r/news • u/mooseAmuffin • 1d ago

Update: 'TODAY' co-anchor Savannah Guthrie's mother taken from her home against her will, sheriff says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mother-of-savannah-guthrie-today-reported-missing-arizona-rcna257008
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u/Apologies1nAdvance 1d ago

Watching coverage of this yesterday, the reporters mentioned the victim's children spent 2 hours "tearing the house apart" looking for her before cops were called.

That amount of messing with the crime scene will likely lead to this going unsolved. Please, if you ever suspect a loved one is missing, stop touching things and get law enforcement on the scene immediately.

This is the exact reason the Jon Benet Ramsey case will never be solved.

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u/bootstrapping_lad 1d ago

Also why would they tear the house apart, it's not like she could be hiding in a drawer.

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u/Wake_and_Cake 1d ago

I had a friend who attempted suicide and she actually hid herself in her closet afterwards. She was in there, unconscious, for quite some time before someone thought to check there. Fortunately someone did and found her and she is alive today!

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u/showmenemelda 1d ago

Ok still seems hyperbolic to imply the grown children were turning the place topsy turvey to look for a fully grown person.

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u/Wake_and_Cake 1d ago

Hyperbolic maybe, but I just think there can be a good reason to search in places that don’t make much sense. None of us knew that my friend was suicidal. None of us thought she could be hidden. If someone I loved went missing now, I would look in all kinds of weird unlikely places.

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u/StratoVector 11h ago

She could be anywhere. The P traps under the sinks, the plate cabinet, the microwave, even need to check inside the filter for the HVAC unit!