A retired FBI agent weighs in on the ‘Today’ show host’s approach Savannah Guthrie’s Interview and upcoming return to NBC morning show could impact investigation of her mother Nancy Guthrie’s disappear. Retired FBI agent Steve Moore spoke on the March 29 episode of Brian Entine’s Investigative Show.
Savannah recently gave her first interview to Hoda Kotb since Nancy’s disappearance and announced that she will be returning to the Today show. NewsNation’s Brian Entin asked Moore if this “suggests that the investigation is not progressing so far.”
“I mean, that could mean that,” Moore said. “I’m not sure that’s the case.”
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“I know from my time at the FBI that cases like this never get closed. I mean, one of the hardest things when you’re an agent working on these things is forcing yourself to go home and sleep. You’ll wake up in the middle of the night and say, ‘What am I doing here? I better get back to work.’ Agents tend not to let that go, especially when they’re close to the family. They get frustrated that they can’t find it,” Moore explained.
“Savannah realized she had to get back to a normal life”
Moore went on to compare the agent’s “obsession” in Nancy’s case to Captain Ahab and Moby Dick in Moby-Dick.
“I don’t believe for one minute that even if they reduced the number of agents on the case, they didn’t reduce the amount of effort they put into this,” he said.
Moore added, “Savannah realizes she has to get back to a normal life. She just can’t show up on ‘Today’ one day and say, ‘I’m back.'” There has to be some kind of closure — not closure, but some form of agreement about where she’s at. Still in limbo, nothing is resolved but I have to move on with life. I think it’s a way of saying, ‘I’m going to have my life back soon and you’re a part of that life.’ For all of you who follow her, you should know where I am. “
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Entine then asked if Savannah’s recent interview with Nancy on the “Today” show could “convince” someone to provide information. The reward is $1 million.
“Yes, I think it’s possible,” Moore replied. “Early on in the case, you said the odds were slim. At this point, you would say any odds are worth doing.”
Moore said that if Savannah returned to “present day,” Nancy’s would-be kidnappers might “act a little aggressively” if they thought they were in control and didn’t like Savannah starting her life over again.
“It all depends on the unknown: what kind of person did it,” he added.
Nancy was last seen just before 10pm on January 31, when she had dinner with her daughter Anne and her son-in-law Tommaso Scioni. A suspect in her disappearance has not yet been named.
