“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie shared a message a week into her mother Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
“We believe our mom is still out there. We need your help,” she said , adding that “law enforcement is working tirelessly … to bring her home,” in a video posted to Instagram on Monday afternoon.
Thanking people for their prayers, Savannah Guthrie asked them to keep sending information.
“She was taken, and we don’t know where,” said Guthrie.
“I’m coming on just to ask you, not just for your prayers, but no matter where you are, even if you’re far from Tucson. If you see anything, hear anything, or if there’s anything at all that seems strange to you … please report it to law enforcement,” she said in the video.
This was the Guthrie family’s fourth message to the potential kidnappers.
Despite the public pleas, the family hasn’t received proof of life or any communication from the alleged perpetrators, aside from the ransom letters.
Here is a day-by-day timeline of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
Saturday, Jan. 31 — The night before.
At 5 p.m., Guthrie takes an Uber to her daughter Annie’s home for a family dinner and game night.
Her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni dropped her off at 9:48 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 1 — Authorities alerted.
At 1:47 a.m., the doorbell camera disconnected.
Shortly after, at 2:12 a.m., the doorbell software detected motion, but no video was recorded.
Roughly 16 minutes later, Guthrie’s pacemaker disconnected from the app on her phone.
After receiving a call from someone at Guthrie’s church about her not being there, the Guthrie family discovered she was missing and called the police.
Monday, Feb. 2 — Public plea from the Guthrie family.
During a press conference, authorities said they believed she was taken in the middle of the night against her will.
Savannah Guthrie issued a statement, as NBC’s “Today” show reported.
“On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers, and messages of support,” she said. “Right now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear Nancy.”
On Monday evening, KOLD, a Tucson news station, received a ransom note.
Authorities did not make the details of the note public, but reports over the last week revealed it contained specific details about Nancy Guthrie’s home and the clothes she was wearing the night she was taken. It also demanded $4 million in bitcoin as payment by Thursday, Feb. 5, or else the demand would increase to $6 million by Monday, Feb. 9.
Tuesday, Feb. 3 — News outlets receive ransom notes.
Savannah Guthrie asked for prayers again on Tuesday to help find her mother, while authorities called on the public to continue submitting tips.
TMZ and another local outlet, KGUN 9, received an identical ransom note. Authorities officially acknowledged reports of the letter.
Wednesday, Feb. 4 — Guthrie family’s second video message.
On the fourth day after Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, her family — Savannah Guthrie and her siblings, Camron and Annie Guthrie — issued a video message addressing the ransom note.
“As a family, we are doing everything 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’s alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you, and we are ready to listen. Please reach out to us,” Savannah Guthrie said.
Following the release of Savannah Guthrie’s video, President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he offered his administration’s resources to help bring Guthrie home.
“I spoke with Savannah Guthrie and let her know that I am directing all federal law enforcement to be at the family’s and local law enforcement’s complete disposal IMMEDIATELY,” he said.
Thursday, Feb. 5 — Ransom note’s deadline comes and goes.
The local authorities revealed a detailed timeline of Guthrie’s disappearance. They also revealed that the forensic evidence showed that the blood at the entrance of Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home was her own, as the Deseret News previously reported.
The FBI arrested a man in connection with a fraudulent ransom demand.
The FBI, which said it advised the family on the ransom note, announced a $50,000 reward for any information.
Camron Guthrie posted a video directly addressing the potential kidnappers. He said the family hasn’t heard anything since the first ransom note.
“We need you to reach out, and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward,” he said.
Friday, Feb. 6 — A second ransom note is sent to a news station.
The FBI deployed digital billboards in the Southwest, including California, Arizona and New Mexico, and went back to square one, searching for clues in Guthrie’s home.
Trump suggested that the Justice Department or the FBI would release “some things.”
“A lot of things have happened with regard to that horrible situation in the last couple of hours,” the president added while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One.
The alleged kidnappers sent the local news station KOLD a second note.
It did not provide proof of life and was different from the first letter, KOLD’s station news director, Jessica Bobula, told NBC News. In fact, the second note did not look like a ransom demand at all, according to Bobula.
“There is something in the note that we believe they are trying to use to make sure the investigators know that it is the same people,” Bobula said. “It seems as if they are trying to indicate that only the sender of the previous email would know this detail.”
Saturday, Feb. 7 — Guthrie children say they “will pay.”
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings, Annie and Camron, issued another video addressing the ransom note.
“We received your message, and we understand,” Savannah Guthrie said in the video. “We beg you now to return our mother to us so we can celebrate with her. It is the only way we will have peace.”
“This is very valuable to us, and we will pay,” she said.
Sunday, Feb. 8 — Search continues
Investigators returned to Nancy Guthrie’s home eight days after she was last seen.