Savannah Guthrie’s sister was last to see their mother Nancy Guthrie before she disappeared

TUCSON, ARIZONA: Journalist Savannah Guthrie’s sister, Annie Guthrie, was the last person to see their 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, before she was reported missing in Arizona.

The disappearance is increasingly drawing national attention owing to the fame that Savannah, co-anchor of the NBC News morning show 'Today', has garnered. 

As authorities carry on their investigation, new details continue to emerge.

Investigators find ‘start point’ in search for Nancy Guthrie

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos shared additional details in an interview with Us Weekly on Monday, February 2, offering insight into what investigators know about Nancy’s final hours before her disappearance.

Nanos said investigators have identified an initial point in the case. “We have a start point,” he explained. “The family took her home from dinner at about 9.30 to 9.45 [pm]” on Saturday, January 31. “So we would back that up to even say 9 or 8.30 pm to start looking.”

He confirmed that Annie, Savannah’s older sister, was the last person to see 84-year-old Nancy before she was reported missing.

Nancy shared daughters Annie and Savannah and son Camron Guthrie with her late husband, Charles Guthrie, who died of a heart attack at age 49.

Police reports indicate that Annie did not raise any "red flags" about her mother’s behavior during their final interaction. Family members were not “alerted to her missing until about 11 in the morning” the following day, and police were contacted at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, February 1.

Authorities are now examining anywhere from 9.30 pm to 11 am as the window in which Nancy disappeared. Nanos told Us, “This is an 84-year-old lady who is safe in her own home asleep, and she is taken. That should never happen.” He also noted that Savannah did not “raise any concerns” about her mother’s health prior to the disappearance.

Nancy Guthrie needs medication ‘for survival,’ says Jenna Hager

Jenna Bush Hager, on NBC's morning show, 'TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle', addressed Savannah Guthrie’s mother’s disappearance on Monday, February 2.

She said Nancy “takes daily medication” that she needs “for survival,” underscoring the urgency to find her. 

On Tuesday, February 3 Sheriff Nanos told Us that after speaking with Nancy’s medical team, authorities “know the med she needs and going without her meds … can be fatal. 24 hours later, time is of the essence here.” 

Jenna, 44, also shared a message of support with viewers, saying, “We are thinking of our dearest, dearest Savannah and her whole family right now. Our prayers obviously go out to Savannah.”

Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors weigh in on police investigation

As the search continues, one of Nancy’s neighbors described what has happened in the area since police began investigating. “There were a lot of dark vans with blacked out windows,” Morgan Brown, who lives “a quarter of a mile up the street” from Nancy, exclusively told Us Weekly on Monday. 

“There were a lot of cop cars there at first, and then it was vans, so I assumed that maybe they came across something.” Brown said police had a helicopter “up looking for her” on Sunday, February 1 and explained that there are “no sidewalks in our neighborhood. You just walk on the street and then there’s desert, so [they] thought she walked off into the desert or something, but she walks with a cane, so I can’t imagine why she would do that.” 

Brown added that authorities asked residents with Ring cameras to review their footage “to see if anything popped up out of the ordinary.” He said he hadn’t “heard that anyone found anything” on their videos, nor had he himself.