Savannah Guthrie and her siblings made an emotional plea to the public on Wednesday, Feb. 4, to contact them if they know where her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, is after she went missing.
Savannah posted a video on Instagram where she explained her mother’s condition and asked for help to locate her mother.
“Our mom is our heart and our home,” she said in the video. “Her health, her heart, is fragile. She lives in constant pain. She is without any medicine. She needs it to survive. She needs it not to suffer.”
Savannah then went on to say that she suspects her mother was kidnapped.
“We too have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media,” she said in the video. “As a family, we are doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk. However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her.”
Her sister, Annie Guthrie, also appeared in the video clip, reading from a letter in which her grief and sense of urgency were palpable:
“The light is missing from our lives. Nancy is our mother. She is our beacon. She holds fast to joy in all of life’s circumstances. She chooses joy day after day, despite enduring great trials of pain and grief. We are always going to be merely human, just normal human people who need our mom. Mama, if you’re listening, we need you to come home. We miss you.”
The authorities are still actively investigating the case, but they are cautioning people against spreading speculation and rumors about it.
In a press conference on February 2, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said that Nancy’s home is a “crime scene.” He also appealed to people to cooperate with them by providing any information that they may have about Nancy’s disappearance.
The search stretched into a fifth day on Thursday, Feb. 5.
In an update that day, Nanos said, “We believe Nancy is still out there.” He said blood recovered at the home was confirmed through DNA testing to belong to Nancy, but officials still had no proof of life. Nanos said authorities are reviewing ransom communications and have treated at least one later note as a hoax.
Also Thursday, the FBI posted a wanted notice offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.
The FBI said she was last seen at her residence in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona, on the evening of Jan. 31, 2026.
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