Nancy Guthrie is the mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie. She was last seen in the evening of January 31, 2026. The 84-year-old was reportedly abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Savannah Guthrie has been close to her mother since the death of her father, Michael Guthrie, when she was 16. Nancy Guthrie made repeated appearances on Today.
During one of those segments, Savannah Guthrie said of her mother, “She’s quick and she’s smart, she’s well-read, she’s curious about everything.”
The investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s abduction garnered worldwide attention but despite involvement from local, state, and national authorities, it moved slowly. Video of a masked man at Nancy Guthrie’s door the night of the abduction came to light 10 days after she went missing. On February 24, the family offered a million-dollar reward for information leading to the return of Nancy Guthrie and donated $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In July 2026 local authorities released what they said were ransom notes from those responsible for Nancy Guthrie’s abduction, one of which claimed she had died.
Nancy Guthrie has two other children, daughter Annie Guthrie and a son, Camron Guthrie.