It’s been five months since Savannah Guthrie’s mother Nancy went missing from her home in Arizona, and while The Today Show anchor returned to work in April after a two-month leave of absence, the efforts to find the 84-year-old are very much ongoing. In fact, as new ransom note details are reported and Guthrie pleads on air for someone to step forward, NBC is allegedly preparing for if she has to step away again.
Despite all the national attention Nancy Guthrie’s case has received, a large reward being offered and allegedly hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on private investigators, there have been no arrests made or suspects named. According to Naughty But Nice podcaster Rob Shuter, network executives reportedly are ready, should there be a break in the case that would require Savannah Guthrie to leave again — or if the whole ordeal just becomes too much for her. A source said: