President Donald Trump called Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday to offer her assistance as state and federal law enforcement officials continue to investigate the disappearance of his mother, Nancy Guthrie.
President Trump contacted Savannah Guthrie shortly after her interview with NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Lamas. The President assured the Guthrie family that all resources will be available as needed.
The president said he knew Savannah Guthrie was close to her 84-year-old mother, who was reported missing after she failed to show up for church from her home outside Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday afternoon.
Savannah Guthrie thanked President Trump for taking the time to call her family, Rama said, adding that the family is devastated and in their prayers. She said the family needs prayers more than anything. She also thanked the president for the hard work of local and federal authorities in this case.
“I spoke with Savannah Guthrie and informed her that I am directing all federal law enforcement agencies to immediately and fully discipline her family and local law enforcement,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social late Wednesday.
The president added: “We are using every resource to bring the mother home safely.” “Our nation’s prayers are with her and her family. God bless and protect Nancy!”
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department believes Nancy Guthrie was “likely taken in the middle of the night, including the possibility of kidnapping or abduction.”
Authorities said they had received “hundreds of leads” but had no reliable information that Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance was a targeted incident.
The sheriff’s office said in a statement Wednesday that investigators have not identified any suspects or persons of interest in the incident.
The FBI is currently involved in the investigation, which also includes about 100 detectives from the Sheriff’s Office, and President Trump said Tuesday that he is pledging to send more federal agents to help.
Mr. Guthrie has limited mobility and does not take his required daily medications. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said she had no cognitive issues and her disappearance was not related to dementia, describing her as “sharp as a tack.”
“We have nothing left but the belief that she is here, she exists, she is alive, and we want to save her,” Nanos said in an interview with NBC News.