“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie and her siblings put out a tearful call for the return of their mother, Nancy Guthrie, who is believed to have been kidnapped from her Arizona home over the weekend.
The 54-year-old network host acknowledged reports that at least two media outlets had received a ransom note for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie.
“We are ready to talk,” she said in the video posted to Instagram, flanked by her sister Annie and brother Camron. “However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her.”
“We want to hear from you, and we are ready to listen. Please reach out to us.”
There has been no public sign of a response to the Guthries’ video message as of Thursday morning.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said on Wednesday that he believes Nancy Guthrie is still alive, although he admitted that “We have nothing else to go on but the belief that she is here,” as CrimeOnline reported.
Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home in the Catalina Foothills area outside Tucson shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday and was reported missing by family around noon on Sunday.
Nanos said investigators found “some things at the home that were concerning to us,” leading them to believe Guthrie had been kidnapped. And then, two media outlets — Tucson television station KOLD and tabloid entertainment outlet TMZ — reportedly received a “ransom letter” demanding millions of dollars in Bitcoin for Guthrie’s return, CrimeOnline reported.
Nanos acknowledged the existence of the letter and said investigators were working to determine its authenticity.
In the Instagram video Savannah and Annie Guthrie read from statements describing their mother.
“Our mom is a kind, faithful, loyal, fiercly loving woman of goodness and light,” Savannah Guthrie said, while her older sister said that “The light is missing from our lives.”
“We are just normal human people who need our mom,” Annie Guthrie, who also lives in Arizona with her husband Tommaso Cioni.
Camron Guthrie, a former fighter pilot, lives in Vermont and has joined his siblings in Arizona while investigators search for Nancy Guthrie.
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[Featured image: Annie, Savannah, and Camron Guthrie/Instagram. Inset: Nancy Guthrie/Instagram]
