In Tucson, Nancy’s tidy desert home has transformed from sanctuary to sealed crime scene, its quiet rooms now combed by homicide detectives, federal agents, and drones overhead. Her cane, her ID, her phone, her pills—each ordinary object has become damning evidence that she did not simply walk away. Investigators say her limited mobility and sharp mind make wandering off almost impossible, and the open front door haunts neighbors who now speak of abduction in hushed, frightened tones.

Far away in New York, the bright lights of Studio 1A can’t disguise the grief on Savannah Guthrie’s face. Colleagues form prayer circles, viewers send messages, and a nation used to seeing her deliver other people’s tragedies watches her live through her own. Until someone steps forward, or some camera, drone, or search team finds what they’re desperately hoping for, a daughter with a microphone is left clinging to the one thing that hasn’t been taken from her yet: hope.