Savannah Guthrie’s Today colleagues have shown her support after she broke down on air while addressing reports about ransom notes related to her mom Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
In line with a brand new report from Page Six, Today staffers felt it was a “sad day” when Savannah needed to comment on speculation that her mother, Nancy, can have died after going missing earlier this 12 months. The outlet added that Today staff “feels so bad” for Savannah and have been rallying round her while navigating the continued uncertainty over mom’s whereabouts.
Us Weekly reached out to NBC News for comment.
On Tuesday, June 23, Savannah was joined by Today cohosts Craig Melvin, Al Roker, Carson Daly and Jenna Bush Hager to reply to reports that a ransom note from her mother’s alleged kidnapper indicated that Nancy had died in captivity.
“I like you guys, and I like this place, and that is unusual and unprecedented, to say the least, to be sitting here.” Savannah tearfully told viewers. “I don’t have any comment on this story. I’m not involved in our coverage, but I can’t pretend I’m not here. Since I’m, I just desired to take the chance to ask people — really, to beg people — to return forward.”
She went on, “Someone knows something. This can be a news story today that’s in your radar, because that is the life my sister lives, that I live, that my brother lives and our prolonged families live, that our kids live day by day. We’re in agony. We can’t be in peace.”
Savannah promised Today viewers that she’s going to try every day to “find that joy” although her family continues to be in agony over Nancy’s whereabouts.
“This can be a moment to inform you we want your help. We’re begging on your help. I’m not going to miss that chance,” she noted. “Please, when you’re watching. Irrespective of how small, the reward is there. You may tell us. It may well be anonymous. Please do the precise thing for us, for our family, for our kids. We love our mom, and we’ll never stop in search of her.”
Savannah and Nancy Guthrie Courtesy NBC News
Her on-air comments got here after multiple outlets reported latest details about two alleged ransom notes that authorities accessed following Nancy’s disappearance. (Nancy was last seen being dropped off at her Tucson-area home on January 31 by her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni. Police have ruled out Cioni and his wife, Annie Guthrie, as suspects.)
Air Mail reported last weekend that authorities received a ransom note on February 2 demanding $4 million to be paid for Nancy’s return. Nonetheless, a second note allegedly sent on February 6 suggested that Nancy had died and included a lengthy apology.
There have been conflicting accounts concerning the content of the ransom notes. NBC News reported that it viewed a note where the alleged kidnappers acknowledged that Nancy died, though there was no apology and no request for money to return her body.
TMZ cited one other note where the author neither acknowledged Nancy’s death nor made any type of apology.
TMZ founder Harvey Levin is sharing details on a brand new ransom demand received by the outlet, alleged to be in reference to the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie. TMZ reported receiving an additional ransom note on Wednesday, February 18, requesting tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Nonetheless, unlike the primary alleged ransom demand received […]
Arizona reporter Briana Whitney spoke exclusively to Us about viewing a note where the author claimed Nancy had been “buried in nature.”
“I’ve seen them with my very own eyes, so I need to really provide more context as to what that second note said,” she told Us. “Within the [second] note, it says she’s ‘buried in nature,’ and that’s what I read … [It was] interesting they used that specific phrasing and in addition referred to the incontrovertible fact that she [Nancy] ‘perished’ shortly after she was taken.”
Us reached out to the Pima County Sheriff’s Office for comment on the time.
While authorities have shared doorbell camera footage of a masked man at Nancy’s doorstep, no suspect or person of interest has been publicly identified within the missing individuals case. The Guthrie family has offered a $1 million reward for information resulting in Nancy’s return.