Human Bones Found Near Nancy Guthrie’s House Day After Savannah Abruptly Left Today Mid-Show
Nancy Guthrie has been missing for nearly 100 days, with little progress in the ongoing investigation. However, the case has taken a new turn after human bones were recently discovered at her Arizona home.
According to the New York Post, a streamer came across the bone in a wash around five miles from the house. But authorities later said the remains were far older than the case, estimating they were at least 50 years old and possibly “prehistoric,” and therefore not linked to Nancy’s disappearance.
The Pima County Sherriff’s Department issued a statement via NewsNation, confirmed there “will be a prehistoric anthropological investigation.“
“The University of Arizona’s Anthropology Department and the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner assisted. This is not a criminal investigation,” the statement said.
This comes after reports that Nancy’s daughter, Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, abruptly left the program mid-show again, on Wednesday, May 6. Her co-anchor, Craig Melvin, told viewers that Savannah “had to leave a little early“ and would “be right back tomorrow, though.”
Guthrie returned Today on Thursday, May 7, and a source told Page Six that she had stepped out “for some sort of appointment,” and her unexpected exit “had nothing to do” with Nancy.
Still, The Daily Mail previously reported that NBC came up with a secret code to notify Guthrie of any development in Nancy’s case while she’s on air. Under the alleged system, if producers tell Guthrie she’s “needed off set,” it signals a major update in the case and she would be pulled from the broadcast.
“We would pull her immediately, mid-segment if we had to,” an insider explained the outlet. “She would understand that there was news about her mom and we’d take her into an office and tell her, at the same time that another anchor would report it as a breaking story.”
They added, “We would never in a million years have her report on the developments unless she wanted to. She knows if one of the producers tells her she’s ‘needed off set’ that there’s a development.”
