Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance sparked an emotional 12 hours for Savannah

Nancy Guthrie’s suspicious disappearance sparked a terrifying, 12-hour ordeal for her daughter, “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie — and it’s still not over nearly two months later.

In an emotional interview on “Dateline” with NBC co-host Hoda Kotb, she described the difficult moments after learning her 84-year-old mother had left her home in Arizona, prompting her to make a cross-country trip to be with family.

The tragedy began after a casual evening with her children on “Today” at Carson Daly’s home, she told Kotb last week.

“We had a good, good night together,” he said, describing the visit.

SAVANNAH GUTHRIE OPENS UP ABOUT HER MOTHER’S CAREER AND HOW HER FAME WAS GOING, ASKS FAMILY FOR HELP.

On Sunday, her husband Mike Feldman returned from a golf trip.

“We were saying yes, we were putting our things down, and the kids were running around – and my sister called me,” she said.

Their mother, who suffers from debilitating back pain and other mobility issues, was not there.

SHERIFF WARNS NANCY GUTHRIE COUNCIL COULD ‘HIT AGAIN FOR REAL’, DISCLAIMS CIRCUMSTANCES.

It was almost two o’clock in the evening in New York, and noon back in Tucson. Savannah told her sister, Annie, to call 911. She already had.

Pima County deputies were at the home – where they found evidence: blood on the front porch, back doors open, Nancy’s valuables intact but no sign of her whereabouts.

Annie and her husband, Tommaso “Tommy” Cioni, had already called local hospitals, hoping to get him picked up by paramedics, to no avail. Savannah called them too.

NANCY GUTHRIE UPDATE: K9 OFFICER REFUSES DECISION NOT TO USE CADAVER DOGS ‘DEFIES LOGIC’

“It was two o’clock in the afternoon, but I was on a 7:30 flight to Phoenix,” he told Kotb. “And then a two-hour drive down to Tucson, and I probably got to my sister’s house at 2 in the morning.”

Their sister Camron, who lives in Vermont, also flew in. After reaching Annie late, Savannah remembers talking to the authorities again on the phone.

The next morning, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos held the first of three reports he issued in the first week after Nancy’s alleged abduction. He has never caught anything since.

He said, from the beginning, he had concerns. He sent search and rescue teams to check the area – and sent homicide detectives to the home.

FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME GROUP ON X

“It has a lot to do with what we learn at home,” he told reporters.

Nancy was last seen between 9:30 and 10 p.m. on Jan. 31, when her son-in-law dropped her off after dinner at Annie’s, according to authorities.

SIGN UP FOR THE TRUE FAITH NEWSLETTER

Nancy was taken in her pajamas, Savannah said. He was not wearing shoes. And the suspected kidnapper or thieves left valuables behind, such as her purse, phone and Apple watch, as well as the medications her life depended on.

Soon the ransom demands started coming in – although many were believed to be from imposters. But Savannah said at least two appeared to be loyal to her family, and the siblings recorded video responses.

SEND US AN EMAIL HERE

“How is it possible that we have to make a video of a kidnapper who took an 84-year-old woman at night, in her pajamas, without shoes, without her medicine and begging for mercy?” Savannah asked Kotb.

LIKE WHAT YOU READ? GET MORE ON TRUE CRIME HUB

Investigators and the family have repeatedly appealed to the public for help. There is a combined award of more than $1.2 million in the case – a million of which came from the Guthrie family for their mother’s recovery.

LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST

“How can someone disappear without a trace? How? Someone knows something,” Savannah said in her Dateline interview. “Even if that thing is someone who’s been acting weird for the last 7, 8 weeks. Just like that. Someone knows.”

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

The family asked anyone with information to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.