NBC “TODAY” show co-host Savannah Guthrie said her family is “begging for help” for clues to the whereabouts of her mother in an Instagram post on Saturday, the six-month anniversary of when the 84-year-old went missing.
“We are desperate,” Savannah Guthrie wrote in an Instagram post. “We need someone to come forward. Someone knows something. Someone suspects something. Someone recognizes the writing in the ransom demand notes. Someone has noticed something different, strange, troubling or just unusual—perhaps with someone they deeply love.”
The Instagram post noted that six months ago, her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was taken out of her bed “in the dead of night.”
“We have lived every moment, every breath, and every heartbeat in agony and despair ever since,” she added.
The social media post came a day after the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released two ransom notes it had received.
On Saturday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department posted an interview with Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos in which he described the case as “very active.”
“We think somebody knows something,” Nanos said in the video. “Someone knows who this person is. … We want that person to call us. We need that phone call.”
One ransom note, received on Feb. 2, claimed Nancy Guthrie was safe but being held for ransom and demanded a $4 million bitcoin payment within a month. It threatened to increase the demand to $6 million if the deadline was missed and warned Guthrie would be killed if payment was not received.
The second note, received on Feb. 6, took a much more conciliatory tone, and said that Nancy Guthrie had died and they thought it was heart related.
“We did not grasp the seriousness of her physical condition,” it states. “We never intended to hurt her, that was not our intention.”
The note adds that Nancy Guthrie was “buried in nature.”
“Nothing you could have done could have changed the outcome. We want your family to know this and hope you all can find peace. We are truly sorry.”
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI’s Phoenix Field Office said they have worked together for the past six months to locate Nancy Guthrie, who was last confirmed to be at her residence in Tucson’s Catalina Foothills neighborhood on the evening of Jan. 31, 2026.
Investigators said they recovered doorbell camera videos showing an unidentified man who they believe knows what happened to Guthrie.
The videos, which may have been recorded on two separate days, indicate the man took steps to prepare for events occurring the night of Jan. 31 to Feb. 1.
Authorities asked the public to report anyone who displayed changes in behavior, appearance, routine, vehicle cleaning or repairs, or unusual interest in the investigation. Investigators also released details about the two ransom notes sent to media outlets, saying the author could possibly be identified through recognizable linguistic patterns.
