Nancy Guthrie Case: Retired FBI Agent Says Savannah’s Yellow ‘Today’ Outfit Is a Message
What To Know
- Savannah Guthrie returned to the Today show after a two-month hiatus following the presumed abduction of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie.
- Wearing a yellow dress, Savannah joined others using yellow as a symbol of hope and solidarity during the ongoing search.
- Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer interpreted Savannah’s choice of yellow attire as a message of defiance to the suspected kidnapper.
Savannah Guthrie returned to the Today show on Monday morning (April 6) after a two-month hiatus amid the presumed abduction of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie.
“Good morning, welcome to Today on this Monday morning, we are so glad you started your week with us, and it’s good to be home,” Savannah said at the top of Monday’s show. Her co-host, Craig Melvin, told her it was “good to have you back at home. So good to have you back.”
Nancy has been missing since January 31, when police believe she was abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Since then, investigators have released doorbell camera footage of a masked suspect and shared a description of the potential abductor. No suspects have been named.
While Savannah didn’t speak about her mother’s disappearance on her return to Today, she was wearing a yellow dress. Yellow has become a symbol of hope amid the search for Nancy, with friends, family, and neighbors leaving yellow flowers around Nancy’s home. NBC anchors and reporters have also worn yellow ribbon pins in solidarity.
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Savannah’s good friend and former co-host, Hoda Kotb, who filled in for Savannah during her hiatus, previously explained the meaning behind the influx of yellow. “We got a suggestion from one of our viewers, and we’re doing the same here,” she said on the February 18 episode. “We have yellow roses around Studio 1A, and we’re all wearing ribbons as we send our love to Savannah and her family.”
Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, who has been closely following the case online, said that Savannah’s return to the Today show, and specifically wearing a yellow dress, was a message of defiance for the masked suspect caught on Nancy’s doorbell camera.
“Savannah returned with lots of yellow and lots of smiles. She hasn’t missed a beat,” Coffindaffer wrote on X on Monday. “It’s good to see that while Porch Guy to [sic] her mother, he did not take her spirit. Porch Guy, you did not win.”
Elsewhere on Monday’s Today, Savannah greeted fans outside 30 Rockefeller Plaza, thanking them for their support. “These signs are so beautiful. You guys have been so beautiful,” she stated. “I received so many letters, so much kindness, to me and my whole family. We feel it. We feel your prayers, so thank you so much.”
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The daily coverage of this story by this site—and particularly the constant inclusion of speculation by law enforcement and “experts” who have nothing to do with this case—is beyond tacky. Please show some class and knock it off already.
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Totally agree. All these”experts “ are really crawling out of the trash!!
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The comments are absolutely disgusting. Instead of showing compassion just a barrage of nastiness. Kindness people. It's not hard and it costs nothing.
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L
Oh my gosh, not everything is a message regarding this woman.
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Sick, sad, telling response.
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Her mom is dead and I can't believe no one else will say it.
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T
Right, because the attacker is just waiting fervently with bated breath to see what color her shirt is.
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M
You’re sick!
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C
They already did and the entire family was cleared
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J
So what
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Omfg...what a headline. Someone thinks something.
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K
Savannah where is your mom honey, this just ain't adding up just disappeared without a trace. Somebody knows something I wouldn't be surprise if it wasn't a family member set this up.
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Close to home for sure
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How sick!
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