Savannah Guthrie’s brother sends desperate plea to Nancy’s captors as first deadline passes: ‘We need you to reach out’

Today Show host Savannah Guthrie’s brother pleaded desperately to ‘get to’ their mother’s kidnappers after the initial ransom deadline passed.

Camron Guthrie spoke solemnly in a short video posted on the news anchor’s Instagram page on Thursday, as the search for their mother, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, stretches into a fifth day.

“Whoever is holding our mother out there, we want to hear from you,” Camron began, noting: “We haven’t heard anything directly,” as ransom notes demanding millions of dollars for Nancy’s release were only sent to local news stations besides TMZ.

‘We need you to reach out and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward,’ he continued.

“But first we have to know that our mother is with you,” Camron said Wednesday night, reiterating the family’s call for proof of life.

‘We want to talk to you and we are waiting for you to get in touch.’

“Bring her home,” Savannah wrote in the caption of the short video.

Nancy was mysteriously abducted from her $1 million home in Tucson, Arizona, early Sunday morning after dinner with her eldest daughter, Annie, and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni.

Nancy, a mother of three, was taken from her home early Sunday morning. In December, he was photographed at the Metropolitan Opera with Today Show host Savannah Guthrie and her eldest daughter, Annie.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Thursday that she took an Uber to her daughter’s home about 30 minutes away Saturday night around 5:30 p.m., and then a family member dropped her off at her home around 9:50 p.m., where she entered through the garage door.

Hours passed until the doorbell camera disconnected at 1:47 a.m. Sunday, but at 2:12 a.m. the camera’s sensors detected a person. Nanos said that at 2:28 a.m., her phone’s Bluetooth connection to the pacemaker app that tracks Nancy’s heartbeat was lost.

Nancy was reported missing after she failed to show up for church services on Sunday morning.

Local news stations and TMZ subsequently received a chilling ransom letter demanding millions of dollars for Nancy’s release.

There was a deadline of 5pm local time on Thursday, which has since passed.

The ransom did not include any evidence of life or a way for the Guthrie family to contact them, investigators said Thursday.

But it set a second deadline of Monday for them to meet the demands of millions of people. bitcoin for him to return home.

FBI officials also told reporters that the ransom note had not been confirmed to be legitimate, but was being taken “very seriously” leading up to the investigation.

Today Show host Savannah Guthrie photographed with her mother

The brothers said they were ‘ready to talk’ to their mother’s kidnappers in a video message on Wednesday night.

Still, Nanos said Thursday the sheriff’s department was no closer to finding a suspect and no one had been ruled out.

“We’re not there, we’re just not there yet,” Nanos said before examining some evidence found at Nancy’s home, including droplets of blood and a doorbell camera recovered from the 84-year-old’s porch during her abduction.

Sheriff said He said the blood was ‘hurriedly sent’ for DNA processing but ‘the results were minimal’.

‘He, he’s back to Nancy. That’s what we know,” he continued, adding that more items had been sent for DNA testing but had not yet returned.

FBI Special Agent Heith Janke later emphasized that the wide-ranging investigation did not rule out anyone as a suspect, saying agents ‘analyzed information from all digital sources, including banks, social media companies, phone companies and other organizations where a digital footprint could be captured.’

Although no suspects have been identified in the case, the FBI made an arrest on Thursday, saying a fraudster had been charged for allegedly sending a fake ransom note.

Droplets of blood were seen outside Nancy’s home in Tucson after she disappeared. The doorbell camera was also removed before police arrived at the scene.

Camron’s message on Thursday wasn’t the first time the siblings decided to directly address their mother’s potential kidnappers; They said they were ‘ready to talk’ in a video message on Wednesday night.

But they said potential kidnappers wanted proof that they weren’t using fake pictures of Nancy before sending money.

‘We live in a world where sounds and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that he is alive and you have him. We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen. Please reach out to us,” said Savannah through tears.

He later told the public that their mother was ‘a kind, faithful, loyal, extremely loving, good and bright woman.’

“Funny, brave and smart,” Savannah continued in her emotional defense. ‘He has grandchildren who adore him and gather around him and smother him with kisses.’

At this point, the Today Show host decided to speak to his mother directly.

‘Mom, if you hear this, it means you are a strong woman. “You are God’s precious daughter,” the journalist said.