Savannah Guthrie renews appeal for information on missing mother Nancy
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Savannah Guthrie has renewed her appeal for information about her missing mother, saying her family cannot move forward without answers. She shared a drawing by her daughter expressing a need for her mother and urged anyone with information to help locate Nancy.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, went missing from her home in Catalina Foothills, Arizona, on 1 February. The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information about her whereabouts, alongside a separate $1 million reward from the family; authorities released two ransom notes in June in hopes of generating leads.
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In short
- Savannah Guthrie says her family needs answers about her mother.
- Nancy Guthrie has been missing for nine months.
- The FBI and family rewards total $1.1 million.
How this story developed
- 1 hour ago Nine months after Nancy Guthrie went missing, Savannah renewed her appeal, asking anyone with information to come forward; police had also released two ransom notes in June in the hope of finding leads.
- 2 hours ago Savannah Guthrie appealed for information about her missing 84-year-old mother, Nancy, sharing a drawing by her daughter and saying the family needed answers to move forward; Nancy disappeared from her Arizona home on 1 February, and the FBI and family had offered rewards of $100,000 and $1 million respectively.
Full account
Savannah Guthrie has renewed her appeal for information about her mother, Nancy, who disappeared from her Arizona home in February. In a social media post on Sunday, the Today co-host said her family could not move forward without learning what had happened and urged anyone with relevant knowledge to come forward.
Guthrie shared a drawing by her daughter showing an umbrella and raindrops, alongside the words, “I know it might not seem like it, but I really need my mommy.” She said the picture reflected her own feelings, describing how daily life can look normal while the family continues to grieve and seek answers. She also thanked those who had supported them and asked people to keep praying.
Nancy, 84, was reported missing on 1 February after she did not attend her usual church service. Authorities later described the case as a presumed kidnapping after finding what they considered concerning evidence at her Tucson-area home. The FBI joined the search and offered a reward for information leading to her recovery. Guthrie’s latest post said the reward remained available; one report also noted that the family had offered its own reward and that the sheriff’s department released two ransom notes in June in an effort to generate leads.
The renewed appeal follows earlier public messages from Guthrie. One outlet recalled an August post marking six months since Nancy’s disappearance; another highlighted a video in which Guthrie addressed the people who took her mother. Across the reports, the family’s continuing anguish and plea for help are central, while the accounts differ in the past appeals and investigative details they include.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
The reports give different descriptions of the FBI reward: one says it is $100,000, while the other says it rose from $100,000 to $200,000 and then to $1 million on 24 February. The first also mentions a separate $1 million family reward and the June release of ransom notes; the second instead recounts Guthrie’s earlier August post and a video appeal to her mother’s kidnappers.
The reports describe the timing and circumstances of the disappearance differently. One says the sheriff’s department announced on 1 February that Nancy was missing from her Catalina Foothills home. The other says she missed her usual Sunday church service that day, and that authorities called it a presumed kidnapping the following day after finding concerning evidence.
Explained simply
Savannah Guthrie is a US television presenter, and Nancy Guthrie is her 84-year-old mother. Nancy was reported missing from her home in Catalina Foothills, Arizona, on 1 February.
The FBI and local police are involved in efforts to find Nancy and establish what happened. The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information about her whereabouts, while her family has offered a separate $1 million reward; police have also released two ransom notes as part of their search for leads.
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Originally published by Deadline as “Savannah Guthrie Renews Plea For Information About Mom Nancy’s Disappearance: “We Cannot Move Forward””.