The FBI has received more than 1,500 tips since Savannah Guthrie announced her family will offer $1 million for information leading to her mother’s return. But before there were any signs of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, the producer of the show “Namuhla” took to social media on Friday, asking for help.
Nancy Guthrie, according to her daughter, was “taken in the dark of night from her bed” inside her suburban Tucson home on Feb. 1.
So far, there have been no DNA matches with known criminals in the federal database. The ransom notes found after the kidnapping contained no evidence that Guthrie was alive. People in this area were arrested and released as the trail has dried up.
Along with her message on Instagram, Savannah Guthrie posted a segment on the “Today” show informing viewers of how to submit tips anonymously.
Former FBI agent Bryana Fox explained to viewers how to submit tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers, a non-profit organization that works with law enforcement and will give individuals a unique number or passcode that allows them to log into a website to see the status of their tip. If that tip leads to Nancy Guthrie, this provides a way for the tipster to be notified and receive information on how to collect the reward.
Anyone with information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is asked to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI. Guthrie presented the award earlier this week.
“We need to know where he is. We need him to come home,” she said. “For that reason, we are offering the family a reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads to his recovery.”
The Guthrie family offered the reward with an unusual caveat contingent on Nancy Guthrie’s recovery, rather than arrest or prosecution, after consulting with law enforcement, according to sources familiar with the reward. The Guthrie family plans to donate $500,000 to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
Pima County Sheriff’s investigators are actively reviewing video of traffic in the Catalina Foothills area where Nancy Guthrie lived, including areas away from the residence after officials said Ring video appeared to show vehicles on the road while Guthrie was unable to contact her cell phone at home.
This week, the FBI moved its investigative command from Tucson to Phoenix. Officials insist that the investigation is still in full swing and that they have a strong lead: his blood is falling on the door. Her alleged captor snatched the Nest’s front door camera, but not before it captured a gunman wearing a ski mask and backpack hiding on the porch and trying to cover the lens with his gloved hand. More than a dozen gloves have been found in the nearby community, including one, authorities said, that matches the one worn by the person in the video.
Sheriff’s investigators said they are still looking for DNA on gloves found at the property and home of Guthrie, who was searched after he failed to show up at his church on Sunday.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos and his department said there are multiple strands of DNA mixed in the home — meaning two or more people — that can be challenging to separate.
