The women of The View are standing by fellow TV anchor Savannah Guthrie as the investigation into her mom Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance continues.
“This is, probably, one of the hardest stories I think we’ve ever sort of had to talk about a little bit,” Whoopi Goldberg said during the Tuesday, February 3, episode of The View amid the panel’s “Hot Topics” segment.
Goldberg, 70, proceeded to send Savannah, 54, well-wishes on behalf of the entire talk show cast. (Nancy, 84, was reported missing on Sunday, February 1, after last being seen in her home town of Tucson, Arizona.)
“Our hearts go out to Savannah Guthrie and her family as the search continues for her mom, Nancy,” Goldberg said. “Authorities are treating her house as a crime scene so if you have any information about her disappearance, you can share it by scanning the QR code on the screen. If you have any information, please step up and help Savannah and the family.”
As Goldberg spoke, Nancy’s missing person poster, which includes the hotline for info for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, flashed across the screen behind her.
Before the panel switched to a different segment Sara Haines chimed in saying, “Can I just add they’re a family of deep faith and I’m echoing her sentiments.”
Haines, 48, noted that Savannah and her family are looking for prayer from anyone who will give them.
Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin. ABC/Lou Rocco
“She begs people — if you are a person of prayer — to send those prayers up and keep them in your thoughts because they do believe in the power of that as do I,” Haines said, appeasing the audience. “Please, take a little time today.”
News broke on Sunday that Savannah’s mom, Nancy, had gone missing in Arizona after police received a 911 call that morning from a concerned family member.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos exclusively told Us Weekly on Monday, February 2, that Savannah’s older sister, Annie Guthrie, was the last to see their mom on Saturday, January 31.
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“We have a start point,” Nanos said of the timeline. “The family took her home from dinner at about 9:30 to 9:45 [p.m.]” on Saturday. “So we would back that up to even say 9 or 8:30 p.m. to start looking.”
Since being called, authorities have been looking into every scenario, with Nanos saying in a press conference on Sunday that Nancy’s home is being looked at as a crime scene.
“This is very concerning to us. We don’t typically get the sheriff out at a scene like this. But it’s very concerning what we’re learning from the house,” Nanos explained of the situation. “And so we’ll just continue. The detective’s homicide team is out right now looking at the scene as well.”
He added, “We’ve pretty much just thrown everything at this that we can,” noting that Nancy “is not of good physical health, and so naturally that’s a great concern.”
Jenna Bush Hager was overwhelmed with emotion while discussing Savannah Guthrie‘s missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, on the Today show. “We need to start the show with something that is deeply personal for us this morning,” Bush Hager, 44, said on the Monday, February 2, broadcast of Today With Jenna & Sheinelle, struggling to hold back […]
The sheriff later told Us that neither Annie nor Savannah raised any “red flags” about their mother’s behavior prior to her going missing. (Nancy shared Annie and Savannah as well as son Camron Guthrie with late husband Charles Guthrie, who died after a heart attack at the age of 49.)
“This is an 84-year-old lady who is safe in her own home asleep, and she is taken. That should never happen,” Nanos told Us earlier this week.
After previously noting that the police are not “ruling out” foul play, Nanos shared with Us that the scene has raised concern.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has addressed the possibility of a ransom being the motive for the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie. “No, there’s not, we’ve not heard anything like that,” Nanos exclusively told Us Weekly on Monday, February 2, when asked whether there was a possible motive. “I wish somebody would call […]
“Something unusual at that house occurred that made us go, ‘Wow, something’s wrong here. Something doesn’t fit,’” Nanos said. “We’re gonna pull all the stops and go at all angles. We really do hope it’s a search-and-rescue mission and we find her and she’s safe and sound. But it would be unjust if we didn’t look at what’s in front of us and go, ‘We need to act.’”
Savannah, for her part, was absent from her coanchor duties on the Today show beginning on Monday as she is with her loved ones in Arizona. However, she issued a statement via Instagram that night.
“We believe in prayer. We believe in voices raised in unison, in love, in hope. We believe in goodness. We believe in humanity. Above all, we believe in Him,” Savannah wrote alongside a graphic that read, “Please Pray.”
