Nancy Guthrie Case: Reporter Reveals Telling Detail From ‘Today’ Segment Before Abduction

Michelle Stein October 22, 2026, 1:26 pm

Savannah Guthrie and her mom, Nancy Guthrie, on 'Today' — Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images

What To Know

Nancy Guthrie, mother of Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since January 31, with no suspects named.
Reporter Andrew Christiansen, who met Nancy during a Today show segment filmed months before her abduction, recalled the striking love and bond within the Guthrie family.
Savannah Guthrie has offered a $1 million reward for information leading to an arrest in her mother’s disappearance.

Savannah Guthrie‘s mom, Nancy Guthrie, remains missing nearly nine months after her disappearance – and a reporter revealed a telling detail from the Today segment they filmed in Tucson, Arizona, before Nancy’s abduction.

In the October 21 episode of Brian Entin Investigates, Brian Entin, NewsNation’s senior national correspondent, spoke with reporter Andrew Christiansen. He previously worked at a news station in Tucson (but now works in Phoenix), and was there when NBC filmed Savannah’s hometown feature with her mother. (The segment aired in November 2025.)

“He was one of the first people to get to the scene after Nancy Guthrie went missing,” Entin explained. “But he was also at El Charro restaurant, which was featured in that ‘Savannah Goes Home’ segment on the Today show that aired several months before Nancy went missing, when Savannah Guthrie and Nancy Guthrie went to the restaurant.”

“I didn’t know her mom was going to be there — her sister was also there — but it was really nice to meet her family and meet Savannah,” Christiansen recalled, explaining that he is friends with the restaurant owner, who invited him to come when Savannah was filming there. “She’s a really, really nice person, and I got to know a little bit more about her.”

Additionally, Christiansen said he spoke with Nancy, whom he called “a really nice lady” who “really spoke to Savannah’s accomplishments.”

He then revealed: “One thing that really struck me when I was watching the Today show being filmed is that Savannah kept saying, ‘I love you, Mom.’ And then her sister was there, too. So she said, ‘I love you’ to her sister as well.”

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Christiansen also pointed out, “You could really feel the love that family had for each other. So that’s what kind of struck a chord when I heard what happened to Nancy. It kind of made it a little more personal when it came to reporting on it.”

Nancy was last seen on the evening of January 31, with her family reporting her missing on February 1. Despite investigators releasing photos of a masked suspect on her front porch (“Porch Guy”) and publishing alleged ransom notes, no suspect has been named. Meanwhile, Savannah has also offered a $1 million reward for information leading to an arrest.

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