Nancy Guthrie Big Update: Savannah Guthrie breaks silence on mother’s ‘dead or alive’ ransom note claims, makes fresh appeal amid ongoing probe; watch here

Nancy Guthrie Update: Savannah Guthrie, the daughter of Nancy Guthrie, made a fresh emotional appeal to viewers on Tuesday (January 23, 2026), urging them to come forward with any information about her missing mother, who has been missing for nearly five months after vanishing during the early hours of February 1, 2026. Speaking at the “Today” desk in New York, Savannah, an NBC journalist and “Today” show host, asserted that her family will “never stop looking for her.” “We are in agony, and we cannot be at peace. … We love our mom,” she said.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, who lived alone, was reported missing from her Tucson-area home on February 1, 2026. The FBI released video more than a week later from a camera outside her front door showing a masked stranger. Her blood was found on the porch, but the case remains unsolved.

Savannah Guthrie and her siblings occasionally appeared in social media videos earlier in the saga, urging the public to come forward with tips. She asked people to “raise your prayers with us” and acknowledged that her mother might be in heaven dancing “with our daddy.”

Claims around ransom notes

Some media outlets had previously reported receiving ransom notes in the days after Guthrie’s disappearance but had not disclosed the details while the investigation was at an early stage. Guthrie's family was aware of the notes.

Tucson TV station KOLD said on Monday (June 22, 2026) that it had received two notes, one demanding millions in Bitcoin in exchange for Guthrie’s return and another that said she had died. Separately, CNN cited law enforcement sources in reporting on the contents of the notes.

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CNN said a note indicated that those who kidnapped Guthrie did not mean to kill her but that she died shortly after her disappearance. However, TMZ has apparently shut down the latest reports and speculations surrounding these notes, claiming to have revealed the “exact” contents of the messages, with the outlet stating that they contained neither an apology nor any revelation that she was dead.

What did Savannah say about ransom note claims

“I don't have any comments on this story. I'm not involved in our coverage,” Savannah said Tuesday (June 23, 2026), referring to NBC News. “But I can't pretend I'm not here. And since I am, I want to just take the opportunity to ask people — really to beg people — to come forward. Somebody knows something.”

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The Pima County Sheriff’s Department referred questions about the ransom notes to the FBI, which declined to comment. Volunteers and search teams scoured the nearby desert terrain filled with cactuses, bushes and boulders in the weeks after Nancy Guthrie vanished. A group recently conducted a search near the Arizona-Mexico border but didn't report finding her.