Savannah Guthrie recently paid a poignant visit to her missing mother’s residence, marking a month since her disappearance, with a heartfelt gesture of laying flowers at the site.
The renowned Today show anchor appeared visibly distressed during this emotional moment. She was accompanied by her older sister, Annie, and her brother-in-law, Tommaso Cioni. Their poignant gathering was captured in a video shared by NewsNation correspondent Brian Entin.
Together, the trio shared a solemn moment, arm in arm, placing flowers in a touching tribute to their missing 84-year-old mother, Nancy. Overcome with emotion, Annie clung to her husband and sister, seeking comfort in their presence as tears flowed.
In a show of unity, Savannah leaned on her family as they embraced in a heartfelt group hug amid the growing collection of flowers and heartfelt messages left by others for Nancy.
This touching scene unfolded exactly one month after Nancy’s troubling abduction from her home on the morning of February 1. She was last seen alive on January 31 when Tommaso dropped her off at her residence following a dinner and game night at his and Annie’s home. Her absence was noted the next day when she failed to attend a church service.
The grandmother was last seen on January 31 when she was dropped off at home by Cioni following a dinner and game night at his and Annie’s home. She failed to show up for a church service the next day.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI have been on the case ever since, but the few leads they have received have been fruitless, as Nancy’s whereabouts still remain unknown.
The FBI recently announced that the agency would be scaling back its search for Nancy, with agents moving to a new command post more than 100 miles away from Phoenix.
Some agents will also stay behind in Tucson, sources with knowledge of the investigation told ABC News. Agents in Phoenix, meanwhile, will work the case from there.
Savannah Guthrie, her sister Annie and her brother-in-law Tommaso Cioni, placing flowers at the memorial for her missing mother, Nancy, in Tucson, Arizona, on Monday
The 84-year-old was last seen on January 31 and was reported missing the following morning. She has not been seen or heard from since
The three siblings hugged each other as they looked at the growing memorial for Nancy
The move does not indicate investigators are giving up on the search, sources claimed.
Savannah, Annie, and their brother Camron have shared several emotional videos online pleading for their mother’s captor to come forward and bring her home.
Last Tuesday, Savannah acknowledged for the first time that Nancy might not be alive.
‘We need to know where she is, we need her to come home,’ she said in a video posted to her Instagram account.
‘We also know that she may be lost, she may already be gone. She may have already gone home to the Lord that she loves,’ Savannah said through tears.
Savannah posted a series of videos on social media on Friday explaining how tipsters can collect the new $1 million reward her family is offering in exchange for information leading to her mother’s safe return.
The 54-year-old reposted her original plea from Tuesday and shared a Today Show report explaining how to submit anonymous tips to the FBI, overseen by co-anchors Carson Daly, Hoda Kotb, and Craig Melvin.
‘Please – be the one that brings her home,’ she wrote in a caption. ‘Tips can be anonymous, reward can be paid in cash, as explained here.’
Nancy with her three children, Annie, Savannah and Camron
On Thursday night, a man, later identified as Antonio De Jesus Pena-Campos, was arrested on DUI charges after he was allegedly caught driving past Nancy’s home ‘100 times.’
The 34-year-old was nabbed by officers with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department after reporters spotted him driving a blue Chevy SUV ‘very slowly’ near her Tucson home, police said.
After officers arrived at the scene, they conducted a sobriety test on Pena-Campos, which he failed.
He was then handcuffed and placed into a sheriff’s cruiser. His arrest is not related to Nancy’s disappearance, authorities stated.
Before police confirmed Pena-Campos’s arrest and identity, Entin reported that the driver ‘just kept stopping’ outside the property, passing between ’50 and 100 times.’
A media photographer who approached the individual reportedly also noticed he had a photo of Nancy on his phone.
FBI agents were seen outside the residence on Wednesday, combing through portions of the home and lawn that had already been searched.
The flurry of activity was related to an FBI effort to turn the home back over to the Guthrie family, officials told NBC News.
On Thursday night, a man, later identified as Antonio De Jesus Pena-Campos, was arrested on DUI charges after he was allegedly caught driving past Nancy Guthrie’s home ‘100 times’
It comes as the Daily Mail revealed that Savannah is gearing up to return home to New York City soon.
The TV host, who shares two young kids with former Democratic political adviser Michael Feldman, has decided she must get her work life back on track as the search for her mother continues.
‘She can’t stay in Arizona forever,’ a source told the Daily Mail. ‘Her kids and her life are in New York City.
‘It’s what her mom would want her to do. Nancy was Savannah’s biggest cheerleader.’
Ominously, the source added: ‘The family is coming to terms with the fact that this might take years. Savannah is craving normalcy.’
