In a deeply emotional public appeal, NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie has dramatically increased the reward to $1 million for information leading to the safe return of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, who vanished from her Tucson, Arizona home under suspicious circumstances on February 1st.
The television journalist, fighting back tears in an Instagram video posted Tuesday, revealed the substantial financial incentive while expressing both hope and resignation about her mother’s fate. ‘We still believe in a miracle, we still believe that she can come home – hope against hope,’ Guthrie stated, while acknowledging the painful possibility that her mother ‘may already be gone.’
The case, now entering its fourth week, has been classified by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office as a probable abduction, with authorities believing Nancy was ‘taken from the home against her will, possibly in the middle of the night.’ The investigation has generated approximately 40,000 public tips but remains frustratingly unresolved.
Law enforcement has identified a prime suspect captured on Nancy’s Nest doorbell camera, with CBS News reporting this same individual had appeared at her doorstep on a previous occasion. Despite finding a glove similar to one worn by the suspect near the residence, DNA analysis failed to produce matches in FBI databases.
In addition to the family’s reward, Guthrie announced a $500,000 donation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The FBI’s Phoenix office has reiterated its call for anyone with ‘firsthand knowledge’ to contact their tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Sheriff Chris Nanos has explicitly ruled out all Guthrie family members as suspects, emphasizing that suggestions otherwise are ‘not only wrong, it is cruel.’ The reward previously stood at $200,000 before the family’s substantial increase, reflecting their growing desperation as the search continues without resolution.