Nancy Guthrie Big Update After Daughter Savannah’s Abrupt ‘Today’ Exit
What To Know
- Savannah Guthrie abruptly left the Today show on May 6, but sources say her exit was unrelated to her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie.
- The same day, a NewsNation special aired featuring experts discussing the ongoing investigation.
- Experts profiled the possible suspect as a local prowler with a history of cruel behavior, who may have fled the area after the abduction.
Savannah Guthrie, the daughter of the missing Nancy Guthrie, abruptly exited Wednesday’s (May 6) Today show around 90 minutes into the broadcast, with no explanation.
Her co-host, Craig Melvin, told viewers, “Savannah had to leave a little early. She’ll be right back tomorrow, though.” Indeed, Savannah returned to the NBC morning show today, though she didn’t mention her absence. However, a source told Page Six that Savannah left “for some sort of appointment, and her exit had nothing to do with her mom.”
Savannah’s early Today exit came the same day that The CW aired its NewsNation Presents: The Nancy Guthrie Mystery special, which saw reporter Brian Entin interviewing experts about the ongoing investigation into Nancy’s disappearance.
The 84-year-old Nancy has been missing since February 1, when police believe she was abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona. While investigators have released doorbell camera footage of a masked suspect and a description of that individual, no suspects have been named.
Entin interviewed a roundtable of law enforcement experts to get their opinions on the profile of a possible suspect. Behavior analyst and attorney Dr. Casey Jordan described the suspect as a “prowler burglar” who “definitely lives locally,” though she noted he is “probably not there anymore” and may have even fled the country.
“I think he was either eliminated by a puppet master or he fled. And I’m not saying he’s Mexican, but it’s the closest border. And that’s where he would go,” she explained, per Hello! “This is a guy who, on the day this came out, quit his job, left town, broke up with his girlfriend, changed his behavior completely.”
Criminal profiler Dr Ann Burgess added, “The only thing I’d add there is to look for anyone that wasn’t working, that was just doing odd jobs kind of thing.”
Clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. Gary Brucato described the suspect as “somebody with some sort of cruel, sadistic, scheming kind of personality… You do not develop that kind of personality overnight. You tend to have a long history of being that way.”
He also said, “I also think if I had to make an educated guess somewhere in this story, this individual is also dabbling with illicit drugs. It is entirely possible that drugs are on the table.”
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I check in from time to time to see any updates my heart goes out to the family and hope they find Nancy soon.
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Could the FBI have goaded him to react by pointing out the way he holds his flashlight? He seems to be a victim trying to victimize. He probably didn't know she was the mother of someone famous. He feels that he is owed some unpaid debt by people in her socioeconomic class. He talks to himself a lot and lives in his own world.
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Unfortunately looking at the facts, she was in her 80s. Had medical issues. And has been missing for going on 4 months now.
The chances of her being a live are near zero at this point. It's sad, but it's better for people to accept that rather then thinking they will actually ever find her at this point let alone alive.
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I STILL check for updates every morning and every evening on Ms Guthrie’s case. I still have faith that they will find her and this person(s) that have done this to her. If there was ever a time for people to demand justice and show some true American pride, this is one of those times that, I think, qualifies. My heart goes out to Ms Guthrie and her family and I pray often for them. I could not imagine how this has impacted them as a family, knowing how close my family was and remains to this day.
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I think there is a lot more to this story than the police and family ain't sharing with the public. Did they get a ransom demand and refuse to pay it ? This case with the current information available to the public just doesn't make sense. This does not look or like a random abduction.
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I think Dr. Casey Jordan and Dr.Ann Burgess is right about the porch guy who took Nancy.I think they have everything pegged
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What a misleading title.
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It's someone in the family that knows something about the where abouts of nancy guthrie
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And how is it that you know this or is it just an ignorant assumption?
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Really Carl?
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Lol. U really think someone just happened to "accidentally" abduct the mother of a rich family, AFTER taking time to case the place before? And left no incriminating physical evidence. Lol.
So they are the dumbest most experienced criminal ever i guess...🤣🤣🤣🤣
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To him, everyone in that neighborhood was the same. If you watch the video, he does not look very "experienced". Famous people discover pretty quickly that they need to establish protective perimeters and a higher level of surveillance than a single Ring camera. He comes from a class of people who serve her class of people. The fact that he tried to use vegetation to cover the Ring camera may give a hint to the kind of work he usually does. I do believe that he may have been put up to this by someone else.
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Hey Carl, you really undermine your theory with poor word usage. The word is "goaded" not "goated". Sorry but if you use the handle Carl Jung you need to do better
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You were right... I edited my comment.
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It just seems to be the most likely scenario. Given the advanced criminal tools these days people don't just vanish into thin air unless the aliens took her which at this point might be actually true
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Woahhhhh.....yes, go find this demon. Please. This could absolutely be it. I mean, who leaves town immediately, breaks up, etc.....on the day of discovering this sweet, innocent woman went missing. I'd say, yes. Go get him. Amen?!
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Just wondering something, there was a guy that had a sign, asking Savannah to marry him
I don't know where it was at. Also did Savannah get someone fired because he was being inappropriate.
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What was the reason Nancy's dog die?
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What about the son-in-laws confession? Savannahs brother-in-law? Thus has already been published on line, so where did your 'burglar story come from? Please explain....???
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Lol. Some people are ridiculously gullible...
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A neighbor said the first few days. The roof was recently cleaned to check with the person who cleaned the roof. Was that ever followed up on?
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Huh?!
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