Savannah Guthrie pleads for public’s help as search for her missing mother continues | Arizona
Television host Savannah Guthrie issued a desperate plea Monday for anyone who knows anything about her missing mother to contact law enforcement as the search for Nancy Guthrie entered its second week..
“We need your help,” said Savannah Guthrie, eight days after her mother was first reported missing. Investigators are back Look for Nancy Guthrie’s home in Arizona this weekend. They don’t appear to be any closer to finding him or identifying his alleged kidnapper.
“We believe our mother is still out there somewhere,” said Savannah Guthrie. video on social media. “We need your help. Law enforcement forces are working tirelessly day and night, trying to bring him home and find him. He was taken away and we don’t know where he is. And we need your help.
“So I’m coming to ask you not only to pray, but also to ask you — wherever you are, even if you’re far from Tucson — if you see anything, if you hear anything, if anything seems strange to you, to notify law enforcement.
“We are in desperate times and we need your help.”
Detectives are analyzing the alleged ransom note, which gave a deadline of 5 pm MT (7 pm ET) on Monday for Guthrie’s family to pay $6 million. The development prompted the Today show host and his siblings to record a video saying “We will pay,” which was released on Saturday.
Investigators believe 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped against her will from her home near Tucson on the night of Jan. 31 or early Feb. 1, but they have not confirmed the authenticity of the ransom note obtained by a local TV station in Arizona on Friday.
“The Nancy Guthrie investigation is ongoing. The pursuit is ongoing at multiple locations. No suspects, persons of interest or vehicles have been identified. There is no press conference scheduled,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Sunday afternoon. a post on x. “If there is a significant development in the case, a press conference will be held.”
FBI agents and sheriff’s deputies were seen Friday at the Guthrie residence in the Catalina Foothills area north of Tucson; This was at least the second time authorities searched the home last week, where they designated a crime scene after finding blood and signs of forced entry.
drone images A Fox News police officer was caught inserting a long pole into a septic tank on the property, and reports said a vehicle believed to belong to Nancy Guthrie was towed.
on saturday NBC News reported It was stated that authorities were also at the home of Savannah Guthrie’s sister, Annie Guthrie, in Tucson. It was “part of an ongoing search in the ordinary course of the case,” NBC reported, citing an unnamed law enforcement official.
Meanwhile, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who led the investigation, was also criticized. attending a college basketball game the same day, the Guthrie family released a second video pleading with the alleged kidnappers.
Nanos, angered by some reports about the disappearance, said he would not hold another press conference until there was a breakthrough in the case. Savannah Guthrie was seen in tears and flanked by her sisters Annie and brother Camron at the University of Arizona’s game against Oklahoma State on Saturday night, hours after she posted the video.
“We have received your message and we understand. We now ask that you return our mother to us so we can celebrate with her,” he said. video shared on social media. “This is the only way we can achieve peace. This is very valuable to us, we will pay the price.”
Nanos said he was pursuing any leads to find Guthrie, but he also expressed disappointment with some of the developments. For example, shortly after someone disconnected his smart doorbell earlier on the day he disappeared, the software detected movement but had no active subscription, so no footage could be captured.
“I wish technology was as easy as we think it is, here’s a picture, here’s your bad guy. But it’s not,” Nanos told The Associated Press.
Savannah Guthrie, who has hosted NBC’s Today show since 2012, has not been on air since her mother’s disappearance and last week canceled an assignment in Italy to cover the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Nancy Guthrie was reported missing last week Sunday after a parishioner at the church she had attended for decades called a family member to say she had not attended morning service.
John Tittle, pastor of St Andrew’s Presbyterian church, said during Sunday’s service that the congregation supports the Guthrie family.
“We are trying to respect the family’s privacy and wishes. I was told ‘pray.’ We will continue to pray throughout this horrific ordeal,” he said, according to NBC News.
