The final ransom deadline has passed as the desperate search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, continues.
The 84-year-old’s alleged captors demanded $6 million in ransom notes by 5pm Montana time (7pm ET) Monday.
The authenticity of the message has not yet been verified and sources say the family has not yet been given proof of survival.
Ahead of the deadline, Savannah took to social media to desperately appeal for help in the search for her “nightmare.”
“She was taken and I don’t know where she is. She needs help,” she said Monday. “If you see something, hear anything, or see anything strange, please call law enforcement.”
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that it had no additional information.
It added that operations at the Guthrie residence “will continue tonight and into tomorrow as part of our ongoing investigative process, including expanding the search and following up on new leads.”
Savannah and her siblings, older brother Camron Guthrie and younger sister Annie Guthrie, did not remit the requested Bitcoin amount by the original deadline of the same time on Thursday.
After the original deadline passed, Kamron issued a plea on social media to Nancy’s alleged abductors.
“We need you to contact us and we need a way to communicate with you moving forward,” he said. “But first, you have to know that you have our mother. We want to talk to you and are waiting to hear from you.”
At a press conference the same day, FBI agent Heiss Janke revealed there was a second deadline.
“While we advise and recommend from a law enforcement perspective, the action on ransom is ultimately determined by the family,” he said.
Two days later, Camron and his sister released another video offering to pay the ransom. This is the trio’s second video, the first of which was released on February 4th.
“We received and understood your message,” Savannah said in an Instagram upload on Saturday. “Please return our mother to us now, so we can celebrate with her.
“This is the only way we can achieve peace,” the journalist continued over the weekend. “This is something of great value to us and we will pay for it.”
Nancy hasn’t been seen since Jan. 31, when she was dropped off at her home in Tucson, Arizona, after a family dinner with Annie and her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni.
The matriarch did not show up to church the next day and was reported missing, and there were signs of forced entry and blood stains in her residence.
Savannah is off the air as she navigates a family crisis, and her NBC colleagues continue to send love and support.
“We know the situation is far from normal,” Craig Melvin said Monday morning, as Savannah was replaced by Hoda Kotb, who left the network in 2025. “Our ‘today’ family continues to journey through uncharted territory.”
