“We are in agony,” Guthrie said, live on NBC’s Today. “We cannot be at peace.”
NBC Today host Savannah Guthrie delivered an emotional plea for information on Tuesday after reports emerged that one of the ransom notes sent to her family claimed her missing mother had been accidentally killed and buried. Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Tuscon home on February 1 and ransom notes demanding millions of dollars in exchange for her return were sent to the family and to media.
A ransom note from February 6 said that the elderly woman had been accidentally killed and offered to return her body in exchange for $4 million in Bitcoin. It was this recent revelation that the NBC host addressed.
Savannah Guthrie fought back tears as co-host Craig Melvin praised her resilience throughout the ordeal. “The bravery and courage with which you have done this job every day since that happened, nothing short of remarkable. Nothing short of remarkable,” Melvin said.
“I love you guys, and I love this place,” Guthrie told viewers, “and this is unusual and unprecedented to say the least to be sitting here,” she said. “But I can’t pretend I’m not here. And so, since I am, I just want to take the opportunity to ask people, to really to beg people to come forward. This is a new story today that is on your radar, but this is the life that my sister lives and I live, that my brother lives, that our extended families live, that our children live every day. And we are in agony. We cannot be at peace.”
Guthrie said the pain of not knowing what happened to her mother never goes away. “No matter how much I try to come out here every day and smile and find that joy… this is the moment to tell you that we need your help. We’re begging for your help.”
Guthrie urged anyone with even the smallest piece of information to contact investigators, noting that tips can be submitted anonymously. “Please do the right thing for us, for our family, for our children,” she said. “And we love our mom. And we’ll never stop looking for her. Never.”
Nancy Guthrie disappeared after being dropped off at her Tucson home following dinner with family members on January 31. Investigators later discovered blood and signs of forced entry at the residence, while doorbell camera footage reportedly captured a masked suspect wearing gloves near the property.
Despite a months-long federal investigation, no suspects have been publicly identified and Nancy Guthrie remains missing. The FBI continues to investigate the case and has asked anyone with information to contact authorities.
