Savannah Guthrie offers $1m reward for return of her mother: ‘We still believe in a miracle’ | US crime
The family of Savannah Guthrie has offered up to $1 million for information leading to the return of her 84-year-old mother Nancy, who has been missing since February 1.
NBC Today show host offers a video on Instagram Tuesday marks more than three weeks since Nancy disappeared. “Someone out there knows something that could bring him home,” Guthrie says in the clip. “We beg you to please come forward now.
“We still believe in a miracle.”
Still, the presenter admitted: “He might be lost. He might be gone anyway.”
Guthrie said anyone with information on his mother’s whereabouts can call federal investigators anonymously at 1-800-CALL-FBI. He also wrote that whistleblowers can reach him directly.
Journalist John Miller said on CNN that the family made Tuesday’s offer because it had slowed down after “an initial outpouring of tips.”
Guthrie added that his family was previously aware that there were “millions of families suffering from this type of uncertainty.”
As such, Guthrie’s family donated $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help the organization’s work “to help families struggling to cope with loss.” [loved ones] and we are actively searching for those who are missing.”
Nancy Guthrie was last seen by loved ones at her home near Tucson, Arizona, on January 31 and was reported missing the next day. Authorities believe someone was abducted, abducted, or otherwise taken away against his will.
Some media outlets on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources, reported that the Guthrie family had wanted to offer their privately funded reward from the beginning of the investigation, but were initially advised to hold off as tips began coming in. ABC reported this and also Guthrie said his family also donated $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a nonprofit organization, to help highlight the trauma such events create for families.
Investigators have not released much evidence publicly. However, drops of blood were found on the front porch. Authorities obtained DNA from a glove 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home; This glove was similar to one worn by a suspect during his disappearance, as seen in surveillance video from the night he was last seen.
However, authorities later said that the DNA in question did not lead to any new leads in the case.
