The Mysterious Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
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What happened in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie?
You guys came here in the 70s and you'd been moving all around. What made you want to stay in Tucson and Aunt Ruth's? It's so wonderful. Just the air, the quality of life. Play back and gentle. Yeah, I like to watch the javelina eat my plants.
But the best thing about Tucson is coming home and seeing you guys. Should we raise a glass? Prickly pear margarita? Cheers. Cheers. Love you. Love you. That was Nancy Guthrie speaking to her daughter Savannah in her last appearance on the Today Show before she was reported missing on Sunday. And that is our main story of the week. Nancy is the 84-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, a household name for many of us in the States, whose face millions of Americans wake up to every morning. At the time of this recording on Wednesday, here's everything we know so far. Nancy was last seen around 9.45 p.m. on Saturday. She was reported missing after she didn't show up to church the next morning.
A key digital clue has narrowed down the timeline. Her pacemaker stopped syncing with her Apple Watch around 2 a.m. on Sunday. The watch was found inside of the home. Police say Nancy is mentally sharp but physically frail. She needs daily medication to survive and was taken without it. Investigators are examining alleged Bitcoin ransom notes sent to TMZ and a former hostage negotiator says the evidence may suggest more than one person was involved. The FBI is assisting and police say all leads are being followed. But as of now, there is no suspect and no person of interest. Savannah Guthrie said in part in a statement on Instagram, please pray. Now, senior investigative reporter Steve Helling joins us to break this down in detail.
We'll also bring you the verdict in the Brandon Banfield case and the charge against Jill Biden's ex-husband accused of murdering his wife. This is The Trial USA. I'm Kayla Brantley. We'll be back in just a moment with our main story.
I'm joined now by senior reporter of the Daily Mail, Steve Helling. Steve, you have been covering this case since it broke. And I really want to start with a timeline. We know that Nancy Guthrie was last seen Saturday night. What have we learned since then? If you could walk us through Saturday night.
Well, Saturday night was a normal night. Nobody thought anything weird. She went out. She came back with the family. They dropped her off at her house, and she went inside, which is exactly what you would expect. She was supposed to go to church the next morning, and Nancy Guthrie was a very regular churchgoer. She never missed a service unless she was sick. And she didn't show. And so members of the church were actually nervous that something, you know, she's an 84 year old woman who, you know, could get sick or whatever. So they contacted the family and Savannah Guthrie's sister went and checked. And that's when we started seeing that there were signs of something wrong. And, you know, the police were called and that began this whole thing.
And really, that's the timeline that matters. Ever since then, nothing has happened. You know, she hasn't been found. You know, police are going through their investigation. But yeah, that was last weekend is when it happened. And, you know, we're still waiting to see what happens from here.
Yeah, we're at five days since she was last seen. And one thing that we've learned is that she's on this medication that she needs to take within 24 hours or it could possibly be fatal. One thing that I want to talk about is the scene. When did this go from a missing persons case to now this is a crime scene? You know, we've had statements from the sheriff, but not much detail about what was actually found at the scene other than that there was evidence of a crime that was committed. What do we know?
Well, it immediately went into a crime scene because the things that were in that house were not normal. You know, there was a struggle of some sort in the bed. We believe and the police believe that she was taken out of her bed. So bedclothes, you know, the linens were pulled.
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