharp as a tack. The household desires everybody to know that this is not somebody who simply wandered off," Nanos mentioned, including that Guthrie wants her each day medicine.

Reported lacking on Sunday Guthrie was final seen round 9:30 p.m. native time Saturday at her dwelling within the Tucson space and her household reported her lacking round midday Sunday, the sheriff mentioned.

Nanos mentioned a member of the family acquired a name from somebody at church saying Guthrie wasn't there, main household to seek for her at her dwelling, then name 911.

"From what the household's instructed us and all the things we have realized, she couldn't stroll out of that dwelling 50 yards. We consider she was taken out of the house in opposition to her will, and that is how this investigation is shifting," the sheriff instructed NBC's Tom Llamas.

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Search and rescue groups have been supported by volunteers and Border Patrol and the murder staff was additionally concerned, he mentioned, including that it isn't normal for the murder staff to become involved in such circumstances.

"This one stood out due to what was described to us on the scene and what we situated simply wanting on the scene," Nanos mentioned Sunday.

He famous that police weren't ruling out foul play.

Household grateful for help On Monday morning, Nanos mentioned search crews labored onerous however have since been pulled again.

"We do not see this as a search mission a lot as it's a crime scene," the sheriff mentioned.

Even so, a sheriff's helicopter flew over the desert Monday afternoon close to Guthrie's dwelling within the prosperous Catalina Foothills space on the northern fringe of Tucson. Her brick dwelling has a gravel driveway and a yard lined in Prickly Pear and Saguaro cactus.

Savannah Guthrie issued an announcement on Monday.

"On behalf of our household, I wish to thank everybody for the ideas, prayers and messages of help," the assertion mentioned. "Proper now, our focus stays on the secure return of our pricey Nancy."

At the moment opened Monday's present with information in regards to the disappearance of the co-anchor's mom. Nanos mentioned in the course of the Monday information convention that Savannah Guthrie is in Arizona.

She grew up in Tucson, graduated from the College of Arizona and beforehand labored as a reporter and anchor at KVOA-TV in Tucson.

Nancy Guthrie appeared in a November 2025 story her daughter did about her hometown. Over a meal, Savannah requested her mom what made the household wish to put down roots in Tucson within the Nineteen Seventies.