Savannah Guthrie has announced a family reward of up to $1 million and donated $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as her mother, Nancy Guthrie, remains missing from her Arizona home after being taken in the night.
On February 2, Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, went missing from her Arizona home. Authorities released doorbell camera footage and the case has attracted national attention, but tangible leads have been scarce so far. Ransom notes demanding Bitcoin have surfaced in the public record, adding a disturbing digital twist to a traditional, heartbreaking disappearance.
Investigators briefly detained a person identified only as Carlos on February 10, then released him when no charges stuck. A later sweep in a nearby neighborhood produced more detentions and an impounded vehicle, and those individuals were also released without charges. Each step raised hopes, then disappointment, and the family has been left waiting for real answers.
Authorities recovered a glove and ran DNA tests after investigators thought the item might be relevant to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. The forensic work turned up no new trail to follow, leaving the case stalled despite intense publicity. That lack of progress has pushed the family to try to widen the net for information.
Now Savannah Guthrie and her family are offering a family reward of up to $1 million for information that leads to Nancy’s recovery, and they are donating $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to support other families in similar pain. The move is both practical and generous: it uses private resources to try to break an investigation and it helps professionals who aid missing children and families. The family hopes the reward and the spotlight will prompt someone to come forward with crucial details.
“It is day 24 since our mom was taken in the dark of night from her bed,” Guthrie said. “And every hour and minute and second and every long night has been agony since then…worrying about her, fearing for her, aching for her, and most of all just missing her. Missing her.”
“We know that millions of you have been praying, so many people have been praying, of every faith and no faith at all. Praying for her return, and we feel those prayers,” Guthrie continued. “Please keep praying without ceasing. We still believe. We still believe in a miracle. We still believe that she can come home. Hope against hope, as my sister says. We are blowing on the embers of hope.”
“We also know that she may be lost. She may already be gone. She may have already gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in heaven with her mom and her dad and her beloved brother Pierce, and with our daddy,” Guthrie said. “And if this is what is to be, then we will accept it. But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. For that reason, we are offering a family reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads us to her recovery. All of the information about this reward and the details is in the caption below.”
“You can call the 1-800 tipline. You can be anonymous if you want. Someone out there knows something that can bring her home,” Guthrie said. “Somebody knows and we are begging you to please come forward now. We also know that we are not alone in our loss. We know there are millions of families that have suffered with this kind of uncertainty. And for that reason today, we also are donating $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, for their work in helping families who are coping with loss and actively looking for those who are lost.”
“We are hoping that the attention that has been given to our mom and our family will extend to all the families like ours who are in need, and need prayers and need support,” Guthrie said. “So please, if you hear this message, if you’ve been waiting and you haven’t been sure. Let this be your sign to please come forward, tell what you know, and help us bring our beloved mom home so that we can either celebrate a glorious, miraculous homecoming or celebrate the beautiful, brave, courageous, and noble life that she has lived. Please be the light in the dark.”
The family has made clear how to report tips: anyone with information can call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). Law enforcement asks for any detail, no matter how small, because cases like this can turn on one overlooked fact or a single witness coming forward. The number is public and the family says anonymity is offered to tipsters who fear retaliation or exposure.
This case has tested patience and the limits of public attention, and the family’s decision to put money where their hope is shows how private citizens can push investigations forward when official channels stall. Conservative-leaning readers will note the family’s reliance on private initiative and community responsibility, which can complement law enforcement work without undercutting it. Ultimately, the family is appealing to whatever decency or conscience lives out there to help resolve a painful, unresolved disappearance.
