It’s been nearly two months since Nancy Guthrie, the 84 year-old mother of the TODAY show host Savannah Guthrie, went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Now, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is begging whoever kidnapped Nancy to “let her go.”
Sheriff Issues Plea To Kidnapper
Sheriff Nanos has received quite a lot of backlash when it comes to how his department has handled the investigation into Nancy’s disappearance. Despite this, he claims that he has “no regrets.”
“Look, I have no regrets about my team and their efforts,” Sheriff Nanos said. “I don’t regret we let the crime scene go too soon or any of that.”
Sheriff Nanos went on to issue a direct message to Nancy’s kidnapper.
“Just give her up. Let her go,” the sheriff said. “Take her to a clinic, a hospital. Drop her off. Just let her go.”
Nancy was last seen on the night of Saturday, January 31. That evening, she had dinner with her daughter Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni. They dropped her off at home afterwards at around 9:45pm, and she tragically hasn’t been seen since.
A masked intruder was captured on Nancy’s doorbell ring camera in the early hours of February 1. He managed to cover the camera with some plants before moving forward with the kidnapping.
It has since been revealed that the masked man had been seen in the doorbell ring camera prior to the night Nancy was taken. This indicates that he may have been casing out her home.
Savannah’s Latest Plea To Kidnapper
On Sunday morning, Savannah took to Instagram to issue a new joint statement from herself and her older siblings, Camron and Annie Guthrie. In it, she issued a plea directly to Nancy’s kidnapper.
“We are deeply grateful for the outpouring from neighbors, friends and the people of Tucson, we are all family now,” the statement began. “We continue to believe it is Tucsonans, and the greater southern Arizona community, that hold the key to finding resolution in this case.”
“Someone knows something,” the family continued. “It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant. We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11.”
“We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case. Please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance,” the Guthrie family added. “No detail is too small. It may be the key.”
‘We Miss Our Mom…’
The Guthries ended their latest statement by once again begging for Nancy to be returned so that her family can at least honor the life she led.
“We miss our mom with every breath and we cannot be in peace until she is home. We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder,” the Guthrie family concluded. “Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home. We want to celebrate her beautiful and courageous life. But we cannot do that until she is brought to a final place of rest. Thank you for continuing to pray without ceasing.”
The statement was signed “The Guthrie Family.” It specifically listed each sibling and their respective spouse: “Camron and Kristine, Annie and Tommaso, and Savannah and Michael.”
This has clearly been a nightmarish few months for the entire Guthrie family. Please join us in saying a prayer for the return of Nancy Guthrie.