Police in Arizona are searching for the mother of prominent United States news anchor Savannah Guthrie, after the elderly woman went missing over the weekend under suspicious circumstances.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on Sunday local time from her home in Pima County, local sheriff Chris Nanos told a press conference.
"She did not leave on her own, we know that," Nanos said Monday, saying the home was being treated as a "crime scene."
Guthrie has mobility issues and is without necessary medication, the sheriff said, pleading for anyone with information on her whereabouts to come forward.
She is of "sound mind ... The family wants everybody to know this isn't somebody who just wandered off," he added.
Nanos would not go into detail about what evidence had been discovered at the home, saying only that investigators determined "we do in fact have a crime".
Security cameras at the home were also being examined, he said.
Later in the day, the sheriff told CBS News: "I believe she was abducted, yes. She didn't walk from there. She didn't go willingly."
He also said there were no suspects yet in the case, and that there was nothing to indicate that Savannah Guthrie's job as a prominent broadcast reporter had anything to do with the crime.
On Sunday, he had said that homicide investigators were a part of the probe.
Savannah Guthrie, 54, is one of the US' most well-known news personalities and is co-host of NBC's flagship Today Show morning program. She was born in Melbourne and moved to Arizona as a young child.
During Monday's broadcast, co-anchor Craig Melvin said the story was "deeply personal". In a statement from Guthrie reported on air, she thanked law enforcement for their work on the case and encouraged anyone with information to contact the police.
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