Savannah Guthrie pleads for public help six months after mother Nancy vanishes from Tucson home
Six months after Nancy Guthrie, 84, vanished from her Catalina Hills home near Tucson, Arizona, NBC "TODAY" co-host Savannah Guthrie published an Instagram plea Saturday asking anyone with knowledge of the case to come forward. The post arrived one day after the Pima County Sheriff's Department released a pair of ransom notes, hoping the public might recognize what officials described as a "unique linguistic style."
Key takeaways
- Six months after her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Catalina Hills home near Tucson, Arizona, NBC 'TODAY' co-host Savannah Guthrie posted an Instagram plea Saturday asking anyone with knowledge of the case to come forward.
- Nancy Guthrie was last seen on Jan. 31, and a doorbell camera recorded a masked intruder disconnecting the home's cameras at about 1:47 a.m. on Feb. 1.
- The Pima County Sheriff's Department received two ransom notes on Feb. 2 and Feb. 6, both demanding $4 million in Bitcoin and threatening Nancy Guthrie's life.
- The department publicly released the notes on Friday, hoping the public could recognize their 'unique linguistic style.'
- A profiler consulted by Fox News Digital concluded the notes did not match the suspect's behavior and did not believe them to be real.
Six months after Nancy Guthrie, 84, vanished from her Catalina Hills home near Tucson, Arizona, NBC "TODAY" co-host Savannah Guthrie published an Instagram plea Saturday asking anyone with knowledge of the case to come forward. The post arrived one day after the Pima County Sheriff's Department released a pair of ransom notes, hoping the public might recognize what officials described as a "unique linguistic style."
Six months without answers
Nancy Guthrie was last seen outside her residence on Jan. 31. A doorbell camera recorded a masked intruder disconnecting the home's cameras at approximately 1:47 a.m. local time on Feb. 1. By 2:28 a.m., her pacemaker had lost its Bluetooth connection to her cell phone, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
Savannah's Saturday post marked exactly six months since her mother was reported missing. She wrote that she, along with family members Cam and Kristine, Annie and Tommy, and Mike, spend every waking moment thinking of Nancy. "Our hearts are in ruins," she wrote on Instagram.
The ransom notes
The Pima County Sheriff's Department said the two notes arrived Feb. 2 and Feb. 6. Both demanded $4 million payable in Bitcoin and threatened Nancy Guthrie's life. The department released the notes Friday in hopes the public could identify the author.
The notes contained references to crime scene details, including the location of Nancy Guthrie's Apple Watch and a smashed floodlight in her backyard, that may not have been public at the time of sending. Fox News Digital reported learning about the Apple Watch on the morning of Feb. 3; the first note, sent the day before, already referenced it. A second note claimed Nancy Guthrie had "perished" and been "buried with nature," according to a source cited by Fox News Digital. A profiler consulted by Fox News Digital concluded the notes did not match the suspect's behavior and said they did not believe them to be real.
Guthrie's public appeal
Savannah Guthrie wrote that someone with knowledge of the case might be afraid to come forward or conflicted about their situation. She said anonymous reporting was available and that a reward was in place. "Someone knows something," she wrote. "Someone suspects something. Someone recognizes the writing in the ransom demand notes."
The Pima County Sheriff's Department did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for further comment. Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to the original report.