The family of US television anchor Savannah Guthrie has announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the recovery of her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, as the search for the 84-year-old Arizona woman stretches into a fourth week with no confirmed sightings.
Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home near Tucson on 31 January and reported missing the following day. Authorities believe she was abducted during the night after surveillance footage showed a masked individual outside her front door hours before she vanished.
“Someone out there knows something that can bring her home,” she said, urging anyone with information to come forward.
FAMILY CLINGS TO HOPE AMID FEARS OF NANCY’S DEATH
In a post on Instagram, the Today show co-host admitted fear as the search continues. She has flagged that Nancy Guthrie requires daily medication, increasing concern about her survival.
“She may already be gone,” Savannah Guthrie wrote. “She may already have gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in heaven.”
Despite the uncertainty, her relatives believe she could be alive and have indicated they would respond to any credible ransom demand.
Local and federal agencies are working on the case. According to the Pima County Sheriff’s Office, they received more than 20,000 tips. The FBI had released images of a masked man captured on a doorbell camera outside Guthrie’s home.
INVESTIGATION EXPANDS WITH NEW LEADS
New information suggests the same masked figure may have appeared at the property on more than one occasion, CNN reported. Some images released publicly were taken on different days, indicating possible prior surveillance of the home. The sheriff’s department, however, said there are no confirmed timestamps and cautioned that such claims remain speculative.
Forensic teams continue to examine evidence from the house and surrounding area. Drops of Nancy Guthrie’s blood were found on the front porch, and investigators are analysing DNA recovered from items located nearby, including gloves discovered during searches.
The disappearance has drawn a large community response across southern Arizona, with volunteers and search teams combing neighbourhoods and desert terrain around the Catalina Foothills area where Guthrie lived.
Investigators have explored cross-border possibilities due to Tucson’s proximity to Mexico, though officials say there is no evidence she was taken abroad and no confirmed link to organised crime. Family members have been ruled out as suspects.
Sheriff Chris Nanos said the investigation remains active and determined. He has previously said authorities are confident they will find Guthrie “even if it takes 10 days, 10 months, or worse.”
The newly announced $1 million reward adds to more than $200,000 previously offered by law enforcement and private donors, pushing the combined total to over $1.2 million.
The Guthrie family said the goal is to encourage anyone with knowledge of Nancy Guthrie’s whereabouts to speak up, regardless of what may have happened.
With inputs from agencies
