An emotional three-word message from Hoda Kotb to her longtime colleague Savannah Guthrie has come to public attention, as the search for Guthrie's missing mother Nancy continues.
Kotb's message on her Instagram story simply read, “Bring her home” with a few set of praying hands emojis.
The development comes as Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance enters its seventh week, with authorities continuing to treat the case as a suspected abduction.
The family and Savannah Guthrie is receiving plenty emotional support from the general public as well as her network colleagues.
Kotb, who is covering her NBC’s Today host role for Savannah, has also stepped in to support both the broadcast and her colleague during the crisis.
The family, represented by Nancy's children Savannah, Annie, and Camron as well as their spouses, thanked supporters and requested more focus on the search in a new statement posted on Savannah's Instagram the day Hotb showed support via her Instagram story, on March 21.
The statement read, “We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case – please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance.”
Savannah further expressed in her statement, “We miss our mom with every breath and we cannot be in peace until she is home. We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home.”
Nancy's family dropped her off at her house in Tucson, Arizona, and she was last seen on January 31. Citing surveillance footage of a man in a mask at her front door, investigators suspect she was abducted overnight.
Authorities have not yet announced any major breakthroughs in the investigation, though officials say they have developed leads regarding a possible motive.
