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Nancy Guthrie suspect ‘obsessed’ with Savannah; real motive behind kidnapping revealed

It’s been more than three months since “Today” host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared after a suspected abduction from her home in Catalina Foothills. While no suspects have been identified, an FBI profiler this week weighed in on the possible motives behind the kidnapping. He claimed the suspect may be “obsessed” with Savannah and there may be a revenge angle to the case.

Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors are tying yellow ribbons to mailboxes and trees (Reuters)

Investigators initially said there was no video available because Guthrie did not subscribe to a doorbell camera. But digital forensics experts have struggled to find images in back-end software that may have been lost, corrupted or inaccessible. But then a shot came along. The FBI shared a video showing at least one masked man at Nancy’s doorstep the night she was allegedly kidnapped.

We don’t yet have a name or full face of the suspect.

Why was Nancy Guthrie kidnapped?

Former FBI profiler Jim Clemente told NewsNation that revenge may be the reason behind the Feb. 1 kidnapping. He added that the kidnapper may have been someone “obsessed” with Savannah.

“It could also just be his own delusion and he may have developed anger and resentment towards her,” he said. “Therefore, he felt justified in taking his mother to harm her.”

The reporter immediately asked Clement if he thought the man had “some kind of crush on Savannah and she probably watches her on TV every morning?”

He replied: “I think that’s the highest possibility. If someone ends up recognizing someone who’s always talking about her, we might be able to catch him.”

Savannah Guthrie has a similar theory

In a tearful interview with NBC in March, Savannah said “someone needs to do the right thing” and provide information to help the investigation.

“To think that I brought this to her bedside, it was because of me. I just said, ‘I’m sorry, Mom. I’m so sorry.'”

Guthrie spoke of the shock she felt on Feb. 1.

“My sister called me. I said, ‘Is everything okay?’ She said, ‘No. “She said, ‘Mom’s missing,'” Savannah Guthrie said. “I said, ‘What? What are you talking about?’ And she said, ‘She’s gone. “She was panicking. I was panicking.'”

“We are in pain,” she told NBC News colleague Hoda Kotb. “We are feeling the love and prayers from our neighbors, the Tucson community and across the country,” Guthrie wrote in an earlier social media post, ending the sentence with a heart emoji. “Please don’t stop praying and hoping with us. Bring her home.”

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