Camron Guthrie, the brother of NBC’s Today Show star Savannah, has issued a desperate plea to the people holding their mother Nancy hostage as the first ransom deadline passed
NBC Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie’s brother has issued a direct plea to the people who kidnapped their mother. The search for their 84-year-old mother, Nancy, has now stretched into the fifth day, and the first ransom deadline has already passed.
Camron pleaded with those responsible for holding Nancy to “reach out” to the family with any information about her well-being. Nancy went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona, on February 1. Her family called the police after she failed to show up for church and was last seen being dropped off at home on the same night at 9:48pm. Her doorbell camera was disconnected at 1:47am on Sunday.
The FBI have since disclosed that they are offering a $50,000 reward in the search for Nancy. Now, in a plea shared on Savannah’s Instagram page, Camron said: “This is Camron Guthrie, I’m speaking for the Guthrie family. Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you.
“We haven’t heard anything directly. We need you to reach out, and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward. But first, we have to know that you have our mom. We want to talk to you and we are waiting for contact.”
Earlier this week, it was reported that a ransom note had been sent to the American tabloid, TMZ, asking for millions of dollars in Bitcoin to be sent to a specific address. In a video shared on TMZ’s X page, host Harvey Levin told the camera: “So we got something in our email that looks like a, is written like, a ransom note for Savannah Guthrie’s mother.”
Co-host Charles Latibeaudiere added: “Specific requests for specific amounts of money, bitcoin.” Harvey added: “And also they say at the bottom, there are certain things they are saying about what she was wearing and damage to the house.
“We have contacted the sheriff’s department, and we want to get them this letter. We had a little trouble getting through to the right person. We spoke with someone who is now forwarding this to somebody in the detective bureau. If my phone rings, I may have to stop.”
Charles added: “What’s interesting is, you know, there was just a news conference that just ended with the sheriff, and he was asked about—we’re going to do this segment in a few minutes—but he was asked about a ransom note, and he just said, ‘We are following all leads.'”
Harvey added that they were unclear if the note was “authentic or not”. The initial deadline had been set for 5pm on Thursday, which has since passed. A second deadline of Monday was also given to meet the demands of the ransom. The FBI said that the note has not been verified but is being taken “very seriously”.
During a press conference in Arizona on Thursday, FBI Special Agent Heith Janke confirmed the huge sum for information relating to “the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.” He later confirmed that the FBI are working with the Pima County sheriff’s department on the investigation.
He said: “We are actively reviewing and analysing information from all digital sources, which includes banks, social media companies and phone companies.” In a direct appeal to the kidnappers, he said: “You still have the time to do the right thing before this becomes a much worse scenario for you.”
Meanwhile, no person has been identified as a person of interest or a suspect in the case. Sheriff Chris Nanons confirmed that the blood found outside Nancy’s home was identified as hers.
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