The children of missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie have issued a heartbreaking new statement as the search for the Tucson mother stretches into its eighth week with no arrests and few concrete leads, pleading with the community to come forward with any information that might bring her home.
The emotional appeal from NBC “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie and her siblings Annie and Camron aired on Saturday during a special KVOA report titled “Bring Her Home: The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie,” marking one of the family’s most desperate pleas yet in a case that has captivated the nation and left investigators struggling for answers.
“We miss our mom with every breath and we cannot be in peace until she is home,” the family said. “We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder.”
Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson home in the early morning hours of February 1, 2025 after her daughter Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni dropped her off following dinner the evening before. She was reported missing after failing to appear for a virtual church service the following morning.
Investigators believe the elderly woman—who has difficulty walking and requires daily medication for a heart condition—was forcibly taken from her home. Blood confirmed to be Nancy’s was discovered on her porch, and surveillance footage captured a masked, armed individual tampering with her doorbell camera around the time she disappeared.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office cleared all family members as suspects on February 16, 2025, with Sheriff Chris Nanos fiercely defending the Guthries against speculation. He called the family “nothing but cooperative and gracious” and declared that to suggest otherwise was “not only wrong, it is cruel.”
Despite an unprecedented investigation that has generated between 40,000 and 50,000 tips from the public, authorities have made no arrests. FBI Director Kash Patel released doorbell camera footage showing a suspect described as approximately 5’9″ to 5’10” tall with an average build, but the individual remains unidentified.
DNA evidence recovered from a glove found roughly two miles from Guthrie’s home was traced to a local restaurant worker who is not connected to the case. Investigators discovered 16 gloves total during their search, but most were discarded by search teams combing the area.
The case has taken several bizarre turns, including multiple ransom notes demanding millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. At least one note was confirmed fake, allegedly sent by Derrick Callella, a 42-year-old from Hawthorne, California, who now faces federal charges for transmitting a ransom demand in interstate commerce.
Advanced technology has been deployed in the search, including a Bluetooth scanning device mounted on a low-flying helicopter attempting to detect signals from Guthrie’s pacemaker, which disconnected from her phone at 2:28 a.m. on February 1, 2025. The effort was unsuccessful.
Authorities believe the suspect purchased clothing and a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack from Walmart. The FBI has increased its reward to $100,000, while the Guthrie family is offering $1 million for information leading to Nancy’s recovery. The family has also donated $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
In their latest statement, the family urged residents to search their memories, particularly around the key dates of January 31, 2025 and the early morning of February 1, 2025. Investigators have also asked for security camera footage from January 11, 2025, though they have not publicly explained the significance of that date.
The family emphasized that even seemingly insignificant details could prove crucial, asking community members to review camera footage, journal notes, text messages, and any observations from around the time of the disappearance. They expressed gratitude to the Tucson community, saying “we are all family now.”
As the search approaches two months, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department continues working with the FBI, though cadaver dogs are no longer being used in the search. Sheriff Nanos has stated he is “not even close” to considering this a cold case and believes investigators are “definitely closer” to identifying a suspect.
The family concluded their statement with a message of both hope and resignation, acknowledging the painful uncertainty that has defined the past several weeks. They asked the community to continue praying “without ceasing” and said their focus “is solely on finding her and bringing her home.”
Anyone with information is urged to contact the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI or local authorities at 520-351-4900.