Savannah Guthrie posts new plea for help in mom's disappearance
Savannah Guthrie said her family is "begging for help" to find her mother, six months after her disappearance from her Arizona home.
In an Aug. 1 Instagram post, Guthrie, the NBC News "Today" show host and journalist, called for help to find her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie, who went missing from her home on Feb. 1. Investigators said she was taken against her will from her home near Tucson, Arizona. She hasn't been seen since a family game night the day before.
“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, was seemingly abducted from her home outside Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2026. Authorities released photos and videos on Feb. 10, of a potential suspect who was caught tampering with a camera on her front door on the morning of her disappearance. (Provided by NBC)Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson on July 29, 2026. (Mark Henle, The Republic via USA TODAY Network)Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson on July 29, 2026. (Mark Henle, The Republic via USA TODAY Network)Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson on July 29, 2026. (Mark Henle, The Republic via USA TODAY Network)Gifts, signs and tokens of support line the curb outside Nancy Guthrie's home in the Catalina Foothills on March 11, 2026. (Diannie Chavez, The Republic via USA TODAY NETWORK)FBI investigators make their way through the landscape outside Nancy Guthrie's home in Catalina Foothills, Tucson, Arizona, on Feb. 11, 2026. (Patrick Breen, The Republic via USA TODAY NETWORK)A sign from Nancy Guthrie's neighbors shows support for her outside her home in Catalina Foothills, Arizona, on Feb. 10, 2026. (Patrick Breen, The Republic via USA TODAY NETWORK)Gifts, signs and tokens of support line the curb outside Nancy Guthrie's home in the Catalina Foothills on March 11, 2026. (Diannie Chavez, The Republic via USA TODAY NETWORK)Gifts, signs and tokens of support line the curb outside Nancy Guthrie's home in the Catalina Foothills on March 11, 2026. (Diannie Chavez, The Republic via USA TODAY NETWORK)Gifts, signs and tokens of support line the curb outside Nancy Guthrie's home in the Catalina Foothills on March 11, 2026. (Diannie Chavez, The Republic via USA TODAY NETWORK)Catalina Ochoa visits a memorial for Nancy Guthrie in front of the KVOA news station on March 3, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. One month after Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, went missing, law enforcement officials continue to analyze evidence from the crime scene and follow leads and tips from the public. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)Catalina Ochoa visits a memorial for Nancy Guthrie in front of the KVOA news station on March 3, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. One month after Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, went missing, law enforcement officials continue to analyze evidence from the crime scene and follow leads and tips from the public. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)A Pima County Sheriff vehicle sits in the driveway of Nancy Guthrie's home on Feb. 26, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)A photograph of Nancy Guthrie is seen on a sign that people can leave messages on Feb. 26, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)A person prepares to repair a leaking irrigation system next to the front door of Nancy Guthrie's home on Feb. 26, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)A Pima County Sheriff deputy watches as workers place "No Trespassing" signs around the home of Nancy Guthrie on Feb. 24, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. Savannah Guthrie announced a $1 million reward for anyone who helps find her mother. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)Armelinda Valenzuela is hugged after she sang and prayed in front of Nancy Guthrie's residence on Feb. 25, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. Valenzuela said, "Her heart breaks for the Guthrie family." Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)Catherine Lopez carries a backpack she found in a culvert, while joining other volunteers to search for any possible signs of Nancy Guthrie near her residence on Feb. 22, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. Lopez was able to give the backpack to Pima County Sheriff deputies. The volunteer group was looking for anything that could help find Nancy Guthrie or the person or persons responsible for her disappearance. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)Lisa Pollak (R) joins other volunteers to search for any possible signs of Nancy Guthrie near her residence on Feb. 22, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. The volunteer group was looking for anything that could help find Nancy Guthrie or the person or persons responsible for her disappearance. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)Jamie Messick walks through a culvert as he joins other volunteers to search for any possible signs of Nancy Guthrie near her residence on Feb. 22, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. The volunteer group was looking for anything that could help find Nancy Guthrie or the person or persons responsible for her disappearance. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)Media outlets set up across the road from Nancy Guthrie's residence on Feb. 19, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. An anonymous donor contributed $100,000 to the total reward offered in the Nancy Guthrie case, bringing it to over $200,000. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)Two AI-generated images with the likeness of Nancy Guthrie sit in a memorial near her residence on Feb. 19, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. An anonymous donor contributed $100,000 to the total reward offered in the Nancy Guthrie case, bringing it to over $200,000. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)A sign sits in a memorial setup outside of Nancy Guthrie's residence on Feb. 18, 2026 in Tucson, Ariz. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)A Pima County Sheriff's vehicle sits in the driveway of Nancy Guthrie's residence on Feb. 18, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)Jeannie Maggard visits a memorial setup next to the driveway of the residence of Nancy Guthrie on Feb. 18, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz. Law enforcement officials continue to search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images)Alex Stone (ABC News) reports live outside Nancy Guthrie's home in the Catalina Foothills in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 16, 2026. (Mark Henle, The Republic via USA TODAY NETWORK)A Pima County Sheriff looks on after escorting a person off Nancy Guthrie's property on Feb. 16, 2026 in Tucson, Ariz. Searches continue for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. The search enters its 3rd week with law enforcement officials claiming to have found several items of evidence, but having made no arrests. (Brandon Bell, Getty Images)The FBI and Pima County SheriffÕs Department deputies process evidence from a late-model, gray Range Rover as they investigate the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, at a CulverÕs in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 13, 2026. (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)A sign in support of the Guthrie family stands next to several bouquets of flowers left outside Nancy Guthrie's home in the Catalina Foothills near Tucson on Feb. 12, 2026. (Diannie Chavez, The Republic via USA TODAY NETWORK)Members of the Reed family pay their respects at a makeshift memorial outside of the residence of Nancy Guthrie on Feb. 16, 2026 in Tucson, Ariz. The search continues for Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on February 1. Law enforcement officials say they have found several items of evidence, but have made no arrests. (Brandon Bell, Getty Images)A backpack sits in this handout image, part of new visuals the FBI released regarding the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. (FBI, via REUTERS)New images from a Nest camera show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door on the morning of her disappearance. (Provided by the FBI)New images from a Nest camera show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door on the morning of her disappearance. (FBI)New images from a Nest camera show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door on the morning of her disappearance. (FBI)New images from a Nest camera show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door on the morning of her disappearance. (FBI)A well-wisher leaves a note and handmade flowers outside of Nancy Guthrie's home in the Catalina Foothills after the disappearance of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 12, 2026 (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)Jennifer Bond signs a banner that reads "Bring her home" and shows a photo of Nancy Guthrie, U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie's abducted elderly mother, at the KVOA newsroom, where Savannah worked earlier in her career, in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 12, 2026 (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)News broadcasters are stationed outside Nancy Guthrie's residence on Feb.12, 2026 in Tucson, Ariz. Law enforcement officials have claimed to have found several items of evidence as searches continue for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. Guthrie's possible abductors had set a deadline of 5pm on February 9 for a $6 million payment. (Brandon Bell, Getty Images)Yellow bows are tied to trees on the street of Nancy Guthrie's home in the Catalina Foothills after the disappearance of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 12, 2026. (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)Members of the media follow investigators as they search the edges of Nancy Guthrie's street in the Catalina Foothills after the disappearance of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 11, 2026. (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)A member of the FBI surveils the area around Nancy Guthrie's residence on Feb. 11, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. Searches continue for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. Guthrie's possible abductors had set a deadline of 5pm on February 9 for a $6 million payment. (Brandon Bell, Getty Images)Residents deliver flowers to a makeshift memorial at the entrance to Nancy Guthrie's residence on Feb. 11, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. Searches continues for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. Guthrie's possible abductors had set a deadline of 5pm on February 9 for a $6 million payment. (Brandon Bell, Getty Images)Investigators canvass Annie Guthrie's neighborhood on Feb. 10, 2026, after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home outside Tucson. (Rebecca Noble/Reuters)Investigators canvass Annie Guthrie's neighborhood on Feb. 10, 2026, after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home outside Tucson. (Rebecca Noble/Reuters)Law enforcement and news broadcasters are stationed outside of Nancy Guthrie's residence on Feb. 10, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. Searches continues for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. Guthrie's possible abductors had set a deadline of 5pm on February 9 for a $6 million payment. (Brandon Bell, Getty Images)An investigator canvasses Annie Guthrie's neighborhood on Feb. 10, 2026, after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home outside Tucson. (Rebecca Noble/Reuters)U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie speaks in a video message, thanking supporters and asking for help in locating her elderly mother, Nancy Guthrie, who went missing from her Arizona home several days ago, in this screen grab obtained from social media video taken at an unspecified location and released Feb. 9, 2026. (Savannah Guthrie via REUTERS)Broadcast journalists report live outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 9, 2026. (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, accompanied by her siblings Annie and Camron, speaks in a video message, addressing that they are willing to pay for the release of their elderly mother, Nancy Guthrie, who went missing from her Arizona home several days ago, in this screen grab obtained from social media video taken at an unspecified location and released February 7, 2026. (Savannah Guthrie Instagram, via REUTERS)A Pima County Sheriff's Department deputy on Feb. 10, 2026, patrols the home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home outside Tucson. (Rebecca Noble/Reuters)Live-streamers, journalists and a Pima County Sheriff's Department deputy gather at the home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 9, 2026. (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)A sign and other objects showing support from neighbors is posted at the home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 9, 2026. (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie is missing, and Arizona officials say they are investigating her disappearance as a "crime.""Today" show cohost Savannah Guthrie, accompanied by her siblings Annie and Camron Guthrie, speaks in a video message addressing a possible kidnapper who might be holding her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie in this screen grab obtained from social media video taken at an unspecified location and released Feb. 4, 2026. (Savannah Guthrie, Instagram, via REUTERS)Chris Castorena, a private detective based in Phoenix volunteering his time to search for Nancy Guthrie, scans her street for clues after the disappearance of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, U.S. February 5, 2026. (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)The Pima County Sheriff's Office in Arizona received a 911 call reporting Nancy Guthrie missing from her home outside Tucson around noon local time on Sunday, Feb. 1. (Provided by the Pima County Sheriff's Department)Investigators showed renewed interest at the home of Nancy Guthrie on Feb. 4, 2026, stringing up crime scene tape for a time in the late afternoon. They removed it shortly before 6 p.m. Guthrie had been missing since Jan. 31, 2026, with investigators saying she had been taken from her home northeast of Tucson. Guthrie is the mother of "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie. (Richard Ruelas/The Republic)Investigators showed renewed interest at the home of Nancy Guthrie on Feb. 4, 2026, stringing up crime scene tape for a time in the late afternoon. They removed it shortly before 6 p.m. Guthrie had been missing since Jan. 31, 2026, with investigators saying she had been taken from her home northeast of Tucson. Guthrie is the mother of "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie. (Richard Ruelas/The Republic)Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, went missing from her home (pictured here) in the affluent Catalina Foothills area just north of Tucson on Feb. 1, 2026. (Sarah Lapidus/The Republic)She was reported missing from her home in a community just north of Tucson on Feb. 1, 2026. (Provided by the Pima County Sheriff's Department)Media broadcasts as private security stands guard in the driveway of Nancy Guthrie's house after the disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 4, 2026. (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)The front of the home of Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, on Feb. 3, 2026. Nancy Guthrie was abducted from the home some time after about 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 31, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said. She was reported missing after not attending church the next morning, the Sheriff's Department said. (Richard Ruelas/The Republic)Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos gives an update on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Savannah Guthrie, on Feb. 2, 2026. (Provided by Pima County Sheriff's Department)Television media set up at the house of Nancy Guthrie, NBC host Savannah Guthrie's mother, on Feb. 3, 2026, in Catalina, Ariz. (Jan Sonnenmair, Getty Images)Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie, is pictured in an undated photograph provided by NBC. Arizona officials say they are investigating Nancy’s disappearance as a "crime." (Provided by NBC)Nancy Guthrie and "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie are pictured on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, on "Today with Hoda & Jenna.” Arizona officials say they are investigating Nancy’s disappearance as a "crime." (Provided by NBC)Nancy Guthrie and "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie are pictured in an undated photograph provided by NBC. Arizona officials say they are investigating Nancy’s disappearance as a "crime." (NBC)Nancy Guthrie and "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie are pictured in an undated photograph provided by NBC. Arizona officials say they are investigating Nancy’s disappearance as a "crime." (Provided by NBC)Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, went missing from her home (pictured here) in the affluent Catalina Foothills area just north of Tucson on Feb. 1, 2026. (Sarah Lapidus/The Republic)Chris Castorena, a private detective based in Phoenix volunteering his time to search for Nancy Guthrie, scans her street for clues after the disappearance of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, U.S. February 5, 2026. (Rebecca Noble, REUTERS)
“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, was seemingly abducted from her home outside Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2026. Authorities released photos and videos on Feb. 10, of a potential suspect who was caught tampering with a camera on her front door on the morning of her disappearance.
"Six months ago, someone took her out of her bed in the dead of night," Savannah Guthrie said in her post. "We have lived every moment, every breath, and every heartbeat in agony and despair ever since."
Savannah Guthrie has posted frequently requesting the public's help in the search for her mother. Days earlier, in an emotional video, she said her family was in "agony," in a nightmare that wouldn't end.
Savannah Guthrie said her family is determined "to find out what happened to her, so that we can give her the dignity of a proper goodbye - a celebration of her remarkable life that she so deserves."
"We are begging for help," Savannah Guthrie said in her post. "We are desperate. We need someone to come forward. Someone knows something. Someone suspects something."
Savannah Guthrie called on people to recognize the writing in the "ransom demand notes." On July 31, the Pima County Sheriff's Department and FBI Phoenix released the contents of two ransom notes purportedly written by kidnappers and sent to local and national news outlets on Feb. 2 and Feb. 6. Officials said the notes have "distinctive patterns of word choice, syntax, and phraseology that reflect the writer's unique linguistic style."
No arrests have been made during the months-long search. In February, FBI Phoenix released images of a suspect who was seen in Nancy Guthrie's front-door camera trying to tamper with the camera before she disappeared. The suspect is described as a man, who is about 5 feet 9-10 inches tall, with an average build. The footage showed him wearing a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker backpack.
FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie's recovery or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance. The Guthrie family has offered a $1 million reward.
Savannah Guthrie's Aug. 1 post said the reward is available and that someone can do the right thing.
"We will never stop looking for answers - and we will never stop looking for the light," she said.
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