United States President Donald Trump has insisted Nancy Guthrie’s abductors could have “the most severe” consequences – including the death penalty – if she isn’t returned alive.
Donald Trump has threatened Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers with the death penalty if she isn’t returned alive.
The 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie has been missing after being abducted from her home near Tucson, Arizona on February 1, and the search is ongoing with both the FBI Phoenix office and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department still hoping to find her alive.
US President Trump has told the New York Post that if she is found dead, her abductors will face “very, very severe — the most severe” federal consequences.
Asked if that meant the Department of Justice could request the death penalty, he added: “The most, yeah – that’s true.”
While Trump hasn’t spoken publicly about the case too often, he did recently reveal he had spoken to Savannah and vowed to deploy “all resources” to get her hope.
In a post on Truth Social earlier this month, he wrote: “I spoke with Savannah Guthrie, and let her know that I am directing ALL Federal Law Enforcement to be at the family’s, and Local Law Enforcement’s, complete disposal, IMMEDIATELY.
“We are deploying all resources to get her mother home safely. The prayers of our Nation are with her and her family. GOD BLESS AND PROTECT NANCY!”
Meanwhile, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has clarified that the investigation isn’t focused on the Guthrie family.
He said in a statement: “To be clear … the Guthrie family – to include all siblings and spouses – has been cleared as possible suspects. The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case.
“To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple.”
Nancy’s disappearance is being treated as a possible kidnapping, although authorities are finding it tough to establish a motive.
Nanos told the Daily Mail newspaper: “This is somebody who’s disappeared from the face of the earth, and now we have a camera that says here’s the person who did this.
“And that’s what makes me say this is a kidnapping. The motivation for it is where we get stuck, right? Is it for money? I mean, we had the one demand where they asked for money. But is it really for money, or is it for revenge for something?”
Donald Trump threatens Nancy Guthrie kidnappers with death penalty if she isn’t found alive
