On February 1, Nancy Guthrie was reported missing.
The 84-year-old mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie is believed by authorities to have been taken against her will from her home just outside Tucson, Arizona and there have been reports of ransom notes.
Now, the FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to Nancy’s recovery or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance. Savannah and the family have also made plea to the alleged kidnappers. Here’s what we know.
Nancy Guthrie’s last appearance
Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home in Catalina Foothills on Saturday January 31 2026 when family members dropped her off at around 9pm local time.
At 01:47 the next day, a doorbell camera to her home was disconnected and removed, but no footage could be recovered, as officials said she did not have a subscription.
The app on her pacemaker was disconnected from her phone at 02:28. Nancy needs this and daily medication for her high blood pressure and heart issues.
In the morning the following day, Nancy unusually didn’t attend church and members of the congregation notified her family.
Volunteers and federal officers from Border Patrol began their search after the family called 911, which stretched into the next morning. Blood was also found on Nancy’s porch and DNA tests confirmed it was hers.
The Guthrie family’s message to the alleged kidnappers
Savannah and her siblings Annie and Camron have issued several pleas on social media to their mother’s alleged kidnappers.
In the first video shared a few days after her disappearance, they thanked everyone for their prayers and confessed “the light is missing from our lives”.
“She is without any medicine, she needs it to survive, she needs it not to suffer,” they said.
“We too have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media. As a family we are doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk, however we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen. Please reach out to us.”
“We received your message and we understand,” Savannah said in a second video with her siblings.
“We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us and we will pay.”
As the second week of Nancy’s disappearance began, Savannah shared another video thanking those who sent love and prayers and asking for help.
“No matter where you are, even if you’re far from Tucson, if you see anything, if you hear anything that seems strange to you, that you report to law enforcement. We are at an hour of desperation and we need your help.”
New footage revealed
On Tuesday in the US, the FBI released the first images of a man who appears to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s home on the morning of her disappearance.
FBI director Kash Patel posted four images on X and said authorities had been working to recover images or video that “may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors — including the removal of recording devices.”
“The video was recovered from residual data located in back-end systems.”
In one moment of the video, the person, who wears a balaclava and gloves, appears to try to block the camera with leaves on the ground, before attempting to break it.
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