Blood discovered inside kidnapped Nancy Guthrie’s dwelling after ‘pressured entry’ as sheriff wells up on being requested if he thinks Today star Savannah’s 84-year-old mom remains to be alive
Blood was found inside the home of Savannah Guthrie‘s abducted mother Nancy after a kidnapper forced their way into the property, police sources say.
The disturbing new details were shared with the Los Angeles Times, after the Daily Mail revealed how the 84-year-old had been abducted from her bed at her $1 million home in Tucson, Arizona, late Saturday or early Sunday.
An exhaustive hunt for Nancy continues, with Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos almost bursting into tears Monday night when asked if he thinks Nancy is still alive.
Nanos welled-up after he was asked by AZFamily host Briana Whitney: ‘Do you believe you are still looking for Nancy Guthrie alive at this point? That she could be held somewhere? And if so, do you believe that is local in the Tucson area, or that she’s been taken somewhere?’
Nanos stumbled on his words as he said he and his deputies are ‘just not going to give up hope’ of finding Nancy – who was believed to have been snatched from her Arizona home on Sunday night.
Savannah, 54, flew to Arizona shortly after learning that Nancy had been abducted – a moment CNN reported was ‘the worst phone call of her life.’
DNA tests have been performed but the results could take another few days.
Sheriff Nanos said they did not believe Nancy had been targeted because of her rich and famous daughter, but said he could not rule out that line of inquiry.
Meanwhile, Savannah is said to be traveling with a security team. She has dropped out of hosting the Milan Winter Olympics, which begins on Wednesday.
Today – the show she hosts – led with Nancy’s abduction for the second day in a row on Tuesday and shared Guthrie’s request for ‘prayers.’
Savannah Guthrie is seen with her mother Nancy Guthrie. Nancy was reported missing in Tucson, Arizona, at noon on Sunday by her family. She hadn’t been seen since the night of January 31
Authorities investigating the disappearance of Guthrie’s mother Nancy discovered blood inside her $1 million Arizona home (pictured), sources say
In an interview Tuesday, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos grew emotional as he said he ‘hopes’ Nancy is still alive
Nancy was last seen around 9:45pm Monday night, at her ranch-style home in the upscale Catalina Hills neighborhood.
An NBC source told CNN that Savannah had spent much of the last week with her children because she had been preparing for a stint in Europe to cover the Winter Olympics.
Savannah, who only recently returned to NBC after throat surgery, is now set to remain off-air indefinitely.
On Tuesday, Nanos announced that a $2,500 reward was being issued for information leading to an arrest in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
He stressed that the hunt for Nancy remains a search-and-rescue operation.
Nanos said that Nancy is of sound mind but that she suffers from mobility issues that mean she cannot walk more than 50 yards.
She was taken without her medication, which she requires to stay alive; depriving her of it could be fatal, Nanos warned.
Savannah is pictured embracing her mother in 2020
The sheriff said investigators have not yet ruled out the potential abduction being a ‘targeted’ incident, but said evidence does not yet support that conclusion either.
‘Nothing that we see is leading us that way, but we’ll never dismiss anything. We’ll continue to look at everything, and we’ll just keep moving forward with it,’ he said.
On Monday, Nanos appealed to a potential abductor while speaking with NBC.
‘Just call us. Let her go. Just call us. The family will tell you, there’s no questions asked here,’ he said.
