It’s been one month since Nancy Guthrie, the 84 year-old mother of the TODAY s how host Savannah Guthrie, went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Last week, we reported that Savannah has announced that her family is offering a reward of up to $1 million for information that leads to her mother’s return.
On Monday, Savannah took to Instagram to beg her fans to not “stop praying” as her mother remains missing.
‘Don’t Stop Praying…’
“We feel the love and prayers from our neighbors, from the Tucson community and from around the country,” wrote Savannah, 54.
“Please don’t stop praying and hoping with us,” she added. “Bring her home.”
Savannah wrote this alongside a photo of flowers in front of her mother’s home. Hours before, she had reemerged to lay out the flowers alongside her older sister Annie and her brother-in-law Tommaso Cioni.
Video shows the three of them locked arm in arm as they lay the flowers down. Annie broke down in tears as she leaned on Savannah and Tommaso for support.
The trio proceeded to engage in an emotional group hug. Indeed, it’s clear that this case has taken a major toll on each of them.
Check footage of this difficult moment below.
Nancy Goes Missing
Nancy was last seen on the night of Saturday, January 31. That evening, she had gone to dinner with her daughter Annie and her son-in-law Tommaso. They brought her home at around 9:45pm that night, and she has not been seen since. It is believed that Nancy was kidnapped from her home in the early hours of February 1.
A masked intruder was captured on Nancy’s doorbell ring camera just before she was taken. He managed to cover it with some plants before moving forward with the kidnapping. It was revealed this week 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.
Find out more about that in the video below.
Savannah’s $1 Million Reward
Last week, Savannah announced that her family is offering a $1 million reward for information that leads to the return of her mother. She did so in an emotional video posted to Instagram.
“It is day 24 since our mom was taken in the dark of night from her bed,” Savannah said. “And every hour and minute and second and every long night has been agony since then. Worrying for her, fearing for her, aching for her.”
“We still believe, we still believe in a miracle. We still believe that she can come home,” she continued. “Hope against hope, as my sister says, we are blowing on the embers of hope.”
Savannah went on to become visibly emotional as she publicly admitted for the first time that her mother may be dead.
“We also know that she may be lost, she may already be gone. She may have already gone home to the lord that she loves,” the longtime TODAY host said. “But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. For that reason, we are offering a family reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads us to her recovery.”
“Somebody knows and we are begging you to please come forward now,” Savannah stated. “Tell us what you know and help us bring our beloved mom home so that we can either celebrate a glorious, miraculous homecoming or celebrate the beautiful, brave and courageous and noble life that she lived.”
Check out Savannah’s full video for yourself below.
This has clearly been an extremely tragic and horrifying situation for the entire Guthrie family. Please join us in saying a prayer for them, and for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie.