Savannah Guthrie says she questions if her mom was taken 'because of me'

Savannah Guthrie is giving a new look into the day her mom Nancy Guthrie went missing.

On the Thursday, March 26, segment of Hoda Kotb's "Today" show interview with Guthrie, the emotional anchor said she was having a day with family when sister Annie Guthrie called in distress.

"I said, 'Is everything OK?' And she said, 'No, mom's missing.' And I said, 'What? What are you talking about?' She was in a panic. I was in a panic," Guthrie told Kotb. "We thought that she must have had some kind of medical episode in the night, and that somehow the paramedics had come."

Guthrie also revealed Nancy's back door was propped open. Speaking to law enforcement, Guthrie's sister and brother-in-law Tommy Cioni emphasized that their mom is in fragile health, and wouldn't just walk off.

She added: "She can't wander off. My mom, she was in tremendous pain.
 Her back was very bad. You know? On a good day, she could walk down to the mailbox and get the mail, but most days not."

Guthrie's brother Charles Camron Guthrie, who has a military background, was the first to suggest their mom was kidnapped for ransom.

"Do you think because of me?" Guthrie recalled saying. "And he said, 'I'm sorry, sweetie, but yeah, maybe.' But I knew that. We still don't know, honestly, we don't know anything."

She continued: "But it's because she's my mom, and somebody thought, 'Oh, that girl, that lady has money, we can make a quick buck.' I mean, that would make sense, but we don't know. Which is too much to bear, to think that I brought this to her bedside. That it's because of me. And I just say 'I'm so sorry, mommy.'"

The coanchor has been on hiatus since the suspected abduction of her 84-year-old mother, who was last seen at her home near Tucson, Arizona, on Jan. 31 following a family dinner.

She was reported missing on Feb. 1 after missing church, prompting an ongoing investigation into her disappearance that has garnered national attention. The family has said Nancy Guthrie was in fragile health and authorities believe she was taken against her will.

The suspect in the abduction was revealed in several surveillance photos and videos shared by FBI Director Kash Patel on Feb. 10, showing a masked man standing at Nancy Guthrie's front door before her disappearance.

Savannah Guthrie visited the "Today" show studio on Thursday, March 5, to thank her colleagues. That day, NBC said she eventually plans to return to the show on air but "remains focused right now supporting her family and working to help bring Nancy home."

Nancy Guthrie's family asks Tucson area to look for possible clues

In a statement shared Saturday, March 21, the Guthrie family urged neighbors to retrace their minds and memories for possible clues to the abduction of their missing mother.

"It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant," the family said in the statement. "We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of Jan. 31 and the early morning hours of Feb. 1, as well as the late evening of Jan. 11."

The family asked the community for renewed attention to the case and pleaded for people to consult "camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance."

"No detail is too small. It may be the key," the statement continued.

Law enforcement asks anyone with information to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov, the Pima County Sheriff's Department (520-351-4900) or 88-CRIME.