Nearly 100 days after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her home in Arizona's Catalina Foothills, her daughter, NBC "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, used Mother's Day to issue a raw, public plea for anyone with information to come forward.
The Instagram post, published Sunday, included a video filled with memories of her mother and a message that left little room for ambiguity about the family's desperation. Fox News Digital reported that Guthrie wrote: "Mother, daughter, sister, Nonie, we miss you with every breath. We will never stop looking for you. We will never be at peace until we find you."
She continued: "We need help. Someone knows something that can make the difference."
Nancy Guthrie was reported missing from her Tucson-area home on February 1. Authorities believe she was abducted at approximately 2:30 a.m. that morning. She was not found when family members went looking for her after she failed to attend church, AP News reported in a detailed timeline of the case.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said Nancy Guthrie did not leave on her own. Investigators found signs of forced entry, disarray inside the home, and blood on the porch that was later identified as hers. Recovered doorbell camera footage showed an armed person tampering with the camera the night she disappeared.
As we previously reported, Savannah Guthrie revealed that her mother's back door was propped open the night she vanished, a detail that deepened the picture of a deliberate intrusion, not a random event.
The FBI released surveillance images of the armed, masked man seen outside the home. The combined reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie's return has grown to $1.1 million, the Washington Examiner reported.
Savannah Guthrie first spoke publicly about the ordeal in March, telling former "Today" co-host Hoda Kotb in an interview: "We are in agony." She also made a direct appeal to whoever is responsible.
"Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony, we are in agony."
That interview marked the first time Guthrie addressed the disappearance on the record. She has since made multiple video pleas asking for proof her mother is alive and begging for her return. In one social media video, she said: "We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her."
Guthrie returned to hosting the "Today" show on April 6 after more than two months away from the air. On Thursday, just days before Mother's Day, she made an off-camera appearance at the show's studios to thank colleagues for their support since her mother went missing.
Earlier forensic analysis raised the possibility that Nancy Guthrie fought back and was alive when she was taken from the home, adding another dimension to the investigation.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Fox News Digital on Friday that progress is being made in the investigation, though he did not specify what that progress entails. The case remains open and active.
Newsmax reported that Nanos said early in the investigation: "We do in fact have a crime. We are asking for the community's help." He added bluntly: "She did not leave on her own. We know that."
Nancy Guthrie, 84, has limited mobility. The sheriff's department has treated her home as a potential crime scene from the start, citing the condition of the residence and the evidence found inside.
What remains unknown is significant. Authorities have not publicly identified a suspect. The specific nature of the "progress" Nanos referenced Friday has not been disclosed. The reward amount, now at $1.1 million, has not yet produced a breakthrough, at least not one made public.
Adding to the family's pain, ransom notes targeting the Guthrie family were identified as a cruel scam, a grim reminder that high-profile cases attract predators of a different kind.
Savannah Guthrie's husband, Michael Feldman, posted a photo on Mother's Day of his wife holding their two children. He called her the "strongest person" he knows and wrote: "Surrounding you with love on Mother's Day."
Former "Today" co-host Hoda Kotb commented on Guthrie's post with two words: "Holding you." Lifestyle contributor Jill Martin wrote: "Redefines strongest."
In her Sunday Instagram post, Guthrie directed anyone with information to call 1-800-CALL-FBI, noting that callers can remain anonymous and that the reward remains available. "Please keep praying," she wrote. "Bring her home."
The timeline of this case, which passed 60 days with Guthrie back at the anchor desk and has now stretched to nearly 100, tells its own story. An elderly woman with limited mobility, taken from her own home in the middle of the night. An armed suspect on camera. Blood on the porch. And still, no answers.
The Guthrie family's plea is simple and direct: someone out there has information. The FBI tip line, 1-800-CALL-FBI, is open. The reward stands at $1.1 million. Callers can remain anonymous.
Nearly 100 days is a long time for a family to wait. It is a long time for an 84-year-old woman to be missing. And it is a long time for whoever knows what happened to stay silent.
Savannah Guthrie put it plainly: "Someone needs to do the right thing." That someone still hasn't stepped forward. Every day that passes makes the silence harder to explain, and harder to forgive.
