Nancy Guthrie Latest News: Savannah Issues Heartbreaking Update in Hunt for Missing Mum

The plea is blunt, public, and carries the weight of a daughter who knows time is not neutral.

Savannah Guthrie is no longer speaking as a morning show anchor parsing headlines. Nearly a month after her 84‑year‑old mother, Nancy Guthrie, vanished from her Tucson home, the Today co‑host is asking for something simpler and more urgent.

Tell the truth. Pick up the phone. Break the silence.

Authorities have confirmed that Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1 in Arizona. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to her recovery, while the family has separately pledged up to $1 million, tied to specific recovery criteria.

Investigators have released doorbell camera images and a description of a suspect seen near the residence. There has been no public identification and no announced arrest. What remains is the space between what is known and what is feared, and a daughter using her platform not for spectacle but for pressure.

Nancy Guthrie Latest News From Tucson's Search Zone

Tucson sits in southern Arizona, a desert city ringed by mountains, and Nancy Guthrie lived in the Catalina Foothills area outside the city. Officials have said she was last seen on Jan. 31, and the FBI has described the suspect captured on surveillance as a man about 5ft 9in to 5ft 10in tall carrying a black 25-litre backpack.

The search has generated a staggering volume of public contact. Pima County officials said in a statement carried by CBS News that their tip line received more than 4,000 calls in one 24-hour period and nearly 18,000 calls in total since Feb. 1, with several hundred detectives and agents assigned. This is what a high-profile case looks like in practice for a US agency, a flood of information, much of it noise, some of it vital, all of it requiring time and triage.

Savannah Guthrie's role in that machinery is awkward and unavoidable. She is not simply a daughter with a camera phone. She is also a national broadcaster whose posts can trigger a measurable law-enforcement response, whether that proves helpful or merely louder.

Reward Appeal Raises Stakes

On Feb. 24, Guthrie announced that her family was offering up to $1 million for information that helps recover her mother. In the video quoted by Today, she asked anyone hesitating to come forward and said, 'Someone knows something that could help bring her home. We are pleading for you to step forward now.'

The FBI's Phoenix office confirmed the family reward in a post on X and urged anyone with knowledge to contact the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI, also listed as 1-800-225-5324.

The government money remains separate. Reuters reported that on Feb. 12 the FBI raised its reward from $50,000 to $100,000 for information leading to Nancy Guthrie's location and or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved, alongside new images and an updated suspect profile.

That matters because rewards are not just about generosity. They are a tool, and sometimes a signal that investigators believe someone knows more than they are saying.

Guthrie's words have also been blunt about the possibility of loss. The New York Times quoted her acknowledging her mother 'may already be dead,' while still urging help so the family can either 'rejoice in a miraculous return or honor' her life.

In the WKYC report of her Instagram message, Guthrie also said her family would donate $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, aiming to extend attention to other families living the same nightmare.​​

Nothing about this is confirmed beyond what officials and Guthrie herself have said publicly, and the internet's confident theories should be treated like what they are, entertainment dressed up as certainty. What is real is the phone number, the clock, and a family asking for one person to decide that today is the day to speak.