It’s been approximately a month since Nancy Guthrie was reported missing.
On Friday, “Today” show host and daughter of the missing 84-year-old Arizona woman, Savannah Guthrie, issued another public plea.
“Someone out there knows something that can bring her home. Somebody knows,” she said. “We are begging you to please come forward now.”
Nancy Guthrie, 84, went missing on Feb. 1. Her daughter, Savannah Guthrie, has publicly pleaded for her safe return and said that Nancy Guthrie’s health has made her vulnerable.
Guthrie family’s calls for help
Savannah Guthrie has drawn national attention for her video messages addressed to the public and the potential abductors in the Nancy Guthrie case.
A source from NBC News told CNN that Savannah Guthrie’s “‘Today’ family will welcome her back with open arms on her timeline.”
The Guthrie family is offering a reward of up to $1 million for any information that could help in this case.
The family is also donating $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which aids families coping with loss and actively looking for their lost loved ones.
In one of the latest videos, Guthrie acknowledged the possibility that her mother might be gone.
“We still believe. We still believe in a miracle. We still believe that she can come home,” Guthrie said. “We also know that she may be lost. She may already be gone.”
That statement was a turning point. “Living in this uncertainty is agonizing,” said Hoda Kotb, who hosted the “Today” show until January 2025 but came back during Savannah Guthrie’s time off from the show.
FBI moves investigation to Phoenix
As per News Nation’s Brian Entin, the Pima County sheriff said the investigation remains active until either Guthrie is located or all the leads are exhausted.
“The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is refocusing resources to detectives specifically assigned to this case. As leads are developed and resolved, resource allocation may fluctuate,” said Sheriff Chris Nanos.
Investigators went back to Nancy Guthrie’s home, which has turned into a vigil with flowers and notes left around the property.
Former FBI Special Agent Lance Leising said that it’s common for investigators to revisit a crime scene.
“Whether you are bringing new investigators back there, or maybe a new agency jumps in and needs to be briefed and wants to see it. Sometimes, you bring lab analysts back there to collect evidence and get a feel for it. Sometimes, prosecutors go to a crime scene later in the investigation. All these could be possible,” he said, as Fox News reported.
He noted that the investigators carried bags with them, which he called “a little unusual.”
“I’d be very curious what those are and how much value they hold,” Lance said.
The report also stated that the FBI will turn the Guthrie home back over to the family in the coming weeks as they move the investigation’s operations to Phoenix.
What do we know about the potential abductors?
Although the police haven’t identified a suspect or a person of interest, the FBI released photos and videos from a surveillance camera on the front porch of Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home.
The person appears to be tampering with the camera in the video released by FBI Director Kash Patel. The individual wore a mask and gloves and appeared to have a firearm.
The authorities conducted searches of several roadways in the Catalina Foothills area, where the Guthrie family lived, and took two black gloves discarded on the side of the road into evidence. The DNA found on the gloves and at the Guthrie home hasn’t yet produced a match in the federal databases.