Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of NBC’s “Today” show, announced Tuesday (local time) that the Guthrie family is offering a $1 million reward to anyone with information that could help in the recovery of her mother, Nancy Guthrie.
Sharing a new video on her Instagram, Guthrie made an emotional plea to people for help regarding her mother, who was last seen at her home in Arizona on January 31. She was reported missing on February 1.
While Savannah Guthrie acknowledged that her 84-year-old mother “could already be gone,” she added that “we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. That’s why we’re offering the family a reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads to her recovery.”
The Guthrie family’s reward is listed by the agency in addition to the FBI
Following Savannah Guthrie’s video, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Phoenix took to their X account to announce that the reward Guthrie announced would be in addition to what the FBI had previously announced. The post read: “The family of missing Tucson woman Nancy Guthrie is offering a $1 million private reward for credible information leading directly to her return.” It further states: “The FBI’s $100,000 reward also remains active. To keep the tip line available to actionable law enforcement investigators, please submit only serious and detailed information based on facts – no wishful thinking or theories of the case. The tip line is not intended for personal messages to the Guthrie family.”
Savannah, who has consistently pleaded and used her social media accounts to urge people to come forward and help her family, said it had been 24 days since their 84-year-old mother was last seen.
In a statement released Monday (local time), the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said, “There is no date or time stamp associated with these images” and “any suggestion that the photos were taken on different days is purely speculative.” He added that the investigation is ongoing and “conclusions will be guided by verifiable evidence and established facts.”
With no breakthrough yet, investigators continued to review “thousands of hours” of video obtained from the greater Tucson area. They are also continuing to analyze DNA found at her home in Arizona, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said.
A CNN report suggests that while authorities have no leading theory about a motive, they believe the 84-year-old woman was forcibly taken from her home. Nanos said officials have not ruled out the possibility of more than one person being involved.
