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U.S. tv web quality big Savannah Guthrie took to societal media connected Monday (February 9, 2026) to plead for the public’s assistance successful locating her aged mother, who vanished from her Arizona location much than a week agone successful a presumed kidnapping for ransom.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was past seen connected January 31 erstwhile household members dropped her disconnected astatine her location adjacent Tucson aft she had meal with them, and relatives reported her missing the pursuing day, according to authorities.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said the elder Guthrie had highly constricted mobility and could not person near her location unassisted, starring investigators to reason aboriginal connected that she had been kidnapped.
At slightest 2 evident ransom notes person surfaced since then, some delivered initially to quality media.
“We judge our ma is inactive retired there,” Ms. Guthrie, 54, co-anchor of NBC’s “Today” show, said successful the latest of 4 video messages she and different relatives person posted to Instagram successful caller days.
“Law enforcement is moving tirelessly astir the timepiece trying to bring her home, trying to find her. She was taken, and we don’t cognize where. And we request your help,” Ms. Guthrie said.
She asked that anyone who notices “anything astatine each that seems strange” that mightiness pertain to her mother’s fate, “even if you’re acold from Tucson,” to study it to instrumentality enforcement, adding, “We are astatine an hr of desperation.”
The connection coincided with a looming Monday (February 9, 2026) deadline enumerated successful a purported ransom missive sent to respective media outlets past week, days after the elder Guthrie disappeared. An archetypal deadline acceptable successful that missive for 5 p.m. past Friday came and went.
The FBI and sheriff’s section said a 2nd apparent ransom enactment surfaced connected Friday aft household members had appealed to whoever mightiness beryllium holding Nancy Guthrie to unfastened a nonstop enactment of communication.
On Saturday (February 7, 2026), Savannah Guthrie appeared with her member and sister successful a grim video connection directed astatine their mother’s presumed captors, pleading for her instrumentality but making nary explicit notation of whether she was believed to inactive beryllium alive. “This is the lone mode we volition person peace,” the TV big said successful Saturday’s (February 7, 2026) message. “This is precise invaluable to america and we volition pay.”
Adding to concerns astir Nancy Guthrie’s destiny was the frail authorities of her wellness and the information that she is said to beryllium babelike connected regular medication.
Nine days into the hunt for Nancy Guthrie, nary impervious of beingness is known to person been provided. And connected Sunday, the sheriff said that investigators had yet to place “any suspects, persons of involvement oregon vehicles connected to this case.”
Asked past Thursday (February 5, 2026) whether helium feared she was dead, Nanos acknowledged he did, but added, “We run from a presumption that until we know, she’s retired there, she’s alive, and we’re going to proceed reasoning that mode until we find her.”
Nanos besides confirmed reports that DNA trial results had determined that humor recovered connected the structure steps astatine the beforehand doorway to the victim’s location came from her.
The FBI connected Thursday (February 5, 2026) offered a $50,000 reward for accusation starring to the betterment of Nancy Guthrie oregon the apprehension and condemnation of anyone progressive successful her disappearance.
