Nancy Guthrie’s final ransom deadline passes as desperate search for Savannah’s mother continues
Savannah Guthrie begs for public’s help finding mom Nancy as ransom deadline looms
The final ransom deadline has passed as the frantic search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, continues.
The 84-year-old’s purported captors demanded $6 million by Monday at 5 p.m. MT (7 p.m. ET) in a ransom note.
The legitimacy of the message has not yet been verified and sources tell Page Six the family still has not been given any proof of life.
Savannah Guthrie, mother, Nancy Guthrie, is still missing.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images
The second ransom deadline has passed in the search for the matriarch.Instagram/savannahguthrie
Ahead of the deadline, Savannah made a desperate plea on social media for help in the “nightmare” search.
“She was taken, and we don’t know where, and we need your help,” she said Monday. “If you see anything, if you hear anything, if there is anything at all that seems strange to you, that you report to law enforcement.”
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department announced there was no new additional information on Monday.
Ahead of the deadline, Savannah released a new video pleaded for help finding her mom.Savannah Guthrie/Instagram
She encouraged anyone with information to call the police.Savannah Guthrie/Instagram
They added, that activity at the Guthrie residences will “continue tonight and into tomorrow as part of the ongoing investigative process, including the expansion of the search and follow-up on new leads.”
Savannah and her siblings, brother Camron Guthrie and sister Annie Guthrie, did not send the requested bitcoin sum by the first deadline: Thursday at the same time.
As the initial deadline passed, Camron issued a social media plea to Nancy’s alleged kidnappers.
In a ransom note, the 84-year-old’s kidnappers demanded $6 million by Monday at 5 p.m. Arizona time (7 p.m. ET).Instagram/savannahguthrie
The legitimacy of the note hasn’t been verified.WireImage
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“We need you to reach out and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward,” he said. “But first we have to know that you have our mom. we want to talk to you and we are waiting for contact.”
In a press conference earlier that same day, FBI agent Heith Janke revealed there was a second deadline.
“While we advise and recommend, from a law enforcement perspective, any action taken on any ransom is ultimately decided by the family,” he noted.
Two days later, Camron and his sisters released another video — their second as a trio, with the first being released Feb. 4 — offering to pay the ransom.
Savannah and her siblings didn’t send the requested Bitcoin sum by the first deadline on Thursday.Instagram/Savannah Guthrie
The siblings have issued several desperate pleas for the safe return of their mother.Instagram/savannahguthrie
“We received your message and we understand,” Savannah said in Saturday’s Instagram upload. “We beg you now to return our mother to us, so that we can celebrate with her.
“This is the only way we will have peace,” the journalist continued over the weekend. “This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”
Nancy has not been seen since Jan. 31 when she was dropped off at her Tucson, Ariz., home following a family dinner with Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni.
Nancy was reported missing on Feb. 1.Instagram/savannahguthrie
She was taken from her Arizona home./ SplashNews.com
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The matriarch was reported missing the following day when she did not show up for church and her residence showed signs of forced entry, as well as a trail of blood.
Savannah has been off air while navigating her family crisis, with her NBC colleagues continuing to send their love and support.
“We know things are far from normal,” Craig Melvin said on Monday morning as Hoda Kotb, who left the network in 2025, filled in for Savannah. “Our ‘Today’ family continues to navigate uncharted territory.”
