Nancy Guthrie’s grandchildren react with concern; Savannah shares family’s emotional toll

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen on January 31 at her home in Tucson, Arizona, and was reported missing the next day in what authorities described as suspicious circumstances that may have involved kidnapping.

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She said: “Vale writes to me all the time; [saying,] “Mom, are there any clues? Did you hear anything? Is there hope?”

Savannah said she has been trying to protect them while also allowing them to process the situation. She further described the experience as traumatic for the entire family. “We try to talk to them and try to give them more certainty than we can give them to grieve,” she said.

Savannah also spoke of Nancy’s other grandson and nephew. “In some ways it was more difficult for Anne [Guthrie] and [her husband] Tommy [Cioni] and [their son] Because they are there and they are with my mom every day. “

She noted that the situation was even more painful for them considering everything they had been through.

“It was unbearable and the pain was getting worse and worse,” she told Kotb. “There are no words. No words. I don’t understand. I will never understand.”

She further praised her family for always supporting her mother. “They allowed her to live in the house where we grew up and she loved it there so much. I think she’s always lived in that house because I think she still feels like my dad was there and all of our memories,” she said of Anne and Tom.

She further added, “No one took better care of my mom than my sister and brother-in-law, and no one protected my mom more than my brothers. We loved her and she was our shining light. She was our matriarch. She was everything to us.”

In the early weeks of authorities’ investigation, the Guthrie family had been ruled out as suspects.

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Savannah told Kotb, “Like, how stupid can I be? I don’t want to believe this, but do you think it’s because of me?” She went on to describe a conversation between her and Camren, “He said, ‘I’m sorry, honey, but, yeah, maybe.'”

She added, “But I know — and I wish I didn’t know, we still don’t know. We don’t know anything, so I don’t know it’s because she’s my mom, and someone thinks, ‘Oh, that lady has money, we can make quick money.'”

It was previously reported that Savannah at one point believed she was the focus and reason for the kidnapping of her mother, Nancy Guthrie.

Savannah further said the thought that she was to blame was “overwhelming.”