The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy Guthrie.
The compensation was revealed at a press conference on Thursday.
“The FBI is currently working with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department on this case,” Special Agent Heath Yonke told reporters in Tucson, Arizona.
“Today we begin by announcing a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and the arrest and conviction of those responsible for her disappearance,” officials said.
Jonke added, “The FBI has agents, analysts, and specialized staff working day and night with our partners in the Sheriff’s Office.”
He also cited support from the Phoenix-based agency, the Virginia Critical Incident Response Group, and “members of the Cellular Analysis Research Team for the collection and processing of digital information.”
Nancy was last seen on Saturday evening and was declared missing the day after she left church.
The 84-year-old’s home is being treated as a crime scene, with the belief that she was “taken from her home against her will, possibly in the middle of the night.”
The FBI was first spotted at the scene on Tuesday, when agents were photographed leaving the home of Savannah’s sister, Annie Guthrie, and her husband, Tommaso Cioni.
At Thursday’s press conference, Yonke sent love to Savannah, Annie, and their brother, Camron Guthrie.
“We want to tell the Guthrie family that our hearts are heavy for them,” he continued, referring to an emotional Instagram video the brothers released Wednesday night for their mother’s alleged captor.
“We definitely need to know that she’s alive and that you have her,” the “Today” host said in a shocking plea. “We look forward to hearing from you.”
“After seeing your message last night, it’s clear that you and your family are suffering. Please know that we are doing everything in our power to bring your mother home,” Yonke said.
Elsewhere at the press conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed that investigators are “actively looking at everyone” as suspects.
“It would be irresponsible if I didn’t talk to everyone,” he said, insisting that there is still no “main culprit” in the disappearances.
Nanos noted that Savannah, 54, and her family have been “very supportive” and “have done everything” they’ve asked for help.
He also detailed the timeline of Nancy’s disappearance, explaining that her family dropped her off at her home on Saturday evening and that the garage door opened and closed at 9:48 p.m. and 9:50 p.m.
Her doorbell camera was disconnected at 1:47 a.m., and the software detected a person on the camera at 2:12 a.m., but no video was available.
Nancy’s pacemaker app stopped syncing with her Apple Watch at 2:28 a.m.
Savannah, in particular, has been off the air to deal with a family crisis amid heightened security measures and her “unstable” colleagues at NBC cheering her on from Studio 1A.
The Daytime Emmy Award winner also declined to host the Winter Olympics.
