ToplineIn her first interview since her mother Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance in February, “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie said her 84-year-old mother could have been targeted due to her status as a famous television morning show host.In an interview with her “Today” co-host Hoda Kotb, Guthrie remembered the “chaos and disbelief” in the hours after Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty ImagesKey FactsIn the first part of the interview published on Thursday, Guthrie recalled what she described as “chaos and disbelief” in the first hours after her mother’s kidnapping.Guthrie said her brother, who she said spent his career in the military, “saw very clearly right away what this was,” telling the “Today” host “I think she’s been kidnapped for ransom.”Guthrie said she was initially in disbelief about that scenario, before breaking down in tears remembering the moment she realized her mother could have been targeted due to her status: “I don’t know that it’s because she’s my mom, and somebody thought ‘oh that girl, that lady has money, we could make a quick buck.”Guthrie said the thought was “too much to bear to think that I brought this to her bedside,” before offering tearful apologies to her mother and her entire family: “I just have to say I’m sorry mommy, I’m so sorry.”Crucial QuoteGuthrie said her family quickly realized this wasn’t a more typical case of an elderly family member wandering off in confusion, she told Kotb. “My mom, she was in tremendous pain. Her back was very bad. She was trying to, on a good day she could walk down to the mailbox and get the mail, but most days not. So there was no wander off.” She also said the immediate clues at the scene made her family quickly realize something was amiss. “The doors were propped open, and there was blood on the front doorstep, and the ring camera had been yanked off. So we were saying, this is not okay. Something is very wrong here.”Key BackgroundNancy Guthie was reported missing from her home in Arizona on Feb. 1. Investigators recovered footage and images from a disabled doorbell camera at Guthrie’s home of a potential suspect, who appears wearing a mask, backpack and gloves. The extensive search for clues around Pima County has so far failed to produce any leads, and DNA recovered from gloves found near the crime scene did not match any in a database.Surprising FactIn the weeks after Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, the Guthrie family posted a video offering a $1 million reward for information about their mother. In the interview on Thursday, Guthrie described the experience of making a video speaking to a potential kidnapper as “surreal.” The “Today” host said the family received lots of ransom notes, but to her family’s understanding, most have not been real. “A person that would send a fake ransom note really has to look deeply at themselves,” Guthrie said. However, she said she did believe the first two notes the family responded to were real.Further ReadingForbesSavannah Guthrie Will Return To ‘Today’ Amid Mother’s Abduction CaseBy Martina Di LicosaForbesThe Kidnappers Of Savannah Guthrie's Mom Want Bitcoin—But It’s Not As Anonymous As Many ThinkBy Martina Di Licosa