A Nashville woman named Nancy Guthrie is the victim of mistaken identity. The Bible study instructor responded after receiving dozens of messages praying for her safe return.
Nashville Woman Mistaken for Savannah Guthrie’s Mother Responds
Guthrie—who has amassed nearly 30,000 followers on Instagram—has not shared a new post to her profile since Thursday, January 29, two days before Savannah Guthrie’s mother went missing.
The comment section of her recent posts have been flooded with comments from those following the the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
“Praying for your safe return 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻” one user wrote.
“Prayers for you❤️” another commented.
“Praying for your return and your family 🌹🙏🏾” a third added.
“Come home Nancy 😢 Where are you ?” yet another wrote.
After days of receiving such remarks, Guthrie responded to clarify her identity.
“I am not the Nancy Guthrie who has been kidnapped, but I’m praying that Nancy Guthrie will be safely returned to her family,” she wrote on Thursday, February 5.
Search Continues for Nancy Guthrie
The “Today” host’s mother was last seen Saturday, January 31, after being dropped off at home by her daughter, Annie Guthrie, following a family dinner. She was reported missing around noon the following day, after friends noticed she was absent from her regular church service.
During a Thursday press conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed a detailed timeline of the night the 84-year-old woman went missing.
According to Nanos, Nancy took an Uber to her daughter Annie’s home for dinner on Saturday night around 5:30 p.m. She was later dropped off at 9:48 p.m. Two minutes later, her garage door closed, indicating she arrived inside her Tucson, Arizona, home.
At 1:47 a.m., Guthrie’s doorbell camera was disconnected. Another camera picked up movement around 2:12 a.m. Fifteen minutes later, her pacemaker app was disconnected from her cell phone.
Nanos also confirmed that the blood found on the front porch of Guthrie’s home belonged to the victim.
As of Thursday, authorities still have no suspect or person of interest in the case, but revealed that “everybody is still a suspect in our eyes.”
“It would be irresponsible if we did not talk to everybody,” Nanos added.
Guthrie Family Pleads for Nancy’s Safe Return
Savannah and her siblings, Annie and Camron Guthrie, released an emotional video pleading for their mother’s safe return after an alleged ransom note was sent to multiple media outlets.
“The light is missing from our lives,” Savannah said. “Nancy is our mother. We are her children.”
She added, “We will not rest. Your children will not rest until we are together again. We speak to you every moment, and we pray without ceasing, and we rejoice in advance for the day that we hold you in our arms again.”
